Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "How Bad Economics Destroyed Venezuela" video.

It is not the oil. Norway has had none of these problems It is the political system, and the culture of worshiping the "caudillo" It is a LatAm thing. If you try to make a country out of slaves, you can drown them in oil, but they will still be slaves En guayuco, pero con Internet 😁
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the root of the problem is cultural The spanish legal system is arranged around (the king, the government) giving you "permission" to engage in a business The english tradition is a "registry" at best, but you never ASK or GET permission With that as a base, the people accept that governments can tax and threaten individuals at all levels of economic activity.
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@MariaRodriguez-dx6sm no it is not. leaders are extracted and come from the same people they are stealing. It is a myth that the "leaders" are different (better or worse) than the habitants Venezuelas are descendants of slaves, the civil wars decimated economy and population, the hard working inmigrants were mocked because... they *worked*. When mocking was not enough, they were expropiated ALL WITHTHE APPLAUSE OF THE "people"
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@A B Yes... but the average inhabitant ALSO doesn't care. They lack an ideology, they just want to avoid work.
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