@Sweet Square
Yes and I stand by my comment in the context that I made it. I was asked to explain the French candidates in 1-2 sentences and referencing Chavez might be polemic, but is still quite useful to understand in which direction he wants to go. Now I don’t imply that he’d try to introduce a dictatorship in France, because that is impossible, yet he seems to like Venezuelan economic and social policies. It is not my fault that these lunatics frequently praise Venezuela (or Cuba) for their social, economic and foreign policies. You’d expect that they are smart enough to come up with countries that is not going down the tubes, but apparently they struggle to do so.
Mélenchon clarified and walked back on some of his statements recently – kudos for that -, but that’s only necessary, because we get these fairly “mixed” statements in the first place (e.g.
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Corbyn didn’t walk back any of his statements. In fact in 2014 (or maybe it was 2015) Corbyn joined Maduro on his propaganda channel (via phone) for a friendly chat. Isn't that lovely? The good news is, that Corbyn is much more moderate compared to Mélenchon. When push comes to shove Corbyn is still a social democrat and not really a socialist. The bad news is that he is ignorant enough to praise the social and economic achievements of a country that has shortages of basic goods like milk or flour. People in Venezuela are literarily starving due to the economic politics of Chavez&Maduro. That’s a level of ignorance and moral confusion that should disqualify anyone from being near political power.
