Collapsing Socialist Regime in Venezuela Escalates Crackdown

The usual pattern is that as a totalitarian regime becomes more unstable, it also becomes more totalitarian in an attempt to retain control. Maduro’s collapsing regime in Venezuela is certainly fitting itself to that pattern. The official propaganda outlets are putting out claims of a coup involving the entire opposition. The opposition these days has no remote ability to pull off a coup in the literal sense. They may be getting to the point though where popular protests will do. And that’s what the Maduro regime is really afraid of. Too many Chavez loyalists have deserted the government. The low price of oil and the managed economy have imploded badly. More…