Socialism leads to slavery: Venezuela

Socialist policies lead to a whole mess of problems by restricting the free market and trying to go against reality.

In particular, price controls will destroy incentives and productions which lead to food shortages. Venezuela, a country with a great climate and natural resources, has people starving in the streets.

People elimating police for firearms
Local riots on super markets
People hunting cats and dogs for food
Smuggling of basic products for day to day living (milk, food, diapers, toilet paper)

All of this happens due to shortages caused by government intervention.

Under government policies, they try to force vendors to produce and sell products at a loss. What kind of sense does this make?

With shortages of supplies caused by people not working, how can a country survive?

Forced labor is the only way. A country would have to threaten its citizens to produce. If there is no carrot, the citizens have to be punished with the stick.

This article linked from ZeroHedge states that Maduro is implementing new polices to get able bodied men to work in agriculture in order to counter a food shortage. The new law will require able bodied men to work in agriculture for 60 days which can be extended if necessary and believe me, 60 days will turn into multiple years.

This is a mandate to make people work. It is forced labor. And since we want to call things by the proper name, this is slavery. This is the result of socialism.

However, governments can try to control human behavior but they cannot control human incentives. I make the prediction that as men get forced to work on farms for several years most likely in horrid conditions, there will be an increase in able bodied men self mutilating themselves to avoid forced labor. After forced labor, the next step in socialism is depopulation.