by lilorphant » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:31 am
And an opportunist. He is playing to the elite of Venezuela, perhaps scouting for converts. Hugo Chavez would not have won in an election if the minority majority had fair representation. He won on populism, which in Venezuela means dark skinned mestizo, Amerindian, while the elite are light skinned Europeans. Hugo is considered black, as far as the Elite are concerned, so this is very much a racial identity situation as well as an ideological situation. <br><br>As far as him ruining the economy of Venezuela-That was already ruined, poverty was rampant, the free market was not doing it's little magic by providing basic standard of living for the majority of workers. When will these people get it? The free market didn't look after them, so why should they look after it?<br><br>As long as there are losers in the free market system, their will be contempt, restlessness, crime, black market, exploitation, and ultimately revolution. Elections are only one way to accomplish that.<br><br>This jerk Robertson knows that he is calling for another Allende-style takeover, so he must think that was fine too, killing and imprisoning people, a ruthless dictatorship, of course becuase Pinochet was on the capitalist side, got to make the money.<br><br>How many people will die the day Chavez is forced out? Doesn't he realize he is inciting a backlash? Chavez represents the people, the poor, the workers, many who have only now begun to see improvements in their lives. Does Robertson think they will just go away? Killing Chavez WILL foment extremism, or worse a civil war. Better to send Chavez to economics and administration school.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>