Very true. I think that many of the leaders of the looters read AS and longed to be Wesley Mouches or Mr. Thompson.

Hence, means that this was a way to dictatorship, not through any real concern for the people, and that transfers to our own Democrats as they move to "Socialist Democrat" mode. they just want power, and "free stuff" will call to the sheeple.

Note that the things playing out DO follow the pattern Ayn Rand foresaw in her books. The physics of it are undeniable, meaning that it is no longer a "social science" but a real science. It can be proven through experimentation that socialistic policies will result in disaster.

The government cares about them, Maduro will save the country. The people need to have faith in their leaders. It just takes time, please stop whining

Please, please, please - will someone please ask a Democratic politician, "What do you think of Venezuela?"

But, but, socialism has never been fully implemented.....(sarcasm)

From one of the richest South American Countries to one of the poorest. That is not Failure that is Cratering on the order of the meteor impact 65,000,000 years ago.

Poor Maduro is unaware that there is no such thing as successful communist economic model. He did not learn from Soviet and Eastern European history.
He is repeating it like a sheep.

All that's left is the final Stalin solution. That is "Guns and Gulags" on a massive scale.

And, as usual, his socialist solution is more government.

Unfortunately the politicians haven't been suffocated on the train yet.
Who is Juan Galt?

Maduro: "No more whining, I want solutions comrades!" This is a Mr. Thompson moment! Now that the food has run out, Venezuela has had its Minnesota grain/train moment.