Venezuela: How long does it take to buy 8 basic goods? BBC News
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BBC Mundo's Daniel Pardo tests how long it takes to buy even the most basic goods in Caracas amid massive queues for food.
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I live in Venezuela. My question is :How do this guys manage to film the clip without getting mugged or killed to take their vudeo camera and cell phones? It is a real miracle they didnt become murder victims. Also talking English in public? A good way to become another kidnapping or murder statistic. Congrats in surviving your shopping day. By the way I am a Venezuela living in Venezuela. so this video is 100 Percent truth
really bro ?
hey how are things now ? you still alive ?
The video is from 2015, Venezuala's got worse since then
BSG Vlog it's not that dire, I think. As a local you won't get murdered that easily. You won't be living a very comfortable life either, though
The BBC is Fake News. They report crisis's abroad in order to dull their pain at home. Why do you think they call it a Cover Story?
In capitalist country, you line up to enter a nightclub to shake your ass
In socialist country, you line up to buy toilet paper to wipe your ass*.
* if its not sold out already...
hahahaha
*slurps and clicks tongue* noice
it makes me laugh :-D
+brian the phoenix agreed
right on!
My dad is from venezuela and always tells me about how the country was great at some point and now my family is constantly starving and most people there are starving it's just sad
Andrea Roa sorry to hear tht
its bad because of well socialism
Andrea Roa shit hole
Andrea Roa . I was in Venezuela just a months ago. I dont see any beggers starving people or realy poor people like I see in almost all other countrys. Like in the usa . 50.000.000 people counted as poor.
You can blame the leader of Venezuela.
This got published in 2015.. imagine how shit it would be now.
poor venezuela
Omg ,someone please help these poor people 😞
Anjith H USA can't because half the country thinks we are going to take their oil like that's even possible
@@paulieheydrich9772 Yeah in modern world help means that ,Helping only those who can return it in other terms
When I complain about things in America , these types of vids make me shut my mouth and kiss my American ground .....
Fonzi79
And they want Socialism in the United States..No way..
Me too i thought my country is a shithole. But seeing this makes me feel lucky. My aunt grocery store have more stocks than the entire caracass.
America is not perfect, but one of the best places to live WITH freedom
Viva la revolución
Yes you should you dont understand how bad my country is(Venezuela)
i'm living in a 3rd world Asian country but cooking oil is everywhere,thanks god
I wonder where ?
The world largest palm-oil producers
indonesia?
philipines?
Indonesia, mate
My Grandparents always stored up extra food. When I questioned their logic, they replied: People, don't wait until tough times to store up food and necessities. They lived through hard times and the memories stayed with them for life. Also, growing some of your own food even if you live in an apartment would be a help. I hope after reading this comment you take my Grandparents words to heart and put it into action.
It's been 3 years since this video was posted on UA-cam and the condition in Venezuela is Soo bad that people are forced to live on rotten meat and they don't have any option but to search for food in the trashcan, while their leader is enjoying a big stake dinner at nusr-Et. It is estimated that inflation is at 84,000%. But still Maduro wins the election. Very sad to see the people's suffering there. Hope other countries intervene and at least provide some relief to the native population or else in no time it can be the next Syria.
Inflation is at 1000000% as of like 6 months ago
Yash Acharya damn Venezuela is dealing with bad problems. Could it be having a worse living situation than like Nepal or Bangladesh?
india should help venezuel by giving food items
I think the UN should intervene. Eating rotten meat is dangerous to one's health. I can't believe the people hasn't started a rebellion against maduro yet. That's disgusting sickening to let your people "rot" away and be treated like animals. Heck even my dog eats a good and not rotten meal!
They also eating dogs.
It's like Pokemon Go, only your life depends on it. Catch any wild gallons of milk lately?
no its not people die
Victor he said "only your life depends on it"
You just validated his point.
People die from Pokemon Go too. That's why they warn you to mind your surroundings while playing.
Strong lol right
Venezula can now be declared a third world country.
You mean it moved up from fourth.
John Howard what toilet paper? a few articles or ads from the local newspaper(moisten first). but not the ''sports or the comics'', because ''chuy'' hasn't red those sections yet....a he doesn't want to read them by tranposing them with a mirror off your behind. and save the rubbish to later start up the water boiler. or you can move to mexicali. '' mi casa is tu casa''....
Now? It always has been.
Christian Anders so those people standing in line were actors? like in that movie about north coreas lo-lo leader ''the interview''. ''damn you, bbc''.
