Venezuela’s economic and social collapse is well-nigh apocalyptic.A heavy-handed attempt at socialism(what other way is even possible?) has induced a societal implosion. The poverty rate sits at 82%, violent crime has become another aspect of daily life, homicide has become an epidemic, and hunger is so rampant that Venezuelans are eating flamingos. The inflation rate is currently at 720%. The murder rate hovers around 92 per 100,000 citizens, with 92% of homicides resulting in no conviction. The Venezuelan capital of Caracas is the most violent in the world, with an estimated 119 murders per 100,000.
These statistics are comparable with that of a war zone, but they also track closely with those of every other nation that has attempted to implement socialism in one form or another.
History shows that it’s fairly hard to suppress a market economy, given the natural inclination of people to want to trade and cooperate with each other and live in relative peace. That’s why only a totalitarian government has ever been able to get anywhere close to ridding a population of a marketplace. Famine and violence soon follow as society rips itself apart. Socialism seeks to abolish social forces that society cannot function without.
