@DogMan No, it had one of the most lucrative oil industries in the world. Without strong state oversight (as in Norway), that will never result in national prosperity.

@SunshineGirl

Yes, Venezuela was once one of the richest countries in Latin America and among the wealthiest in the world, particularly from the 1950s to the early 1980s.

. By 1950, Venezuela had the fourth-highest GDP per capita globally, surpassing countries like Japan and China, and was twice as rich as Chile and four times richer than Japan.

The oil boom allowed the government to fund social programs, infrastructure, and public services, giving Venezuelans high living standards, low infant mortality, and longer life expectancy.

THIS SOUNDS HORRIBLE 😫 Thank God the Socialists took it all away, right Sunshine?

@DogMan Nope. When the AP says something negative about Trump, you have always been among the first to dismiss it as woke crap (though not in those exact words, I grant you)

@Waveney Nope, sorry You are mixing me up with others.

@DogMan well, whatever. As long as the Venezuelan people are benefitting from Maduro's removal.

@AthrillatheHunt ah but gold is yellow lol

@AthrillatheHunt Texas Tea?

@DogMan makes sense

@Waveney But you seem to have TDS

@Waveney Do you REALLY want to compare weirdos? 🤣 The left has a monopoly on weirdos

@DogMan clearly it doesn’t. TDS exists on the right