Not that there's no problem in Venezuela--or here, for that matter. It'd be nice to know what kind of neighborhood this was in, too, but the point here is that it sure don't look like some Road Warrior hellscape. Of course this is an upscale market--you can see the differences in the US in your own town, if you like. Doubt this is entirely Potemkin-groceries, though.
Oh, and have a look-see into the US sanctions. It's great: a slightly or not leftwing government starts to move the state toward helping people and the US cracks down, "makes the economy scream," says, "Holy shit, told you--look how bad Totalitarian Socialism is!" and thus disciplines its two main enemies--the not-entirely-spread-open economy trying to, like, do some corruption for the good and, perhaps most crucially, the domestic US population.
Max is funny in this but not as funny as The Adults in the Room who know nothing of the realities of the world, think themselves immune from bias or "ideology," and are about as poodle-docile and out to lunch as the flyover Trump-loving morons they despise as subhuman troglodytes.
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Oh, and have a look-see into the US sanctions. It's great: a slightly or not leftwing government starts to move the state toward helping people and the US cracks down, "makes the economy scream," says, "Holy shit, told you--look how bad Totalitarian Socialism is!" and thus disciplines its two main enemies--the not-entirely-spread-open economy trying to, like, do some corruption for the good and, perhaps most crucially, the domestic US population.
Max is funny in this but not as funny as The Adults in the Room who know nothing of the realities of the world, think themselves immune from bias or "ideology," and are about as poodle-docile and out to lunch as the flyover Trump-loving morons they despise as subhuman troglodytes.
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