Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Life on the line: Inside Venezuela's crisis | Talk to Al Jazeera" video.

  1. The same oil Venezuela let rot due to neglect and mismanagement due to chasing out its skilled workforce in favor of political stooges?
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  2. Oh really? How come Iran under similar sanctions is faring better?
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  3. The government seized and now control the food and the production. This is the standard socialist tactic of using food as a weapon to feed its supporters and starve its opponents.
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  4. No. Than Chavismo for that.
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  5. Switzerland has the 8th lowest crime rate in the world. Venezuela has the highest crime rate in the world. Poor comparison!
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  6. Yes it is. Who told Maduro to impose price controls? Who told Maduro to chase out the executives and skilled workforce of the oil industry and replace them with political stooges? Who told Maduro to seize and shut down private enterprise? Who told Maduro to bar food and medical aid from entering through the border?
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  7. Exactly.
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  8. In Venezuela's case, not much. And the sanctions only started in 2017.
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  9. And Chavismo propaganda is journalism?
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  10. Because the US sanctions had minimal impact and they just started in 2017, 3 years after Venezuela went into a freefall. How come none of the other oil-rich countries suffered as badly as Venezuela?
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  11. Exactly.
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  12. That they themselves let deteriorate, because they ran out the executives and skilled workforce in favor of political stooges.
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  13. It's not all that complicated. It's just socialism running its natural course reaffirming what Margaret Thatcher said about it.
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  14. Hardly. Socialism is bad. And what was Guyana's excuse when socialism destroyed it in the 80's? Capitalists didn't need to make it look bad. Forbes Burnham did the job by himself.
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  15. Fear of getting their crops seized by the government?
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