This goober is literally doing the "50 bajillion dead, gommunist vuvuzela bad" meme in pretty much every other post. Also this lovely person is a crypto bro because of course they are. The masters of critical thinking over at antiwork are lapping it up but what else can you expect from . :reddit-logo:

  • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to put together a wiki for countering common propaganda like this online. For example, there were many documented improvements that happened as a result of Chavez gaining power, and I researched this long ago for some argument on Reddit, but the comment is long gone and it would take me time to dig up the stats again. Having some kind of a peer reviewed document to draw from would make that much more simple. Maybe it’s a terrible idea, but just throwing it out there.

    Also, this lib-friendly Bloomberg talks about how quality of life improved under “Venezuelan socialism”: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-07/venezuelans-quality-of-life-improved-in-un-index-under-chavez

    Much of the issues that have come up since Chavez died can be attributed to US sanctions and economic manipulation.