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Mark Wauck's avatar

Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton:

‘January 6th wasn’t a coup, I should know, I’ve planned many coups…we tried in Venezuela’

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Ray-SoCa's avatar

Sanctions seem to be more bark, than bite.

I question how effective they have been against any country, including Venezuela and Cuba.

My guess on the Venezuela economic disaster is 90% internal issues and 10% sanctions.

Sanctions seem to actually help a government stay in power, since they can blame the U.S. for any economic issues.

Socialism which destroys economies by destroying the motivation to grow a business or even work hard, has more responsibility for the economic issues. Plus the corruption issue, where rule of law is less important than cronyism and family relations.

The pilgrims tried socialism and it was a disaster:

https://reason.com/2022/11/23/the-pilgrims-dreamed-of-socialism-then-socialism-almost-killed-them/

Another view on Venezuela:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/sanctions-did-not-destroy-venezuela-socialism-did

Imho - crony capitalism, oligarchies, central planning, corruption, and no rule of law are economic disasters, and I’m very aware of the impact on the US economy, especially in California

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