History Repeats Itself in the Venezuela Tragedy

By Jerry Newcombe

How many people have to die before the world, including many Americans, realizes that socialism never works, always fails, and kills people?

Look at the unspeakable tragedies that continue to unfold in Venezuela right now. People are scrambling just to get food to eat. Armed guards have to protect stores and trucks with food from being looted. Stories are emerging of people eating zoo animals and of Venezuelans feeling less safe than war-torn Syrians.

The amazing thing about this tragedy is just how avoidable it is. But it’s almost as if each generation in the last 150 years has to keep repeating the same mistake in order to relearn the same lesson: Marxism always fails........ “The Communist countries did prove to be the greatest killers of all time. We don’t have even to this day exact numbers.”    When I think of the repeated failures of Marxism, I’m reminded of British poet Steve Turner’s line: “History repeats itself. It has to. No one is listening.”.......To Read More......