https://johnriddell.com/2005/11/11/marxism-and-the-venezuelan-revolution-book-review/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.12 https://johnriddell.com/2005/11/11/marxism-and-the-venezuelan-revolution-book-review/#comment-633 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:51:55 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=371#comment-633 Hugo Chavez is what I call a pragmatic socialist whose correct application of socialism does not veer towards the insane. Imagine if he nationalized all industries and collectivized agriculture. What would have become of Venezuela. Aside from those, he knows how to feel the people’s pulse. He knows that if he goes to the extreme, the social democrats and the socialists who make up 90% of the whole Leftist community would not have elected him to power. These stand as basic lessons for those aspiring for power invoking Leftism or socialism with a human face. (And he is no stool as alleged by the CIA).

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