@joshsigurdson it is just insane what is happening in Venezuela... I wish you knew spanish (i dont know if you do actually hahah) because on my latest post, I wrote about a very polemical interview Jordi Evole (definitely, the best/bravest journalist in Spain...he is such an institution here) did to Maduro...and there he exposed most of the bullshit behind his system and himself as a leader and as a person.... But what really shocked me the most were the testimonials of some actual steemit users in my comments of the post (there is a huge Venezuelan community here since 1 sbd is apparently higher than the minimum wage)... It is a real humanitarian disaster what is happening there...and reading things such as steemit can help some families to feed their children, really makes me love this platform even more and realize its huge potential to improve so many people's lifes...
just in case you are curious about it (you can also use google translator easily) have a check here: (I guarantee it is worth it...specially the comments section) CHEERS MATE!