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RE: The Bolívar Fuerte/Soberano/X: A Mosquito-Killer Currency
Greetings @hlezama
We are living the result of policies applied from a criterion of social resentment. Chavez sought the support of the "people", and the people gave him support. Now you touch us to finish learning the lesson; "Wealth without studies is poverty for many" The true wealth will be developed when qualified professionals, with clear objectives, strict controls, and strategic plan are implemented.
I absolutely agree with you.
They took advantage of centuries of social inequality, which ironically has not always been caused by the so called oligarchs (at least not the ones we associate with foreign powers).
A couple of days ago, I delivered a talk to some 6 graders about the Federal War (1859-1863) and the irony of that episode, which is somehow repeating itself now, is that the Federals, the winners of that war, the defenders of the poor and invalid, were the ones who ended up creating the most shameless chain of oligarchic rulers, like Antonio Guzmán Blanco himself.
All these caudillos were megalomaniacs, corrupt, and ruthless. They were all untrustworthy and they did not trust anyone. They could not care less about the country and their dispossessed. They only cared about getting rid of their enemies (real and imagined), their accumulation of obscene fortunes, and their attachments to power.
For as long as we have this caudillo mentality in our politicians, whether they are back or white, college educated or functional illiterates, we'll have the same self-destructive pattern for a country.
Ironically, the USA also fought their Civil War around the same period (1861-1865) and we couldn't have more different outcomes.
Professor @hlezama
There is a theory that raises, that approximately every 70 years the stories are repeated. If we analyze the evolution of civilization, each cycle of 70 years presents representative and similar historical moments. It will be that in the passing of time in the cycle of 70 years we forget the experience and we make the same mistakes again. If the above is validated, why do not we learn from history, why do we make the same mistakes again?That is the million-dollar question, my friend.