Bill Carmichael. Yorks Post.
So socialism ends as socialism invariably does – with a tiny, fabulously wealthy ruling party elite squabbling over the billions they have stolen from the people while the vast majority of the population struggle amidst direst poverty and brutal repression.
Chalk up Zimbabwe as another miserable socialist failure
alongside the Soviet Union, East Germany, North Korea, Cuba and, astonishingly,
Venezuela where the economy has totally collapsed despite it having the largest
oil reserves in the world.
Blogger: Mind you, in third world politics - the phrase 'frying pans and fires' can often come to mind. But then, 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' - or so they tell me!
