Dude are you crazy? The guy is a COMMUNIST (not to be confused with socialist which is marginally better, but not much) DICTATOR. He wants to control the population, the economy, and the military with an iron fist and he, through his words and actions, has demonstrated he does not believe in personal freedoms. He has seized power, killed and alienated any opposition, and made Venezuela a great example of why too much government control is bad for everyone.Furburt said:
You forget Venezuela is an oil-producing country, a member of OPEC. It's not like the lower classes see much of that, I doubt they even get employed at the oil fields, but there would be plenty of higher classes who see lots of money, money to spend on games for their kids, only now...they can't. Would be interesting to see how this effects next election. If Hugo supported this bill, he'll have nobody to blame but himself when his supporters in government get voted out.The_ModeRazor said:
Most likely because it is more susceptible to abuse and corruption than even democracy. In fact I have yet to find an example of socialism in action where people weren't killed for their beliefs, where a minor group of people became the real power(which socialism isn't about), and that country quickly became unpopular in the international standing. If Venezuela wasn't a member of OPEC I would have to wonder if the media ever cared what happened there. This action is going to do nothing to help crime and violence there. Most likely those had their roots in place long before gaming became popular. Besides, this just created more crime, when black markets start selling games, and people smuggle them in to sell for three times their worth. Yeah, good job.Furburt said:
