The socialist policies of president-for-life Hugo Chavez have destroyed the economy of that oil-rich nation. In 2009, he seized the Venezuelan operations of U.S. based Cargill in order to tighten his grip on the shrinking food supply in his country. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref>
The socialist policies of president-for-life Hugo Chavez have destroyed the economy of that oil-rich nation. In 2009, he seized the Venezuelan operations of U.S. based Cargill in order to tighten his grip on the shrinking food supply in his country. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref>
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France openly accepted Socialism in 1940 when they handed control of all areas of state power to the national socialist party. This past tendency towards socialism has become even more evident under the radical left-wing government of Nicolas Sarkozy who has taken steps to limit all areas of personal freedom and continues to ignore the rising Islamo-communist influence in the nation.
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-- [[Margaret Thatcher]]
-- [[Margaret Thatcher]]
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"Socialism is the end of all known society. This justifies all means used in reaching it be they popular uprising or complete state control over every aspect of life."