Why do you think it is a 'socialist paradise'? Looks anything but at the moment. Do you mean it is a failed Socialist state? Akin to failed capitalist states who also have populations without enough food, etc?

There are plenty of those too, you know.

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I think you'll find the failures in Venezuela had a great deal more to do with government incompetence (a problem in practically all 3rd world countries) than socialist policies. Across the vast majority of the rest of Latin America, left-wing governments during the 2000s and 2010s have made many incredible achievements -
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And why do you think throughout history people have tried to usurp the ruling classes and the iniquities that they bestowed to try to create a fairer more socially just society? The French did alright in the end out of their revolution, didn't they?

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What a stupid thing to say. The two major nations from which people are fleeing at the moment are Russia and Syria, one of which is ostensibly a Capitalist democracy, the other of which Western forces tried to bomb in order to create it, only for it to massively backfire (quelle surprise).

To claim all attempts at Socialism have failed is as ludicrous as saying that all attempts at Capitalism have failed - it's a simplistic analysis which no historian worth their salt could get away with. The major difference between the two ideology's retrospective successes is that throughout the 20th century, every single attempt at Socialist economic or social change has been challenged, and often actively stamped out by the dominant imperial power of the century, America. That's what we are seeing currently taking hold in Venezuela - covert operations by the American secret service to overthrow a nation who won't dance to their tune. I could write a long analysis of what's going on in Venezuela, but it's probably better to leave it to a Venezuelan to do so: [Link]

That's not to say that Socialist states would be flourishing without American interference. Cuba is incredibly homophobic, Uruguay is a very racist country, Russia's centralised authoritarianism was brutal. But then have a look at some of the wonderful examples of Capitalism in action: American incarceration of blacks, Russian homophobia, Pinochet in Chile.

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The French and Russian Revolutions didn't 'achieve' the rises of those men, they came decades after.

Surely if you want to look at a Socialist revolution in France, it's better to look at the Paris Commune. How did that end? A massacre at the hands of imperialist Prussia. History repeats itself, eh?

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Again, looking at nations as 'successful' or not is a really stupid game to play. All I was pointing out in that point is that the attempts at Socialism, praiseworthy or not, have been severely hindered by American foreign operations.

Although given that I can tell you won't be satisfied until I provide examples of 'successful' Socialism, how about the Kurds in northern Syria fighting IS with half of their front line being female? Spanish communes are flourishing, and even in South America Socialist states have dealt comparatively well with poverty, malnutrition and disease. Now in response, can you give me a list of successful Capitalist countries?

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