26 Nov 07
I asked that because I've heard someone within the american government who said that Venezuela is becoming a dictatorship because of the extention of presidential term limit (which was extented from 4 years to 6 years) and because of the agressive position that Venezuela (or rather Hugo Chaves) is taking against the USA.
26 Nov 07
Originally posted by generalissimosocialist dictatorship?
Dear chess players.
Do you think Hugo Chaves'Venezuela is just another socialist dictatorship?
Or is it called "dictatorship" only because it fights against the american influence on South America?
Man, those two words don't belong side by side.
26 Nov 07
Originally posted by generalissimoI think the key is: "becoming a dictatorship." From information I have read, this referenced the attempt of Chavez to become Presidente for Life. If that is accomplished I think that would prove the quote correct, saying: "becoming."
I asked that because I've heard someone within the american government who said that Venezuela is becoming a dictatorship because of the extention of presidential term limit (which was extented from 4 years to 6 years) and because of the agressive position that Venezuela (or rather Hugo Chaves) is taking against the USA.
As for the previous post "its a dictatorship if its anti USA or so they tell us," If whomever said this was correct - that would mean France and Germany were dictatorships until the most recent elections, which is absolutely idiotic.
26 Nov 07
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Originally posted by generalissimoUhm... I support neither system wholeheartedly, but I think you mistake them. Communism is a dual econopolitical theory which attempts to have people produce and consume equally to eachother rather than some fat cats having it all and the rest working their asses off. Needless to say, it's a theoretical system which is overly idealistic and can never work at a state level, hence its tendancy to degrade into dictatorships or snuff out of existence altogether. It's not however inherently authoritarian, though authoritarian regimes can be communist to a degree.
Yes, but officially it was socialist.
Socialist and communist are all left-wing political ideas, the difference is that communist is more authoritarian.
Socialism exists in all modern democracies. Socialism is simply the redistribution of wealth in part or whole. Any service or work that runs in part or whole thanks to public funds is socialist in nature, like taxes paying for education.
Regardless of it officially calling itself something or not, we must look at things for what they are. If the USSR had instead called itself "The United States of Freedom and Liberty" during the cold war, would you have said that officially it's a free and liberal country, so let's treat it so? Of course not.