I got asked that yesterday. I did not show the proper level of indignation about President Maduro’s feast in Turkey and one person seemed a bit confused by it. The explanation is simple: Venezuela cannot be fixed without a certain amount of social and infrastructural destruction.

I know, harsh words. I am not advocating a civil war for one simple reason: nobody down there has the guts to take up arms so well they have been indoctrinated with the “Violence does not solve anything” mantra.  Venezuelans also believe in the Fairy Godmother, Cavalry to the rescue and Deus Ex Machina in all or any combinations. They have been anally raped  for 19 years and still think somebody will come and save them from Socialism. They hate the Gringos, but shit how much they would love to see the US Marines wreaking havoc through Caracas and a Predator drone bombing the hell out of the presidential palace. Of course, once the deed is done, they shall rise in vocal opposition to the Yankee Invaders and demand their exit after they dropped several million dollars in aid for the shit they broke.  Venezuelans think that they have strategic value to the US, that their oil is primordial to the interests of the United States. I do have bad news to my fellow ex-countrymen: North Dakota Is Now Pumping as Much Crude as Venezuela. So even at energy-producing level, the country has become irrelevant to US Interests.

I have discussed with Venezuelans here and back home what is needed to stop what’s happening in the country, and as usual, I hear a repetition of the crap that has already been tried over and over and failed: Marches, general strikes, appeals to the UN and OAS, social media campaigns, etc.  When I point out that unfortunately harsher actions will need to be used, they promptly reply that they are unarmed and it is impossible to get a gun in Venezuela (somehow criminals have no problem). I usually tell them the story of WWII’s Liberator pistol and the concept behind it and the mentally shit themselves at the idea. Their indoctrination has been so complete that they are being starved to death by the Government and murdered by the criminals and they still do not see it in themselves to actually stand up for themselves.  They are broke-ass Spanish-Speaking Elois.

The last “outrage” I found out of Venezuela is that they are getting ready to have another Constitutional Congress and change what passes for the Constitution. It is gonna be rather interesting, specially their new approach to what Private Property means:

‎Constituyentista Hermánn Escarrá, President of the Permanent Constitutional Commission of the Assembly national constituent (ANC), said that he will defend private property in all its manifestations: individual, collective, social, public, multilevel (of the) State, national, municipalities, communes…), at the time that will defend economic freedoms, also in its various expressions: industry, trade, joint, joint participation between private entities and the State. ‎

And no, it does not mean that Public Property will become Private Property but just the opposite.  This is just a simple way to legally keep the property they want with a minimal amount of fuzz. “Yes, it is your property and it belongs to you till the day you die, but it is also part of the country, thus the collective and that means we get to dictate what to do with it. We may throw you what we consider appropriate for rental in the form of vouchers that can be redeemed in highly devaluated cash.”

Venezuela cannot be saved. Venezuela its on its way to become the Hispanic Somalia (if they are lucky) and its only use is to be as a distinct example of what Socialism brings to a country. And that if we want to keep our Tree of Liberty, we better be ready to do what is needed.

Political Patty cakes and intonations of Kumbayas are the surest way to be digging in the trash for the day’s meal.