***** Even tho you're right, words and phrases gain new meanings over the time, thats how languages evolve.
"Third world" has been "unofficially" used to describe poor countries for while now, enought that the current generation practically grew up with it meaning just that.
"The prices are regulated by the state, which is partly why they're so scarce"
_partly_
*_P A R T L Y_*
Colombians used to want to go to Venezuela, but now Venezuelans want to go to Colombia!
Pos sí, cómo se han invertido los roles xD. Venezuela, el 3er país en Latinoamérica con más inmigrantes luego de Brasil y Argentina, recibió tanta gente hace décadas, y ahora son los venezolanos quienes abandonan el país en vez de recibir gente. Un país con tantos recursos y tan miserablemente mal gobernado.
Millions of Venezuelans dream of moving to Colombia or Brazil . It is so close and at the same time so far. It takes money to move between countries and right now 99.99% of Venezuelans(me included) are dead broke
+efrhen gallego You can just walk to Colombia or Brazil.
kingdaleclarke Right but once there ,where are you going to live and what are you going to eat? Nobody wants to go from bad to WORSE
efrhen gallego Well I am not weak and small minded like you.I would find a way.You would bitch out.You cant handle adversity.
I find the actual situation of venezuela specially angering, just pisses me off that we had more than 10 years of oil over 100$ per barrel and we didnt get anything good out of it, we had more money than Dubai (you know, the ppl that made the world tallest skyscrapper and paid for its ppl health program completely, without breaking a sweat). In the future what happened here in Venezuela will be remembered as the biggest, most expensive corruption and theft case in humans history.
+Carlos Carreño But Venezuela has 3X the population of Dubai. Also, Venezuela didn't diversify its economy & relied on oil for income.
+Jonathan Tan yeah sure Venezuela is bigger, but even so all of the infrastructure is on the brink of breaking down, roads have batches all over, bridges have collapsed while others are on a total lack maintenence, buildings even and so on, they say they invested but the amount of money for these purposes made public doesnt reflect on the reality. Before this Gov. reached power venezuela had a more diversified economy, our second larges income was steel and aluminum from the basic industries, second was Hydroelectrical power and third tourism, this gov. managed to destroy the other incomes, and focused on exploiting the oil industry, so much that today its completely submerged in debt. It's so unbeliveable what happened here that its hard to grasp out of these few words.
Yeah but in Dubai they don't have Communism
Carlos Carreño that's what you get when you threatened and decides not to trade with USA
Maple Puerto of course, the main problem is socialism
You do not need Toilet paper... just wipe your self with a 50,000.00 Bolivares note
thats actually funny, we used to say that but there is no cash anymore AJAJAJA
My biggest question is how do he managed to be completely safe without getting the feeling that someone could probably stole all of his stuff? Man you are brave
Thursday August 17th 2023
The Venezuelan people are not all evil , greedy and corrupt like in the USA ! Besides prisoners serve their time unlike the USA where they release prisoners early for good behavior ! Most people caught for a crime in Venezuela , don’t do it again ! In America you have revolving door criminals because the DOJ system SUCKS and let criminals get away basically with a slap on the wrist ! PEACE ☮️☮️☮️
In my country, all goods in as much quantity as you want gets delivered to home at just one phone call by local supermarkets, They offer free home delivery, and heavy discounts. This is the magic of capitalism.
Good(s) for everyone :-)
Y a queen mierda le importa?? Te están mostrando la realidad de Venezuela y vos salis con esta pelutudes, si yo también puedo comprar lo que quiero pero me compadezco por el pueblo venezolano que tienen que soportar al idiota de Maduro
What country?
¿Argentina no está yendo también por ese camino? Creo recordar que el término 'Argenzuela' es algo popular pues el gobierno argentino quería seguir las políticas de Chávez.
Socialism 4 life
I was born in Venezuela, when I was younger and living there, mainly around 2015, my mother and I were heading to the grocery store to grab some food, and while we walked there we saw a military truck carrying sugar, grain and other stuff in giant white bags. When the drove passed they got stopped by a bunch of people and the people on the streets crowded around the truck, two police men came out and tried to stop the people but they got pushed aside, I remember watching as people climbed up the truck and tossed bags of the sugar, rice, etc.. onto the ground and people grabbing them and running down the street. By then my mother and I were in the store. I remember seeing the isles empty, the lights were flickering, a lot of the windows were shattered or broke, we only could get so much, and by the time we got out. More police showed up to stop the people from getting the food.
