Fascinating & depressing situation in Venezuela: No water, a dead main currency, and a state-approved scam cryptocurrency

[GrenadaRoger]

absolutely not hyperbole:

if i had a boat capable of making the journey and didnt need to work for a living, id spend every minute of my fucking life sailing back and forth from venezuelan ports, delivering crates of baby formulae, antibiotics, fucking toilet paper, whatever, and do it for free, because this is bullshit.

sanctions? really? no venezuelan ever called me n-word.

you know who would meet you at the dock: army or police or criminal gangs, who would take the supplies and sell them on the black market--that is what is happening now...your noble intentions would go to line the pockets of corrupt government employees or outright criminals

the average citizen in Venezuela has lost 18 pounds this year, food shortages the cause

I wouldn't blame socialism/communism as the cause of the current collapse...rather government corruption with the inability have oil sales keep the system running, the prices for oil are too low to support the public handouts that got Chavez elected/in power about 15 years ago...socialism was merely the gateway...as long as the government keeps control of the police and army, there will be no change