First exit polls give victory to Henrique Capriles

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14. Giving up on socialism..

...is the most progressive thing any society can do.

In every country where self-described Marxists try to create a socialist or communist state, the result is economic stagnation at best, corruption and abuse of state power, and the creation of the worst hellholes on the planet (think DPRK today, Democratic Kampuchea under Pol Pot, Mao's China during the Great Leap Forward, Stalin's USRR during the early 30's).

On the other hand, societies that embrace the capitalist market economy are the richest in the world, and only rich societies can afford to care about things like clean air and clean water.

Unfortunately, socialism, like all religions, has it true believers. But unlike all other religions, socialism is falsifiable because it promised paradise in the here, not the hereafter. And it has failed spectacularly to deliver on that promise.