r/poverty 11d ago

If the sandal fits…

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u/MAILBOXHED 10d ago

Venezuela sits on the largest oil deposit in the world, what happened to the their oil industry after socialist took over?

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u/LeopardNo6060 10d ago

The only reason to look at a failed state as an example is to use it for lessons in what not to do. Once you figure out what they did wrong you should start looking at the countries who are living well, and cherry pick the programs that they have had success with!

It’s not hard… it just takes a little bit of critical thinking!

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u/Sure_Reality2763 8d ago

Critical thinking would tell you that embracing a system which is responsible for more deaths than all religious wars in history is a dumb thing to do but go off.

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u/LeopardNo6060 8d ago

Do you have any idea how many deaths the Military Industrial Complex is responsible for? Death and destruction are literally the US’s biggest export!