The Orwellian Paradise of Hugo Chavez...

...is falling apart.

How surprising this is, after all of the gloriously successful examples we've had throughout history of marvelous Utopian societies. For example: Cuba, the USSR, Cambodia, North Korea, all of Eastern Europe under the USSR, China (under Mao), and on and on and on. Humans: When will they learn?

Faced with an accelerating inflation rate and shortages of basic foods like beef, chicken and milk, President Hugo Chávez has threatened to jail grocery store owners and nationalize their businesses if they violate the country’s expanding price controls. Full posting...