I don't think Chavez took power with any intention of helping people. He used populist rhetoric to win support from the poor and then consolidated his power through a series of moves that would have never been allowed in a mature democracy. He actually tried to get himself elected president for life, but even the poor people who supported his version of Marxist class warfare thought that was asking too much and they voted down the idea. So now he's threatening straight-up Soviet-style repression of all dissent. Just wait until he starts the "re-education" camps.
Are you surprised? I'm not. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Judah wrote: > Maybe its just because I'm part way through watching Last King of > Scotland, but it sure seems like there are a lot of people who seem to > take power with the best interests of the people in mind and then turn > into raving lunatics. > > > http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE4A83DT20081109?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 > > "If you let the oligarchy return to government then maybe I'll end up > sending the tanks of the armoured brigade out to defend the > revolutionary government," he said late on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
