VikingHippie

Why do you want to know? Do you think Chavez singlehandedly controlled the price of oil?

You know that's a worldwide commodity, the price of which is affected by myriad factors out of any one country's control, right?

There's no such thing as "price of Venezuelan crude oil" seperate from the price of all other crude oil.

Poor guy! Suffering the consequences of his own actions like some non-rich person!

Venezuela is an example of a petrostate, where the government is highly dependent on fossil fuel income.

Petrostates are vulnerable to what economists call Dutch disease, in which a government develops an unhealthy dependence on natural resource exports to the detriment of other sectors.

The oil price plunge from more than $100 per barrel in 2014 to under $30 per barrel in early 2016 sent Venezuela into an economic and political spiral, and despite rising prices since then, conditions remain bleak.

(Source: Council of Foreign Relations)

So yeah, socialism didn't kill the Venezuelan economy, over-reliance on fossil fuel did.

You know what else would be contrary to the will of a loving God if one existed?

Being the main driver of the African AIDS epidemic that's claimed tens if not hundreds of millions of lives.

Fuck the catholic church and ESPECIALLY fuck THESE catholic church monsters! 🖕🖕🖕

turn Trondheim into a landfill

You mean it isn't one already?

Nice one!

Different? Sure. Hardly TOTALLY different, though. The two hellholes have a lot of atrocious similarities.

And you seem to be forgetting about the Saudi-led proxy war between them and Iran with the Houthis caught in the middle. The one that most people not working in Congress or the White House agree is an abominable atrocity.

Iran bad ≠ Saudi-led atrocities good

Yeah, many people would literally die and millions if not tens of millions would suffer the consequences for the rest of their lives.

After seizing control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas National Guard units deployed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott have prevented Border Patrol agents from entering the area

So fascist-occupied Texas is just invading federal territory by official order now? Isn't that tantamount to a declaration of war against the US government?

But enough about what I did with your mom last night..

shoots cockgun

ALL costs!