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Re:Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1M Percent by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @07:01AM (#17599836)
Yes. This is purely academic at this point. The currency has collapsed.

I have felt very sad for the folks in Venezuela for a long time now. Here's hoping that there is a peaceful end to this nightmare for them.

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Re:Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1M Percent by ekianjo on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @07:09AM (#17599886)
I dont see how it can end peacefully as the government enforces more and more controls as the situation worsens, creating a negative feedback loop.

At the same time a starving population has probably very little motivation to revolt.

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Re:Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1M Percent by baq on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @07:17AM (#17599926)
On the contrary, these people have nothing to lose - it's either death by starvation or death by a bullet.
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Re:Venezuela's Inflation to Reach 1M Percent by ekianjo on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @07:46PM (#17605839)
There is still the option to escape on foot and this is what quite a few venezuelans are doing already.
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