Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "The End of the Red Surge in Latin America?" video.

@TheStallKross I think his name already gave away that he is far left LOL.
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@ShubhamMishrabro That was my first thought I don't like Bernie Sanders, not because of his political views but as a Swede I always shake my head when he starts talking about the Scandinavian model, he's a huge contributing factor to why people have a false image of how our politics work in Sweden. Sometimes I feel like he is intentionally misleading people. So many times in the US I had to explain to my American friends that we are not socialists and when I ask why they got that idea they almost always mention his name.
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It doesn't work that way, Europe's global GDP is huge, around 25% of the world economy. If we look at Africa which is the most resource rich continent in the world it's only 2.8% of global GDP and it's not really growing that well. Resources doesn't mean a thing if you cannot refine or have the capital or know-how to manufacture finished products.
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@ThePandaKZ That's how Realpolitik works, the US does not impose sanctions on Israel because they are their only reliable ally in the Middle East a region where many hate their guts. You don't sanction your friends you sanction your enemies. Venezuela aligns itself with China, Iran, Russia, Cuba and Syria. Do you see a pattern here? We can talk about what is fair and what is right but at the end of the day nations will do what's in their best interest. YES they will try to explain it in a manner that makes it sound more reasonable but at the end of the day they engage in diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly binding itself to explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises.
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@TihetrisWeathersby Swede here we do not have socialism here, I know we have a huge party named the "Social demokraterna" (Social democrats) but they are actually not socialists. We have a party called "Vänstern" (the left) they used to be called the Swedish communist party before they changed their names they are socialists but they have never been in power though most Swedes are not really into socialism (their election results are in the single digits). The Social Democrats have been in power a lot of times during the last 50 years but they are a lot closer to capitalist than they are to socialism. In essence Sweden is a capitalist country with a welfare system you may call it a middle ground between socialism and capitalism if you want but truth is we are a lot closer to capitalism than we are socialism. Our markets are in some cases more free and open than in the US.
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@pawtter_ink That's normal though, just look at how China is operating in Asia drawing it's ocean border without regard of their neighbours and Russia claiming territory from their neighbours left and right. If you are the big dog in your area you take advantage. At the end of the day ALL nations operate on what's in their interest just some nations have more sway than others. If Venezuela had the GDP and military might of the US they would do the same.
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@tauceti8060 Yeah and by looking at the world today pretty much everyone is a capitalist except a few exceptions and some "socialist" countries that are capitalists in disguise.
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So which nations in Central and South America are fascist dictatorships that runs around with death squads these days? I mean if you are talking about current governments then the Venezuelan one seems to be the only one that kind of fits that description somewhat.
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