Reply #61: It Still Surprises Me, Ma'am [View All]

To see leftists seemingly unaware of the realities of revolution and counter-revolution. Col. Chavez is engaged in revolution, and makes no bones about it. He is opposed by the counter-revolution of a hereditary elite whose privilege and power he is in dead earnest about destroying. Most of the things raised here in criticism of his actions have little basis in the social reality of Venezuela prior to Col. Chavez's election. Venezuelans working hand to mouth in the cities and countryside had no signifigant liberty, for liberty as a practical fact requires a degree personal economic stability and means, or it is a mere sound on the wind. He may well emerge from this as a genuine dictator, but if he does, he will do so with the backing of the great majority of the country's populace, who feel that dictatorship benefits them, and desire done the things the dictator proposes doing with the nation's wealth and social order.