Venezuela seeks mediation with US

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70. Yes, it's beyond the typical left-right, capitalism-socialism thing. Some refuse to believe that

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corruption can exist in any economic system, it's not unique to one or the other.

Although philosophically capitalism has more of a bent to greed and profit that can be obtained through bribery, the individual motivation for getting fabulously rich and selling out one's own people as Vlad has done to the tune of $40B in his own pocket, disproves the idea that altruism is his only motivation.

The fantasy of Russia being a beacon of social justice, if it ever was one, is now in doubt as more of the history comes out, is quite disconcerting. Strange how all of this stuff is coming out in our increasingly visible Koch fueled world and destroying the ideologies some counted on as the answer.

Some days I sadly accept the loss of illusions, other days I look at the world and say:



Thanks for shining a light on the fact that some illusions need to be pulled away in order to get real social justice, not just slogans that cover it. I learned on this thread abortion is illegal in Venezuela. That's not exactly the Scandinavian style socialism many envision.

No doubt other regressive things go on, but a blind eye is being turned. The present is harsh and must be dealt with as best we can. The means are open to debate, but pretending evil is not in place is not an option as it is just wrong.