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Venezuela is the logical endgame of Marxist economics and authoritarian kleptocracy. It's also a hidden humanitarian tragedy... theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
...Hidden because the government is trying to hide rising malnutrition and starvation. Just like Stalin hid famine in the USSR in the 1930s.
However: This article is not about Bernie Sanders, or Trump. It's about Venezuela, and how Venezuela does not deserve to be a pawn in other people's arguments. Please read it before responding to something that isn't in it.
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Anne Applebaum
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"People believed her. There was no run on the banks." A leader tells her nation the truth - including the fact that millions will get this virus - takes sensible measures. Incredible. nyti.ms/2TFC6Ng
my point being: the US does not have a trusted leader who tells the truth. Or takes sensible measures. What's the point of a "travel ban" on Europe when the virus is already spreading inside the US? Do they not know that you can fly to London from other EU countries?
airports are empty anyway. how about making widespread testing available, as a priority, rather than a pointless travel ban, so that people can make sensible decisions?
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Too bad the Trump administration went on a spending spree while the economy was good, instead of trying to balance budgets. Now we are on the edge of recession - with a historic deficit to worry about washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
just one example: govt aid to farmers - compensation for losses caused by the trade war - is twice as large as the auto industry bailout people were so upset about in 2009 axios.com/trump-trade-wa…
...and, yes, of course, tax-cut-for-the-rich spree too. So that, in a crisis, there would be no cushion
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Both Biden and Sanders should be arguing, right now, for free, universal access to coronavirus testing. This virus will be in the news for the next nine months. Time to stake out a clear position now.
and here is @asymmetricinfo arguing that libertarians and conservatives should agree with this position too
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If you're looking for someone compromised on China, you have this theater and its 'unbreakable friendship.' news.yahoo.com/china-declines…
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theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I've been forecasting this for years.

If you're under the age of 25, listen to me. Chances are highly likely that you own very little wealth. You probably don't own a house, have very little savings and quite possibly in debt because of college.
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theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… I appreciate the point, that it’s ridiculous that men get kudos for being half as good as women. But I also must point out that brow-beating and nagging is also work, and telling women to do more of it adds to women’s unfair work load.
The reason women do more work is simple: Men force them into a binary choice. You either a) do the work all by yourself or b) nag him. Most of the time, A, while exhausting, is less exhausting than B, which makes you miserable as well as tired.
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