And now in 2019, it has only gotten worse. In my opinion this is what a unskilled president and a incorrect way to run a political idea can do to a country. Maduro is a damn dictator
Not to mention that condoms cost over $700 each
?? R you like stupid, or where you dropped as a baby on the head
How can condoms cost 700$?
Karim Karimous www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/the-755-condom-is-the-latest-indignity-in-venezuela
Read this article then you will know
Uhh wrong, I live in Venezuela first of all, you look at the price tag in the condoms which it's 2000bsf the pack of three condoms, you divide the 2000bsf by the price of one dollar in Venezuela which is 283 or aprox. = 7 us$... This country has a system runed by the government where they control the $ failure, so you have to buy them on the black market, who ever wrote that article is seriously wrong...
Capitalism isn't AS bad as it seems if you compare it to socialism... Hope Venezuela makes it out alive and strong out of this crap situation, beautiful country and people deserve better.
Capitalism is like a wild horse . It's go to wide sometimes , u need something to hold it back. It's driven by pure profit .
ahahhahah , no financial crisis comes from that government put his fingers to building market
The Great Sasuke ...as if Government guarenteeing loans didn't do most of the work of causing the crisis
I was so young.
No GMO Joe so you think that killing a person is a good thing? All arrogant (not all supporters, just those blind) Trump supporters should be given one state territory and found Great USA country there.
In the amount of time they stood in line, most likely in vein, they could have ploughed a field and planted seeds.
Have to start somewhere. Stomp out one cockroach and there is still another thousand.
except they can't because that would require owning a farm and the government now owns virtually everything.
Thanks, socialism.
1.) The government own a everything, and private ownership is basically illegal at this point, and 2.) They live in a city
And some guy digs up and eat the seeds.
that is what socialists and communists don't understand
There's not such a thing as 12:30 in the morning when is past afternoon
yeah but 12:30 is the morning to latinos ;)
In their country they just have morning and night but no afternoon.
Gabo P
You mean *passed noon* surely?
Not "past afternoon"
Classic
Your times are all off and so your statement makes no sense.
06:00-24:00 should read *06:00**-**00:00*
It's called a 24 hours clock...but there is no 24:00.
There is 23:59 then it's 00:00 then 00:01 when using 24 hours format.
Also I think you meant 18:00-24:00... Because you're talking about "good afternoon" Vs "good evening"
And
Lastly, noon was considered to be the time of day when the sun was at its highest in the sky. Therefore after-noon literally meant after the sun was at its highest. There are more words than you seem to realise that are used to describe the various levels of light as the sun "goes down" but generally speaking *afternoon* becomes evening around sunset and evening becomes night during proscribed sleep hours.
But honestly, (and not in a mean way) I think you should look into this topic more and educate yourself a little better.
It is a fascinating subject that you are obviously quite curious about...
I would suggest you look into writing different time formats...
They often change from country to country... That's pretty cool too.
@danny lui we also have “medio dia, media noche, tarde, etc”. It’s not just morning or night.
#FeeltheBern
Venezuela is feeling the Bern
not really
It's okay, their free healthcare & antibiotics will clear it right up.
I'm all for Bernie, but Venezuela does not have antibiotics, and their healthcare is shit. Try again.
You're right, but this crisis is mostly due to their leaders, who aren't good for anything.
is the burn due to lack of nutrition and general unhappiness?
I live in Venezuela and this is 100% accurate
Virginia Elena Cano Arcay Don't let Maduro find out you said this online.
This is old style Soviet Union - standing in line for everything! I remember the corruption was rampant.
This is what happens when the government gets to "regulate" private business. Shortages, substandard quality and waiting lines.
But hey, at least you guys showed those evil business owners! /rolleyes
David Medlock If it wasn't for regulations, you'd probably be dead by now.
Wow. They have you hook line and sinker. If you think companies want to kill people you are dumber than you sound.
David Medlock Regulations cover employees too. *Duh.*
"regulations cover employee's"
By reducing the demand for labor and causing wages to depress?
Sure you can reduce the demand for labor. Many regulations cut so deep into a businesses profit margins that they are either operating at a loss or simply can not afford the labor entirely without raising prices, but if they raise their prices any higher they exceed cost-parity for their product or service which means its no longer worth purchasing said product/service and thus demand for said product/service falls through the floor creating a visceous cycle the leads to the businesses death.
