Socialist Venezuela New Food Police Unit Targeting People For Waiting In Supermarket Lines - Matt Vespa:
"Venezuelans continue to fight for survival, as the nation’s socialist experiment has all but collapsed.
Looting is commonplace.
Hunger is rampant, with Venezuelans of every economic class eating out of garbage cans for sustenance.
And a medical system that is so starved of supplies, like soap and gloves, that newborns are reportedly being put in cardboard boxes in maternity wards.
That’s coupled with the spikes in infant deaths that began when the country started to falter.
The energy shortages haven’t helped either.
The rapid inflation has rendered the nation’s currency worthless, there’s no real domestic food production, and all of this has led to empty shelves at supermarkets.
The long lines have been a source of ire for the socialist government led by President Nicolas Maduro, the late Hugo Chavez’s successor, who says that his nation’s economic woes are brought on by outside sources.
He’s banned lines outside of bakeries and supermarkets.
Those who are willing to sleep outside of supermarkets to beat the rush are arrested and detained.
...Oh, and of course, due process is a not even considered in these proceedings.
The Post added that many that are arrested are simply trying to keep their families alive, with economists estimating that almost half of the Venezuelan workforce is dependent on black market goods to make it through the day.
When you have to mandate that people leave their jobs to work in the fields, you know your economic experiment has failed.
When the nation’s military is part of a new policing unit to monitor food distribution, you know 21st Century Socialism is a total disaster.
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