Thanks to its massive oil surplus, Venezuela should have been one of the wealthiest nations on Earth. Instead, it's become the planet's object lesson in the failure, and inherent unworkability, or socialism. As you know, a country that could be an economic powerhouse spent the last decade descending into shortages, breadlines, and chaos. We've seen manufacturing collapse, witnessed the end of their ability to produce and market even basic goods, and now we're watching as Venezuela descends into a violent, dystopian, wasteland. The food riots have begun. As the WaPo reports, starving marauders are ransacking grocery stores, hijacking deliveries, and even firing upon truck drivers:

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