I've seen this shit happen in America to startups that nbarely even got off the ground because of it to large multi million dollar operations. You don't think the EPA shutting down all the open pit mines in the US reduced the demand for labor AND saturated the labor market at the same time?
When Chavez said he was going to make VZ the next Cuba he wasn't kidding. I didn't see many of those proud red berets and shirts out anywmore.
+maxsmodels As a Cuban all I have to say is that if Cuba isn't already one of the worst example of political system and most people in Venezuela were for it, they deserve what they are getting. Some people don't learn until it hits them close.
+Eliroque™ sad but true mi amigo
I really can't complain buying anything here in the Philippines. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Malls are literally everywhere.
People shops like crazy. 😅
This type of video made me shut my mouth for not having a cooking oil for a minute which I can buy a few steps away from our house.
Godbless Venezuela and thank you God I'm in the Philippines.
Based on things he said in this piece, walking around with groceries out in the open is the equivalent of walking around with a “please rob me at gun point” sign.
just bought cooking oil , after i had to decide between 12 different types and 12 different brands ,,,, aaahhhh capitalism
:( This video its old. We are even worst right now.
I know it's difficult to do, but if you can, get out now. Go to a non socialist place and be happy with life!
It won't get better, sorry for saying this.
This comment is old, its even worst now
Michele Valletta That comment is old, even worse now
zombinagirl Hey, at least social media ain’t banned
Wow. I usually just walk over to a grocery store near work when my shift ends. I can get all of the stuff he was looking for and be out in 20 minutes or less. I feel bad for them.
praying that things will change for the better for Venezuela. love from the Philippines
Socialism at its best
+Julian Silva not to mention that ever since the relationship between quba and the usa sweetened up last year a major influx of money and products has hit the shelves and now we can once again enjoy Magnificent Cuban spirits and cigars and they can enjoy Cornflakes milk and endless meat.
are we talking about the same country? That does not sound like my country Venezuela. Endless meat? If you are the president or Army top brass maybe
You mean Socialism at its absolute worse. This is obviously not real socialism
Real super sand legend serious question, what's real socialism? got any examples? and please don't say Scandinavian countries, because that's not socialism, that's capitalism with high taxes.
send bernie sanders bitch to venezuela
I live in Mexico City and I'm used to make lines everywhere, everytime; for the ATM, to get into a restaurant, to buy a ticket for the metro, to pay the bills... But 8 hours to get the basic goods is completely hyperbolic! That's when you can tell something's not right with the socio-economic system of a country.
That guy at 2:51 was seriously considering stealing his stuff
And some other guy in the beginning
This show us that we should be grateful for everything we have, this hurts me because there’s a lot of people suffering and I feel helplessly to this situation. A lot of people take things for granted and feel entitled and yet that don’t open their eyes to the truth.
We had the same situation in Poland in '70 and '80... now we have satirical/nostalgic board game called Queue. In that game, to win You must be first one to buy all products from shopping list, despite all absurd organizational problems from that era. The moral of My story is: People from Venezuela don't give up. It will pass some day, and after few years it can even be considered funny ;)
maybe they should consider capitalism?
axh2 The sad thing is that Venezuela isn't Poland and they may never figure that out. They'll continue to have problems for generations because the population is dysfunctional.
+巨美尻女王 (Queen BumBum) They followed my country's model, Cuba. And of course as a result they have turned into another communist/socialist hellhole... It's gotten so bad over there that even the Cuba looks better than them now.
looks like a socialist paradise!
Feelthefx coroption paradise **
This is communism moron, not socialism...
Werner Veenstra Communism is a stateless society
gesman5000 nice try but that would be anarchism. Don’t claim things you don’t know about.
gesman5000 How could you make statement about communism? If communism is all about stateless.
It's crazy that this video was made almost 4 years ago and the situation keeps the same... And even worse now
Crazy to think that my country (The Philippines) which is just a newly industrialized country is not even on the level of Venezuela terms of economy (well, before. I don't know about the data right now) experiencing this kind of situations while here every supermarkets are all loaded with stocks of goods and shoppers everywhere. You can truly say that the world we live is truly unfair.
Fingerprint technology oh that's just fucking great!
If President Dilma in Brazil continue to manage the country in the current rules of the "PT", then we will live here a similar reality. I do not want that future for my country, we are afraid.
Junior Silva Don't forget the FORO de SP.
