Power to the People?

It's nice to know there's another perspective in the world.

I can only hope that people don't get all in a huff about Venezuela becoming a Socialist country. It doesn't really matter what ideology they espouse as a government and nation if it works.

While the idea of granting major restructuring powers to a president seems unnecessary, it has the potential to expedite the process. It also has the potential to founder in corruption and the betterment of a small cadre of insiders, rather than achieving its ambitious aims.

The idea of more effectively providing the necessities of a modern existence to an entire nation's population is noble. But socialism is an economic philosophy that engenders moralistic policy making and openly promotes vested interests, often to the detriment of a nation's long term productivity.

Odd that most capitalist/democratic countries practice the same abuses under another name.

But, again, if it works, the underlying philosophy is ultimately irrelevant.