Chavez is slowly sliding towards authoritarian rule

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Post #354,360 by jay 2/17/12 3:42:20 PM Reply	Chavez is slowly sliding towards authoritarian rule He doesn't want to give up power to anybody else, and is thus slowly sliding towards authoritarian rule to keep his position. Each election he has to go a bit further to hold on. Like many populists, he seems to have started out with fairly good intentions, but he can't give up the reigns of power to anybody else. He has done a lot for the poor, but he has done a fair bit of damage to the economy in the process. If not for the money he was getting from oil, his government would probably have collapsed already. Jay
Post #354,362 by mmoffitt 2/17/12 3:47:58 PM Reply	That's not necessarily bad. What most countries really could use is a benign dictatorship. I'm now in agreement with an old physician buddy of mine who claimed that the sum of all IQ's on the planet is a constant. People are too dumb for actual democracy. "The masses are asses."
Post #354,436 by jay 2/18/12 8:27:06 PM Reply	Doesn't work long term This is one of those things that works short term, but not long term. The longer he stays, the more corrupt his government will get and the harsher the measures he will have to use to stay in power. The eventual switch to a new leader gets harder and harder also. It might be a little better today for him to stay in power, but odds are that eventually the price will be paid one way or another. Jay

grr, f'ing Sean Penn - (crazy) - (23) - Feb. 17, 2012, 05:31:11 AM EST

I dunno dude - (jake123) - (17) - Feb. 17, 2012, 09:53:51 AM EST

well he did nationalize the oil fields -NT - (lincoln) - Feb. 17, 2012, 10:57:48 AM EST

Whoa - (crazy) - (12) - Feb. 17, 2012, 11:28:05 AM EST

I'm not quite sure that I see much difference between that - (jake123) - (3) - Feb. 17, 2012, 12:17:14 PM EST

Please - (crazy) - Feb. 17, 2012, 03:50:30 PM EST

And here's an Evil with a BIG E - (crazy) - Feb. 17, 2012, 04:39:18 PM EST

got any pics of the fisting? -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 17, 2012, 11:30:56 PM EST

I've got no dogs in this fight - (S1mon_Jester) - (7) - Feb. 19, 2012, 09:57:52 AM EST

And did you not read what I wrote? - (crazy) - (6) - Feb. 19, 2012, 07:31:28 PM EST

And I said - (S1mon_Jester) - (5) - Feb. 20, 2012, 08:59:47 PM EST

Various good points but I think I understand the core issue - (crazy) - (4) - Feb. 21, 2012, 06:43:33 AM EST

Note: I considered bush jr a little E - (crazy) - (3) - Feb. 21, 2012, 06:57:35 AM EST

Well, they killed a lot more people - (jake123) - (2) - Feb. 21, 2012, 11:13:22 AM EST

Again, where is your start? - (crazy) - (1) - Feb. 21, 2012, 11:54:21 AM EST

That's your call...note: I didn't say Chavez wasn't evil - (S1mon_Jester) - Feb. 24, 2012, 07:31:18 PM EST

Chavez is slowly sliding towards authoritarian rule - (jay) - (2) - Feb. 17, 2012, 03:42:20 PM EST

That's not necessarily bad. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Feb. 17, 2012, 03:47:58 PM EST

Doesn't work long term - (jay) - Feb. 18, 2012, 08:27:06 PM EST

Hugo your way and I'll go mine... - (rcareaga) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2012, 01:53:41 PM EST

Better him than the house of saud - (crazy) - Feb. 18, 2012, 04:38:29 PM EST

and what evil was that again? - (rcareaga) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2012, 09:40:51 PM EST

I wonder about how much of this is related to hugo's hue - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2012, 09:48:57 PM EST

No, it has to to with his external influence - (crazy) - Feb. 19, 2012, 06:39:31 AM EST

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