+Junior Silva Your countries have no hope, too many communists. Immigrate to the US if you want a good life for your family.
I really enjoyed Germany beating Brazil in their home turf in FIFA in 2014 LOL. Brazil economy will go down harder than that beating
I liked it too, Brazil needed this 7x1
Junior Silva lmao
2:08 twelve thirty in the morning
In communism, you wait for bread.
In capitalism, bread waits for you.
-Stefan Molyneux 2016
#FeedStef
I'm confused, are u american or british?
I think Venezuelan
I do too, he combined the 2 accents that's why I got confused
He doesn't sound American or British. He sounds Irish.
RedRyder 120 you can work for them without being British...
Avery Lopez-Baines no he is colombian, the son of a rich guy whom works in media there.
Ahhh tho joys of Socialism....LOL
actually when done right and have a free market economy ,socialism can be a great thing. hell just look at the Scandinavian countrys for example . I live in Canada and it's technically a socialist country , and man, is it great . having free healthcare and a great middle class. Venezuela is more communist then socialist.
+Donovan Skinner No, Scandinavian countries and Canada are don't socialists. In a socialist economy there are no private property. These countries have a great economic freedom, so all these are capitalists: www.heritage.org/index/ranking
Remember: There is no free lunch, there is nothing for free, the government don't have money, we are stolen through by taxes.
Sorry for my english, i'm brazilian. #moremises #lessmarx
+Donovan Skinner
WTF? a contry will not be socialist adopting some public services, you know nothing about socialism, or capitalism, go back to school and learn some more about Marx and Smith.
Sorry for my english, i live in brazil and i know what socialism is, the south america will be destroyed by the socialism, populism and demagogy.
Actually m8 the definition of socialism is that a country provides all the needs of its people ( education, healthcare ect.) and the Scandinavian countries and adopted this form of socialism , like for example free health care, free education, and less income inequality. Trust me the socialism in Venezuela and other countries like that are hardly socialist, they are more "communist" and I put communist in quotations because real life communism (e.i. Soviet communism ) has nothing incommon with Marx original views
+Donovan Skinner Provide education, healthcare and security must be work of all governments, it's not socialism. Besides, communism is the second step of socialism. In a communist country there is not state, in Venezuela the state is very strong, we can't tell that this country is communist.
I thought this was a vlog 😂
My step Dad is from Caracas. I want to go with him to hike on the mountains he used to hike on.
Yea, Socialism! Workers paradise.
A near absolute majority of Venezuela's economy is held by the private sector, nice try.
jim bentley this is communism, not socialism...
Michael Hunt it is not the same thing.... in communism, the state controles everything, especially the means of production. In socialism the people own the means of production, and the state doesn’t decide who gets which job, the countries just have ahigher tax rate, to provide money for the unemployed and handicapped. In capitalim, if you are poor, you are fucked.
Werner Veenstra Socialism and the ideals to help the most vulnerable in society is a lovely concept, but boy is it costly.
If you work for the government, is a workers Paradise...
How's that "bolivarian revolution" working out?
That alarm would push me off ever morning
How do you get money (go to work), if you spend your time shopping?
I see everybody blaming socialism but nobady blaming Chanvez or Maduro but thats none of my business
Chavez*
socialism is their fault, thats just an obvious conclussion
So socialism could be good if the right person runs it? That's an extremely short life of a nation if it depends on everybody putting all their faith into one person to do the right thing.
After that one good person dies how could you ever be sure someone with the peoples best interests at heart steps into power?
It's not a system at all, the kind of society works in tribes and families and such but it isn't modern.
I'm not saying socialism is good, I'm just blaming the people that ran the country as well
Yah, it's just funny that no leader has successfully implemented it. I guess you want to keep starving people to death until you can find this mythical leader?
Watch the video again. You'll see the only successful part of his day was catching a ride on that motorcycle. That was capitalism at work.
You're welcome.
Well, at least everybody is equal ;)
I remember exactly the same scenes from Poland when i was a child.
This is the grand living compared to what Venezuela is like now in 2018
The socialist paradise.
It was a joke dipshit.
So many American fools want this. Feel the bern....
Bernie wants to move us towards *Democratic Socialism, which means moving the US in the direction of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Canada, all very successful prosperous countries. You're either a troll or just very ignorant.
Former Prime Minister of Sweden says their economy is on the verge of collapse due to socialism. Socialism has been proven to collapse economies. It's all fun and games until you run out of everyone else's money. Get rid of the rich that create jobs with high taxes and you won't have any jobs.
