Chavez Says He Has White House Informant

[BreadBros]

Originally posted by Guerrilla22+Oct 4 2006, 07:36 PM--> (Guerrilla22 @ Oct 4 2006, 07:36 PM)

Originally posted by Cheung [email protected] 4 2006, 07:31 PM

Guerrilla22

@Oct 4 2006, 07:22 PM
There's nothing like having a petro cash cow to keep your citizens happy. The government of Kuwait does the exacxt same thing with its oil money, but yet I havent't seen to many people on here discussing the great revolution in Kuwait.

You mean where women were not permitted to vote until the past copuple of years, Kuwaiti-born children of non-citizens are not allowed to touch the welv and non-Muslims are persecuted?

Fuck no.

Furthermore, the Kuwaiti govenrment is so deeply in Washington's pocket that they would re-enact Hitler's final solution if Bush asked them nicely enough to.

Exactly my point. Using oil money to provide various social programs doesn't equal socialism. [/b]

No it doesnt, but even such programs are a far step above the neoliberal economics of most other Latin American countries. Keep in mind Mexico also has vast reserves of oil, but you dont see the same programs. Chavez has also been one of the few world leaders calling the United States out on imperialism and challenging the status quo.

[Guerrilla22]

Originally posted by BreadBros+Oct 5 2006, 12:53 AM--> (BreadBros @ Oct 5 2006, 12:53 AM)

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2006, 07:36 PM

Originally posted by Cheung [email protected] 4 2006, 07:31 PM

Guerrilla22

@Oct 4 2006, 07:22 PM
There's nothing like having a petro cash cow to keep your citizens happy. The government of Kuwait does the exacxt same thing with its oil money, but yet I havent't seen to many people on here discussing the great revolution in Kuwait.

You mean where women were not permitted to vote until the past copuple of years, Kuwaiti-born children of non-citizens are not allowed to touch the welv and non-Muslims are persecuted?

Fuck no.

Furthermore, the Kuwaiti govenrment is so deeply in Washington's pocket that they would re-enact Hitler's final solution if Bush asked them nicely enough to.

Exactly my point. Using oil money to provide various social programs doesn't equal socialism.

No it doesnt, but even such programs are a far step above the neoliberal economics of most other Latin American countries. Keep in mind Mexico also has vast reserves of oil, but you dont see the same programs. Chavez has also been one of the few world leaders calling the United States out on imperialism and challenging the status quo. [/b]

Maybe so, I'm not attacking Chavez's political stance, nor creating social programs with oil money, however Venezuela will have to depend on such populism forever, unless steps towards actual socialism are taken, which so far we haven't seen from Chavez, nor does it seem he wants to move in towards socialism. Cuba's educational and healthcare systems are light years ahead of Venezuela, due to socialism.