I believe that the Venezuelan government, what we understand as chavismo in government (or chavismo-madurismo) is not an example of socialism or communism, or even classical totalitarianism. We have an atypical government, exercised by a criminal gang that used the mechanisms of the state and democracy to appropriate the structures that allow the exercise of power and thus be able to exercise criminal activity in an armored way, as well as serving as a base for criminal activities of some allies.
The structures of power (legislative, executive and judicial) have been dismantled and placed at the service of corruption, drug trafficking and terrorism. The ideology and certain practices that could be associated with the exercise of a socialist (Cuban-style, by the way) government, such as the formation of Communal Councils, the CLAPS or the ANC itself, are nothing but the shell that allows for a simulacrum of statehood, just as rigged elections allow for a simulacrum of democracy. They proceed like a criminal gang: they have their prans and their soldiers. That's why I don't think the Venezuelan is an example of socialism.
Now, there are many socialisms and they have been practiced in different parts of the world with different signs. I don't think that something like socialism is a good thing, but what we know as democratic socialism, which is a tendency more in the centre than on the left, seems to me to be very convenient for societies. A socialism like that of the nodic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark or Norway) is not bad at all, if we turn away the climate, of course!
Thank you for the opportunity of this little debate, @dedicatedguy.
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Could you mention an example of socialism or communism?
I agree with what you say about the government being rotten in corruption, that is what happens when socialism is applied.
Except those countries aren't socialists. I explained that in the previous article
https://steemit.com/world/@adsactly/adsactly-world-is-venezuela-a-socialist-country-what-about-scandivanian-countries