"An ignorant population is a blind instrument of its own destruction"
Simon Bolívar
Si was the bloke who liberated half of South America from the Spanish, and he was a Venezuelano, so he is a bit of a hero around these parts. This statement takes on a bit of a twist in modern Venezuela as the uneducated majority continue to vote in and standby a hedonistic and power crazy (allegedly) president who doesn´t always seem to have all of the country´s best interest at heart.
"30,000 children die every day through hunger as a result of capitalism. Who said capitalism is a good thing?"
Source Unknown
I´ve seen in several publications now the president, Hugo Chavez, use the term ´capitalism´ to refere indirectly to the west (i.e. North America and Europe), followed by arguments that capitalism is inherently an evil thing. Chavez and his government are self proclaimed socialists, and are always ascerting this fact. By constantly stating that an ideology is evil, and defining yourself as a practioner of the opposite, you are automatically implying you are on the right side. And with ´publications´ like this one springing up everywhere, you are constantly building up and enforcing the peoples opinion of yourself and the enemy. Clever stuff. Also, to the right hand side you can see the faces of some important socialists from history, though I can´t remember what all of the obscured writing said.
