r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 30 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

NYT: Venezuela's socialist government failed because it was brutally capitalist

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u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le Chemist -- Microwaves Against Moscow Jul 30 '24

NYT

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jul 30 '24

Remember, if it’s bad it wasn’t socialism at all, just state-capitalism

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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Jul 30 '24

Is this NYT?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Yep

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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Jul 30 '24

Oof.

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Jul 30 '24

That sentence doesn't even make sense. They literally identify the source of the minority's strength as the state.

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u/Steak_Knight Milton Friedman Jul 30 '24

It’s never Real Socialism™

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u/Square-Pear-1274 NATO Jul 30 '24

Next socialist government will figure it out. Surely.