What’s ruining Venezuela?

Once a country goes down a socialist path, there’s no easy way back. And the longer a country stays socialist, the harder it is to reform it. Venezuela has been socialist for two decades. If you don’t think it can happen here, whether “here” is the Philippines, the United States, or Europe or anywhere else, you’re fooling yourself. When people get used to depending on the government—no matter how poor they remain—that dependency is hard to break. That’s why you should never buy the socialist lie. Socialism is a drug. And like a drug, it feels great—at first. But eventually it will ruin your country. Just like it ruined Venezuela. More…