That’s Socialism For Ya: Venezuelan Ex-Treasurer Admits He Took $1 Billion in Bribes

"What many newly minted 'socialists' (most aren’t, they are really welfare statists) don’t understand is that socialism, and big government generally, is INHERENTLY CRONY. It is fundamentally corrupt. Socialism is for the socialists, not “the people”. That is always the way. From Cuba to once socialistic Sweden, this has been true. Once the power is all vested in the state the people who run the state exploit the power of the state and by extension the people. There is no way around this."