Look at the Debt to GDP ratio of Sweden, and then look at the US, please tell me who is "running out of money"
Amazon prime?
I was just thinking that
AreTrippin They can’t afford it.
I hope things gets better for them the people don’t deserve to suffer because of their corrupt government 💔
I hear now that most of the aircraft fleet of Venezuelan's national carrier are actually grounded as they can't afford the maintenance.
They have to sell tickets for a regulated price in Bolivars (fares that are cheaper than the taxi fare to the airport) but aircraft parts are sold in US dollars.
With the value of the Bolivar decreasing at a constant rate, airlines that operate in Venezuela do so at a loss - so there aren't many flights operating.
bernie sanders
i can fully understand the pain of ordinary people, and i hate the corruption in the govt. but pls be clear that Cuba people had also ever suffered in the US sanctions and survive with pride until Obama bow his head.
Btw, compared to half a million US-A-PIGS homeless, jobless, hopeless wandering in street, I still vote for Venezula.
In Venezuela theres a reason to wake up earlier lol *INTENSE SHOPPING RACING*
And to believe that people want socialism like Bernie Sanders 😒
This is Bernie Sanders’ vision for America.
Nothing here He was honestly openly praising Maduro and his vision for Venezuela not long ago. He’s a horrible old crackpot of a man.
There’s a difference between Social Democracies and Socialism. He wants to be more like Scandinavians which are successful countries
Shopping groups would help. If you get together with family, neighbors or friends and compile a shopping list and the divide up the list. Then each person would just need to buy 1 or 2 items. That would mean fewer lines for each one.
Curious how they didn't show the inside of supermarkets to get some of those good scarcity shots with rows and rows of empty shelves.
When I lived in Atlanta I had a friend who spent hundred’s of thousands of dollars getting his mother out of Iran. One day he took her to Walmart and she fell to her knees and sobbed. Watch your back America this is what Bernie wants.
Bernie sanders literally says this is good. He'd rather have this system than what we have in america
Buttery Skater Of course he would love this system. While he gets to enjoy big steak dinners every night, Americans starve. Who wouldn’t want that for themselves?
Pretty sure he has said he wants the states to be more like the Scandinavian countries and not Venezuela. But I guess talking smack on the internet compensates for micro penis...
@@sandernista6499 Bernie Sanders literally said that it is a good thing for the people to wait in line for food, because equality. Why are communists so obsessed with sex?
@@JohnDoe11VII show me the clip then of him saying exactly that... I'll wait. And I'm not a communist, and have never been one. And I didnt say anything sexual unless your mind is in the gutter.
@@louis-baptistegallo2161 he meant it's good that the gobernment takes care of the people by having them line uo for food, and it can be, for the people in poverty, but this amount of people is ridiculous.
Why their products are limited if they do grocery?
I served a mission in Venezuela, 1978 to 1980. Back then it truly was a "Pais Para Querer" I had an emergency appendectomy in July 1979 at the Poli Cinca Las Mercedes. I lived in Punto Fijo, Valencia, Maracy and Caracas. I watch the news and worry. Everyone I realize we are not all believers in the same religion, but please, pray for those in Venezuela.
That cheerful Latin music was completely inappropriate. The BBC just couldn’t bring themselves to highlight the absolute misery of Venezuela 100%. But it’s better than nothing.
This is not Democratic Socialism like in Norway, Finland , Sweden etc. There is a difference people.
Blah Blah Blah,I see this everywhere where socialism Goes Bad. You seem to forget that in those places Majority of the People Are White.
Here's good video completely debunking this pansy assed excuse for anyone else who isn't a retarded Keith: ua-cam.com/video/1i9FQ834yFc/v-deo.html
That's because those countries do not practice democratic socialism...
They built their countries up through Free Market Capitalism and provided Social Programs. Their Populations are also much smaller than ours. They also have a lower buisness tax rate than the US so why don't we ever talk about matching them on that?
Omg, I caught at the end he was in Caracas. My god, you are lucky.
It's like Poland 30 years ago. There were people paid to que for other people who don't want to que at night
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez should try this as well
life is suck here. North Korea far more better.
PRAISE THE DEAR LEADER HAHAHAHA
+Kif Kroker or kidding...
