| >1) Vote for politicians who are going to create real structural change in society, e.g. Bernie Bernie Sanders 2011: American dream more apt to be realized in Venezuela where incomes are more equal https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/close-the-... Six years later, Venezuelans are facing malnutrition from severe shortages in basic goods. 75 percent of Venezuelan lost 19 pounds in 2016: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/02/19/Venezuela-... I don't think any other oil economy has seen 75 percent of the population lose 19 lb in a year from malnutrition. The total ignorance of Venezuelan economic officials is what is behind the severity of the shortages. This quote from 2011 is emblematic of that: “The law of supply and demand is a lie,” Karlin Granadillo, the head of a price control agency set up to enforce the new regulations, said on state television. “These are not arbitrary measures. They are necessary.” http://www.pressherald.com/2011/11/26/venezuelas-price-contr... For reasons like this, I find the promotion of socialism to be morally reprehensible. |
Pretty much everywhere in the world, lower income inequality is closely correlated with being a nicer place to live in for everyone - like Finland, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Germany and so on.
That there are countries where the government, under the ruse of either socialist or libertarian policies, steals from its people has little to do with it.