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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by antidesitter on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @07:57PM (#17823336)
To be clear, are you saying the United States was responsible for socialism’s failures?
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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by Maybestring on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:28PM (#17837675)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in...

See the cold war era for a quick rundown of US interference with socialist governments.

I'm saying... when the US instigates and funds a civil war in country X, you can't then say X's government lost power because of their economic policies.

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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by antidesitter on Friday August 24, 2018 @08:59PM (#17838962)
That's dodging the question. Do you deny the connection between socialist policies and their economic consequences?
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