+Xentanon you're a dumbass
Runaway Lucifer I’m in North Korea, and trust me, WE ARE FREE
+Top10 TV You are not in North Korea. If you were you couldn't use UA-cam.
It's like waiting at the MVD everytime you want to buy food, that would suck.
So are queues just for items that are in shortage, or all goods?
Venezuela!!!!!!!!!
If you want to revolt, we are here Filipino to give tips for a peaceful revolution! !!!!!!!!!
Airplane Plus Train Guy a peaceful revolution would not work if the leader is heartless....
Airplane Plus Train Guy we have tried! And the police shoot us back and kill us!
That's how socialism always ends up.
Sounds just like many accounts of what life was like in the Soviet Union.
Egalitarianism is so great -- everyone is equally miserable and frustrated.
My dad lived in Venezuela for a couple years... yeah. It really is bad. I wish that people wouldn't have to suffer like this. It's ridiculous.
I will be in Caracas next week. Not leaving my five star hotel. Crazy.
haha,im glad im in China.everywhere is chock full of goods.
Because of your strict childbearing limits, there's a huge imbalance of men to women. As a result, your workforce isn't being replenished fast enough. Pretty soon your work force will grow old and die off, and then you guys are f*cked.
宣元林 isn’t UA-cam banned in China??
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I just care about the children there.
twitter.com/MayVenezolana/status/772807866256326656 they are dying. the world doesn't want to know. they dont care. nobody cares. welcome to the dark side of reality
As a Venezuelan I can tell you, we have no future in here
go to colombia perhaps?
well children die everyday cuz their isn't medicines either
I feel bad for them. Literally yesterday I walked into my local supermarket and got myself some M&M's and a Snapple paid and walked out in less than 5 minutes.
3/2020. How is it now?
You know what, I think all global problems are due to USA.
#sarcasm
Go Bernie Go!!
+Brendan Clark
Really? You want the same shitty Socialism that so far don't work? You even bother to watch this video? Nah! You must be living off of my tax paying dime.
My Fault I did not spread the sarcasm thick enough
Brendan Clark
Hard to tell sarcasm when we can't see you behind that keyboard and mouse.
not his problem... i could tell... and im a dumb asian
Brendan Clark The sarcasm was obvious.
The up beat, joyous music is incongruous with the sad reality depicted in the video
lol its like black Friday shopping except the fact they're is nothing to buy
Is there no black market? Or even better, an anonymous online black market Silk Road style? Socialism is so unworthy of human life. I'm literally disgusted.
***** There is a black market, but even then its supplies are drastically limited becuase Venezuela imports MANY products. And as the price of oil drops, the government has to reduce imports even further. There is literally not enough products IN the country to offer to everyone. Very very sad. I have several Venezuela college friends and they tell me about their home with sadness.
+Stefan Gruber Yes, there is. But it sells you the food ten times the original price...
Notice how he didn't show any video of actually buying food.
Socialism works guys!
Omg. I'm so sry. Viva Venezuela. I hope I spelled that right. I love you guys you're strong. Keep y'all head up😊😊
Meanwhile over here in the spoilt UK, I've just finished my shift at M&S where one lady showed her disgust at us only stocking a choice of 4 different white flours, whilst some bloke was disappointed that the price of his usual loaf of bread has risen by 5 pence.
This is America if the Bernie crowd gets their way. Good luck.
feel the bern
Sounds nice. Will visit.
Price controls is the Governments method of providing the essentials at a reasonable price despite currency devaluation. This happened when I lived in Venezuela from 1980 to 1983 and the price of oil fell to 40 dollars a barrel. The Government was forced to freeze prices and devalue the currency. Since almost everything was imported, the replacement costs in dollars remained the same. At the same time the Government instituted an official exchange rate for day to day business and an special exchange rate for those goods that were essential to the country. The Government issue coupons to business to obtain the special rate. Needless to say the two tiered exchange rate allowed wholesale theft, especially if one were a Government bureaucrat. To get a coupon, the going bribe was one bolivar for every dollar to be exchange. One could buy dollars at the low price with the coupon, turn around and sell the dollars at the higher price. So the moral of the story is that when you see two exchange rates, somebody's making a lot of money.
What kind of government is this?
Welcome to the twenty one century revolution
Socialist
Not socialism, it's the leader that caused the problems. Who ain't no true socialist that's for sure.
Tomster
why not?
Well if u know why the county is f uped it's because of him, such as causing inflation and promising things and spending a shit tone of money on himself and his family, dat aint socialism.