Venezuela: A new laboratory for Marxism and Marxist experiments?

April 21, 2005


Apologists
for the nature of the Chavez revolution should carefully read this link
and the three accompanying ones, where Marxist activities and proselytizing are
described in detail and in plain language. In the first link Chavez’s brother
and intellectual alter ego, his brother Adan, declares himself a Marxist and
calling to reclaim Marxism in the revolution in the same way they have
reclaimed the ideas of others (Did not know Zamora had any ideas!). He also
describes his brother’s recent intellectual “evolution”. Combine that with Chavez’
militarism and you get a clear picture of what type of ideological potpourri these
guys have, which bodes badly for Venezuela. At least Adan does not
go as far as his brother in calling the family poor. He is asked if he came
from a humble background, which he answers affirmatively and then proceeds to say
how his parents are both retired schoolteachers from Barinas. Two
schoolteachers salaries in Barinas in the 70’s placed the Chavez family
squarely in the middle class of Venezuelans and not the “poor” that
Chavez always claims.

The interview
also reveals how Chavez has always lied about why he joined the military. One
of those explanations (there are a few different ones) has always been that since he came from a poor family, he
could not attend the university. But his eldest brother Adan did! I guess he
came from the poor side of the brothers.

The other
three links show how Venezuela
has become a hotbed for the spread of the type of Marxist ideas that have
proven to fail everywhere. I particularly found the existence of a talk about “Workers’
control, Venepal shows the way” to be short of hilarious. The company is being
subsidized by the Government. It is already in trouble. What a farce! An what a tragedy for Venezuela!

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