The elites want socialism because it brings everyone down into desperation and poverty, while those who control the ever-expanding government gain wealth and power beyond their wildest dreams.
The marxists love to say that socialism is about ‘equality.’
And they are technically right.
However, their ‘equality’ always turns into equality in suffering, desperation, and poverty, as everyone is brought down to a horribly low level.
Of course, that equality never applies to those pushing for the socialist system, as once they have control of the government they become immensely wealthy and powerful.
Unlike Capitalism, which creates widespread abundance and brings technological advances and greater wealth even to those at the lower end of the income scale, socialism simply brings everyone except the elites down.
And nowhere is that more obvious than in Venezuela.
The nation with the world’s largest oil reserves on earth has suffered a total economic collapse, with the average citizen having lost 30 pounds due to widespread starvation.
But when it comes to Venezuela’s socialist leaders, they seem to be eating quite well.
In fact, Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro recently visited a restaurant owned by social media sensation #saltbae for a steak and cigar, which has generated massive outrage:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been filmed eating a lavish steak lunch with celebrity chef Salt Bae – while around 90% of Venezuelans live in poverty and some scavenge for food. pic.twitter.com/kUjMF2Vu4s
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 19, 2018
After deleting the Maduro videos from his Instagram account, @nusr_ett has now also scrubbed evidence of Maduro tucking into his famous steaks from Twitter. Here’s the footage if you haven’t seen it yet: pic.twitter.com/BP1DIwi03q
— Alexandra Ulmer (@AlexandraUlmer) September 18, 2018
The hypocrisy of the leader of a starving nation getting served luxury steaks did not go unnoticed:
Why the outrage over Maduro's lavish steak dinner Turkey?
Back home, Maya Bello has lost 70 pounds in three years. Her youngest son was severely malnourished until a charity provided food alternatives. I'll have their story this pm on @WPLGLocal10. pic.twitter.com/nlh9l4S0QR
— Cody Weddle (@coweddle) September 18, 2018
For comparison, while Maduro was tucking into a gourmet meal in Istanbul, in a public hospital in Caracas children were given plain rice for lunch. Thanks to govt economic 'reforms', there is virtually no meat on sale to the public right now. https://t.co/Vuvlms1T9L
— Phil Gunson (@philgunson) September 18, 2018
More context for the video of Maduro wolfing steak in Istanbul: here are the figures showing how much less Venezuelans are eating since he took office. Per capita meat consumption down by over a quarter, for instance. by 2017. https://t.co/aXmRWXtQNl
— Phil Gunson (@philgunson) September 18, 2018
Salt Bae #ShameOnYouSaltBae pic.twitter.com/VBSx1Odknt
— EDO (@edoilustrado) September 17, 2018
Maduro wants to talk about visit to #China but the suffering people of #Venezuela want to talk about his lavish dinner at Salt Bae's restaurant. He has starved & oppressed 2.3 million people out of the country & another 1 million possible before years end https://t.co/VUTSuTCYAe
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018
Sad you don’t see the big difference between shaming someone because you disagree on a political issue & shaming a celebrity chef,who didn’t just host Maduro,he promoted videos of the lavish feast he provided for a criminal that is systematically starving the people of #Venezuela https://t.co/qN1noG5sAF
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018
While some like @nusr_ett feed dictators like Nicolas Maduro, others are helping to feed innocent children being starved by the Maduro regime in #Venezuela. https://t.co/mCAUd2gJ65
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018
I don’t know who this weirdo #Saltbae is, but the guy he is so proud to host is not the President of #Venezuela. He is actually the overweight dictator of a nation where 30% of the people eat only once a day & infants are suffering from malnutrition. https://t.co/sSNPK9cAAx
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018
That’s real socialism folks. The people suffer, while the elites fatten up like hogs.
Spencer Fernando
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So true Spencer, so very vile and greedy of Maduros, we must get rid of Trudeau and the LIEberals or we will also loose too much weight. In the LAHT , an opinion writer Albert Montaner wrote a piece of something we also need to think about, it is what made the US (and us in Canada) good places to live and work, strong fair laws for everyone, and law abiding people. Like you Spencer he has a great way with words, and a lot of life experience.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2465318&CategoryId=13303
Instead of inviting Tze Bermann to speak with Alberta teachers to spew her Oul sands venom, let’s bring Spencer or even better, Marco Rubio to speak about the dangers of socialism.
Just how many more times does the complete failure of socialism have to be repeated before people will reject it at the first sign a government or leader is trying to bring it upon the citizens of a country. After all, it started centuries ago with Karl Marx, that led to the bolshevik revolution and forcing communism upon Russia, then it was taken on the road throughout eastern Europe, then onto China, Vietnam, Cuba, Africa, and lastly Venezuela. Every time a complete failure. Nothing good will ever come from socialism. Socialism is an evil , destructive ideology , that only… Read more »
“Let them eat cake.” -Marie Antoinette
ps- Is that an illustration of himself on his napkin?