 The Venezuela is a direct result of the idealization of equality. It is a product of socialism. The reason Venezuela doesn't produce food is not because food was stolen by the military, but because they collectivized the farms. The reason Venezuela can't produce oil is because they collectivized the entire supply chain of the oil production. The reason Venezuela is starving is because it is socialist. This is a direct product of a particular ideology, a particular implementation of an ideology. And then you say, but they're corrupt. Well, of course they're corrupt. Socialism is inherently corrupt.