Ctrl Alt Del Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Or maybe it's an act so that the rest of the West won't take him seriously when he does things like seize property and possessions for his little fiefdom, as he did with some missionaries we were supporting (seized the building they were thinking of buying for a church, seized the plane the missionaries OWNED to fly medicines and food to interior native tribes, and made up a ridiculous story about them running an illegal drug operation). He's been doing this systematically for a number of years now. People who disagree with him suddenly find their property gone, or the people just 'disappear'. The guy is either bat-sh*t crazy, or brilliant in making the world think he's bat-sh*t crazy so he can cover up the crimes he's committing building his dictatorship. When reading news on paper or in the interwebz is most people's soruce of information, one can't properly hope to have a clear view of the issue at hand. I'm not saying Chavez doesn't have dictatorial tendencies, that he's a beacon of freedom, that he's not personalist, that he's a saint and should be canonized - I'm just saying that much of what's believed to be certain about him, isn't. Most people probably haven't even heard one of his (numerous) speeches and get most of his "quotes" from a third party. While certainly the majority don't have the time to sit through 3 or 4 hours of speech in spanish, they probably should at least question how a "moron", "lunatic" or whatever you'd like to call him today manages to hold power for so long and why the press is in such a quest to remove him from his desk ASAP. If you're one of those people, then perhaps a good starting material is the chance documentary The revolution will not be televised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'm just going by what I've seen him say at UN speeches and some of his other things. His mannerisms and how he says things indicate to me some tremendous narcissism and not a little bit of megalomania. His behaviors (seizing property on a whim for his own use) are not the behaviors of someone who cares about anything other than himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 @C.A.D.---I think that a lot of things that are believed about him (but by whom might be the real question) probably aren't far from the mark. He's a narcisistic meglomaniac as Jae has pointed out and is obsessed with control. Like his Iranian conterpart, he's given to acting the buffoon when making public speeches. He's following the classic path of many dictators.....absolute control over as much as possible and focusing his people's attention on an outside threat...in this case America....to distract his followers from the destruction he's wreaking upon their nation. He's merely fortunate to be sitting atop a rather large supply of a highly sought after commodity.....oil.....which has allowed him get as far as he has (his own innate ruthlessness notwithstanding). Still, let's remember, this thread is NOT Kavar's.....so let's keep it light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 His behaviors (seizing property on a whim for his own use) are not the behaviors of someone who cares about anything other than himself.Only if he is the State He's merely fortunate to be sitting atop a rather large supply of a highly sought after commodity.....oil.....which has allowed him get as far as he has (his own innate ruthlessness notwithstanding). Being bountiful of resources hasn't actually worked for most countries. Just ask anyone in Africa or the Middle East. If anything, it just makes a region more turbulent with foreigners competing to get exclusivity in somehow using those resources: a process that normally ends with puppet governments, underdogs whose masters lie elsewhere, but not inside the country. Still, yeah, sorry for turning this into such a Kavar-ish thread. It's just too bloody hard to argue such a topic without doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Only if he is the State "L'etat, c'est Moi." Louis XIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Being bountiful of resources hasn't actually worked for most countries. Just ask anyone in Africa or the Middle East. If anything, it just makes a region more turbulent with foreigners competing to get exclusivity in somehow using those resources: a process that normally ends with puppet governments, underdogs whose masters lie elsewhere, but not inside the country. Doesn't always have to work, but it does help those like the former Saddam, the Saudi Royals and Chavez if they are ruthless enough in the end to keep the reins of power in their hands. Remember, nothing lasts forever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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