i'm gonna be a bit of an 'akshually' guy but i feel like it's worth noting that even in Latin America communists avoid calling Venezuela socialist, not because of optics or whatever, but because it's debatable how committed to socialism the venezuelan government actually is. kind of similar to Gadaffi, but way less eccentric. people usually just call Venezuela anti-imperialist.
that doesn't really matter tho. if you're not committed to class struggle, to abolishing capitalism and social classes you aren't really fixing the issue. it'll be interesting to see how the Venezuelan government acts now that they have a bit more room to maneuver, then we'll be able to have a richer analysis of Maduro's role in class struggle.
Sure, but PSUV is ambivalent towards them. I'd describe Venezuela as a capitalist country with a very strong socialist movement, like Sweden in the 70's.
i'm gonna be a bit of an 'akshually' guy but i feel like it's worth noting that even in Latin America communists avoid calling Venezuela socialist, not because of optics or whatever, but because it's debatable how committed to socialism the venezuelan government actually is. kind of similar to Gadaffi, but way less eccentric. people usually just call Venezuela anti-imperialist.
they got a fuckton of communes for not being socialist tho :thinking-about-it:
that doesn't really matter tho. if you're not committed to class struggle, to abolishing capitalism and social classes you aren't really fixing the issue. it'll be interesting to see how the Venezuelan government acts now that they have a bit more room to maneuver, then we'll be able to have a richer analysis of Maduro's role in class struggle.
Sure, but PSUV is ambivalent towards them. I'd describe Venezuela as a capitalist country with a very strong socialist movement, like Sweden in the 70's.