Can rabbit meat save Venezuela from going hungry?

[HumbleDuck]

Calling Venezuela a socialist country is like calling Pakistan a democratic one.

[Afrospinach]

Rabbit actually tastes quite good.

You can't live off it though, hence the term "rabbit starvation".

He knows that for rabbits to reproduce and grow you need to feed them right? Though he might be demented enough to think he can generate mass from nothing, that's his entire plan for the economy after all.

I this regard imo you are probably best off with goats.

[ParanoiD84]

They can always go cannibals.

[randomnamegenerator16]

Maybe changing your system into viable, capitalistic one would help but what do I know? Better to starve I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Deleted]

They can always go cannibals.

Fair suggestion. My internet went down for 20 minutes and I thought about eating the neighbors out of boredom.

[Afrospinach]

Fair suggestion. My internet went down for 20 minutes and I thought about eating the neighbors out of boredom.

Understandable.

[Drattz]

Isn't eating rabbit meat as a dietary staple really bad for you?

That's because the meat most people eat from rabbits is low in fat. If you eat the rabbit's brain you don't have that issue.

[Deleted]

What happend to that Socialist dream state in which people magically get free food, housing and toilet paper?

[Deleted]

Ah, Freddy Bernal! the idiot who questioned if gays could be policemen ("imagine if they wore a pink shirt, or lipstick!").

The plan unveiling (in Spanish) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/907771543014526977
They're worried that people put bows on the animals and treat them as pets. While they laugh and laugh about the situation. Bread and circus, without the bread.
Also, dat Rolex!

Is is more efficient to feed a rabbit rather than themselves, anyway?

[Shibito]

Any herbivore meat taste good, carnivores not so much.

[Deleted]

I've been both facepalming and quietly laughing for the past 10-15 minutes.

They're hungry because their government are a bunch of corrupt, incompetent boobs.

That seems to have been the case of every socialist government in known history. Of course other kind of governments also fail every now and then, but not systematically every single time.

Anyway, there are three possibile explanations.

1) socialism is an inherently flawed ideology
2) socialism attracts the most dishonest, incompetent and corrupt individuals that humanity has to offer
3) both of the above

So what shall it be, our dear marxists?

[Rudol Von Stroheim]

Wasn't Venezuela like a shining example of prosperity in South America once upon a time?

What in the fuck happened? Their "president" sounds absolutely nutter-butters.

[Acidbaron]

People have pointed this out before, but the troubles with Venezuela's economy are not created by their socialist political view.

It is caused by putting all eggs in one basket, having those eggs suddenly become worth a whole lot less and those in power still being well off enough to not bother to act before the either basket was full of rotten eggs.

Had they followed a capitalist system and based their income on that same sector the outcome would have been the same.

Then again people who don't know this are generally love drunk on Reagan and his red scare.

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Wasn't Venezuela like a shining example of prosperity in South America once upon a time?

What in the fuck happened? Their "president" sounds absolutely nutter-butters.

Everything is based on oil, they did not invest in even refining the oil locally or build any other industry around oil. When the socialist regime came into power that oil money was spread around and so people had it better but structurally beyond nationalizing the companies nothing really took place.

And suddenly BOOM, oil prices dropped globally. A country suddenly had less economic power now, if said country actually had other branches it would be able to manage but if you know that Venezuela needs to import almost everything, you get situations where medicine becomes no longer affordable same with food and other products.

Now the current president is corrupt and as long he and his circle do well, they prefer to blame all the nations problems on the opposition. Saying it's the fake venezuelans that are the problem and so forth. This is what happens when inexperienced people take charge of a nation.

[Rudol Von Stroheim]

People have pointed this out before, but the troubles with Venezuela's economy are not created by their socialist political view.

It is caused by putting all eggs in one basket, having those eggs suddenly become worth a whole lot less and those in power still being well off enough to not bother to act before the either basket was full of rotten eggs.

Had they followed a capitalist system and based their income on that same sector the outcome would have been the same.

Then again people who don't know this are generally love drunk on Reagan and his red scare.

Well, I think the idea behind capitalism is you would naturally have a more robust private sector that could help hold up your economy if a given factor within it wobbles or gives entirely. There is more natural growth and opportunity for new industry.

Not that capitalism is perfect. The government still needs to act as a mediator and security net of sorts to drive investment and furthermore, keep the "game" fair so to speak. Otherwise it becomes the "wild west" and while amazing things can still come from that, you can also end up with horrific end results. I've always been a fan of striking a balance myself.

Socialism, is more questionable in this regard. Socialized programs aren't necessarily doomed to failure. I think that primarily depends on who designs the programs. Either you're looking at them critically and building them for success or you're not, the latter we suffer a great deal here in the States as they're less about doing right by the people and more about garnering votes. Basically half-assed measures. An out and outright socialist government however is a bit of a different beast and I'm positive there's not too many of them functioning within the western world.

Say what you want but I don't exactly view Germany as socialist. Does it have socialized programs? Yes. Is it out and outright socialist though? No. More like a capitalist-based society with a strong government counter-weight and installed social programs piggy-backing off of the success of their market.

[kamuimac]

Rabbits?

A return to an agrarian economy?

Is that really the solution to Venezuela's problems? Rabbits and de-industrialization?

If your "socialist vision" leads to famine and telling people to go back to farming and animal husbandry to survive is that really a vision worth holding on to?

i wonder what do you have against rabbit's meat ? its very healthy source of proteins since it have very low fat % and also its very tasty .

[Mittens]

Calling Venezuela a socialist country is like calling Pakistan a democratic one.

I see we are into no true socialism again, a shame I liked the "socialism is when the government does stuff and the more stuff it does the more socialist it is.

[Medusa Cascade]

Rabbit pie best pie

[Logwyn]

Rabbits are easy to grow and decent source of food, just like chicken, except chicken are more smelly and require more space

You haven't seen the massive chicken coops and farms in the US then......

[Mittens]

People have pointed this out before, but the troubles with Venezuela's economy are not created by their socialist political view.

It is caused by putting all eggs in one basket, having those eggs suddenly become worth a whole lot less and those in power still being well off enough to not bother to act before the either basket was full of rotten eggs.

Had they followed a capitalist system and based their income on that same sector the outcome would have been the same.

Then again people who don't know this are generally love drunk on Reagan and his red scare.

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Everything is based on oil, they did not invest in even refining the oil locally or build any other industry around oil. When the socialist regime came into power that oil money was spread around and so people had it better but structurally beyond nationalizing the companies nothing really took place.

And suddenly BOOM, oil prices dropped globally. A country suddenly had less economic power now, if said country actually had other branches it would be able to manage but if you know that Venezuela needs to import almost everything, you get situations where medicine becomes no longer affordable same with food and other products.

Now the current president is corrupt and as long he and his circle do well, they prefer to blame all the nations problems on the opposition. Saying it's the fake venezuelans that are the problem and so forth. This is what happens when inexperienced people take charge of a nation.

Nonsense. Pre-socialism venezuela depended less on oil that venezuela during chavez. And other oil rich nations are nowhere near the in the same situation.

Also, Venezuela's problems date back before the prices of oil plummeted. This is from 2013 when the prices of oil were above 100$.

[khazlol]

the rabbit idea worked poorly for north korea.