Libertarian Rants

Congratulations to all those brave Venezuelans that didn’t allow themselves to be intimidated by Chavez’s gun yielding goons. Good job on voting down the referendum, you have done your country and all of Western civilization a great service. Meanwhile, half a world away, Gary Kasparov leaves jail to find himself un-elected. Putin, who left behind a trail of dead journalists, is still in power. It would seem that free markets and democracy are the clearest and quickest path to wealth, then why exactly are so many, so blind to it? My opinion is that they are not blind, they are willing to ignore the facts in order to line their pockets. Those in power sell a ridiculous populist program to their people and then take advantage of their ignorance by further exploiting them. Venezuela has issued a big ‘no’ to this breed of populism, and it’s about time. I wonder when Russia will take the opportunity to turn the page on authoritarianism.