The Poison of Socialism Claims Another Victim
In the prisons of Venezuela, the shortage of food has become so acute that inmates have resorted to cannibalism. Juan Carlos Herrera told reporters in 2016, “My son and two others were taken by 40 people, stabbed, hanged to bleed, and then … butchered … to feed all detainees.” The situation has only gotten worse over the past three years, as malnourishment has also contributed to the outbreak of various diseases.
That is the situation in the official prisons of the socialist dictatorship of Venezuela. Conditions in the once-prosperous nation, poisoned by the human-caused disease of socialism, have continued to deteriorate, with chronic shortages of food, medical care, and electrical power.
Supporters of socialism typically explain the failure of its implementation in a country by saying either that it was not “done right,” or that it was sabotaged by its enemies, internal or external, or even both. But in the end, it is never done right — it cannot be done right — because socialism is intrinsically poisonous. It goes against human nature, and despite cultural differences in various nations in which it is tried, the poison of socialism, if pushed to its logical conclusion, will ultimately destroy the economy and society along with it.
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