Re:Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stam...
by pavlov on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:08AM
(#16866296)
It’s the other way around: the vast majority of socialists never “feted” Chavez, but your strawman argument depends on the premise that those people are not real socialists.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stam...
by duncan_bayne on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:11AM
(#16866317)
Come off it. Socialist groups were still fawning over him and his "success" as late as 2013.
http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?Articl...
Not all, of course. Socialism is a broad camp. But many.
Edit: and in fact they're still at it in Australia, where I live:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-solidarity-gr...
Edit:... and how about Castro? Is he your idea of a real socialist? https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro...