Tag Archives : Socialism

If you were wondering why everyone had to come in different shapes and sizes, you may not be the only one. A certain Mr. Hans Hemmert threw a party in which he requested all his guests to wear shoe extenders that would turn them all 6 feet and 7 inches tall, or 2 meters tall. While I am not sure what made him arrive at this idea, it sure seems like [...]

Hugo Chavez’s left-wing socialist swing translates to crackdown on private property such as foreign oil company assets, as well as an ‘undisputed control of the three branches of government and windfall profits from the 2003-08 oil boom.’ As far as his promise to make life in Venezuela economically better, data show that all his bluster and [...]

For a few months now, we have been hearing about the scenario that socialism is gradually but surely inching its way well into the social, political, and economic processes of the greatest superpower on earth, the United States of America. The federal government would have been loath to make these US businesses fail. Neither will it ever think of helping [...]

“Giving large sums of money to the very people who caused the problems in the first place seems very unwise, to put it mildly,” said Srichand P Hinduja, Chairman of the diversified Hinduja Group. In an article in Forbes magazine, as a pre-G-20 London summit commentary, Hinduja said: “What we are witnessing is the trailer to the real movie.” [...]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez demanded that the land which the US multinational company Coca-Cola has been using to store gas and park their trucks should be evicted within two weeks. Chavez has issued an ultimatum. The order has been worrying the 200 employees who work at the site. He wants to take back the 10,000-square meter land and has ordered [...]

Puerto Rican and Oscar-winning actor-producer Benicio del Toro who plays the guerrilla Ernesto Guevara in the film “Che” recently exchanged views on the film with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Del Toro, 42, arrived in Venezuela on Monday to present the film “Che” by US director Steven Soderbergh. The film that is 4 hours [...]

During the presidential campaign, John McCain accused Obama for being a socialist. True enough, Obama is now showing the world that socialism can mix with a market economy. Newsweek asserts that socialism in America did not start with Obama but with his predecessor George W. Bush who nationalized Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two mortgage giants. [...]

The American free market principle, the American people’s culture of credit, and the nation’s hypercapitalism all did the country in. The country that prides itself with being a democracy ruled by the majority for the majority has become a completely government-controlled country. The truth has set in: the ordinary American is dominated by his [...]