cause and effect. It’s naive to think that any imperial world power would allow any paradigm that doesn’t fit its narrative to succeed. I suspect that Venezuela is a mismanaged train wreck but I don’t underestimate the influence the most powerful country in the world has had on exacerbating the mess when it decides to intervene.
At this point in history Capitalism has proven to be the best thing we’ve got but that doesn’t make It sacrosanct. Eventually some other system will replace it.