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@actingliketommy In a socialist society, what do you do if one person doesn’t want to work. Do nothing and nobody will work. Throw them in jail? Shoot them? In any case you cannot be free to make your own decisions even if it is a bad decision. So, socialism cannot exist in a free society.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@actingliketommy In a socialist society, what do you do if one person doesn’t want to work. Do nothing and nobody will work. Throw them in jail? Shoot them? In any case you cannot be free to make your own decisions even if it is a bad decision. So, socialism cannot exist in a free society.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@greendragonhq https://t.co/jjqhWyzq6l

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Before the weekend ends and America moves on to the next headline, we need to pause and look at a story that matters more than almost any other—the collapse of Venezuela, and what it warns us about if the last democratic superpower ever falls the same way.

This didn’t happen overnight. It happened step by step, over one generation.

VENEZUELA: HOW A PROSPEROUS NATION COLLAPSED

1992
Venezuela is the 3rd richest country in the Western Hemisphere, powered by oil and a growing middle class.

1997
Venezuelans become the 2nd largest buyers of Ford F-150s—a sign of widespread prosperity.

1998
Hugo Chávez is elected, promising to “redistribute wealth” and fix inequality.

2001
The country votes again for socialism, framed as compassion and fairness.

2003
The government imposes price controls and currency controls.
Black markets appear. Shortages begin.

2004
Private healthcare is fully socialized.

2006
Inflation rises sharply as massive welfare programs expand without real economic backing.

2007
All higher education becomes “free.”

2008
Key industries—oil services, steel, cement, telecom—are nationalized.
Production drops almost immediately.

2009
Private gun ownership is banned.

2010
The currency is devalued by 50%, crushing savings and accelerating inflation.

2011
Oil production begins a steady decline due to mismanagement and lack of investment.

2012
American politicians, like Bernie Sanders, publicly praise Venezuela’s model.

2013
Chávez dies. Nicolás Maduro takes power and tightens state control.

2014
Opposition leaders are arrested or silenced.

2015
GDP collapses. Hyperinflation begins.

2016
Severe food and medical shortages spread nationwide.

2017
The constitution is suspended. Elections are no longer meaningful.

2018
Inflation exceeds 1,000,000%. Maduro “wins” a widely fraudulent election.

2019
Unarmed civilians are killed by their own government.

2020
More than 8 million people flee the country to escape hunger and repression.

2023
Minor economic improvements fail to relieve mass poverty.

2024
Disputed elections trigger protests and global isolation.

2026
Maduro is removed by force. Venezuela is liberated after decades of ruin.

THE HARD TRUTH

It took one generation of “progressive” leadership to turn one of the richest countries on Earth into a nation defined by hunger, fear, mass graves, and mass migration.

This is the lesson history keeps teaching:

You can vote your way into socialism.
But history shows people only escape it through collapse, violence, or foreign intervention.

And here is the part Americans must understand clearly:

If this happens in the United States, there will be nobody coming to save us.

No outside superpower.
No rescue force.
No second chance.

Freedom is fragile. Prosperity is not guaranteed.
And once lost, they are brutally hard to recover.

Venezuela’s people paid the price.
America cannot afford to learn this lesson the same way.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@jmasseypoet “At the end of the day” but have to admit that I use “it is what it is” a lot. I’ll knock it off.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@BlisterPearl Or you can just sign an affidavit stating that you are a US citizen which would cost nothing. Please tell the whole story.

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@Sierra_rak Socialism works until you run out of other people’s money

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@OldBreedHwarang @SenWarren Anyone that’s been in the QA department of a government supplier knows why this costs so much

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@couleeman15 @WHLeavitt I used to feel the same way but then I remembered that Trump is an evil genius

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@bennyjohnson Socialism is what brought GB down. Ask Winston Churchill.

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@Simi_2210_ 400

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@MarkMadDogDavis Classic politician’s statement, I’ll give, someone else pays.

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@VigilantFox He high jacked the Knicks celebration to make a political speech.

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@SenWarren Why wouldn’t we use it to pay down this frickin debt that is costing us a trillion per year? Cause that won’t get you any votes.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@Sabiha1278 Guaranteed, no politician could get their hands on it. No scummy communist could “redistribute” it to gain power? I’d throw in an extra $10k per year.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@MarcoFoster_ @KyleKulinski Thief like this should thrown in jail for conspiring to steal from law abiding citizens.

[Jeff @jasman6291957]

@omgsidewalks If a billionaire kept all their money in his mattress you would be correct. If you can name just one billionaire that does this I will acknowledge that you are correct. Waiting…