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Originally Posted by redsocialist
Hugo Chavez is not a dictator, and venezuela is not a dictorship. Your being feed to much propaganda 
I'm for social democracy but I am a socialist so advocate workers control over production.
Factories are not under workers control in sweden therefore it isn't a socialist country
Factories are under workers control in Venezuela therefore it is a socialist country |
Factories are not under workers' control in either nation. They are under
government control; and that control is exactly what the workers in your article are seeking. That is what makes them socialist. The difference is that the Swedes peacefully elected to have this style of economic rule, whereas the Venezuelans have it forced upon them at gunpoint. In Sweden, those same politicians are answerable to the Swedish people. In Venezuela, it is the people who are answerable to the oligarchy, and often through brutal means if one is to agree with Amnesty International (hardly a right-wing organization).
That Hugo Chavez is the de-facto dictator of Venezuela is reality. The illusion of fair elections is the propaganda.