Who do you prefer as a leader: Ron DeSantis, or Hugo Chavez?

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Who would you prefer as leader of a polity?

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I’m starting to think Atlas has DeSantis Derangement Syndrome.

I mean, on what axis could Chavez be better than DeSantis on that a majority of people here prefer him to DeSantis? Economics? Trans issues? Upholding democracy?

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Maria shook her head, her eyes flashing with determination. "But what about the people, Carlos? What about the millions of Venezuelans who were lifted out of poverty under Chavez? What about the healthcare and education programs that he implemented, the land reforms that he carried out? DeSantis has done nothing for the working class, nothing for the poor. He only cares about enriching his friends and allies."

96% of Venezuelans are in poverty (76% in extreme poverty) as a direct result of Chavez’s policies. There has been perhaps no greater enemy of the poor of any leader of any country in the past decade.

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I mean, on what axis could Chavez be better than DeSantis on that a majority of people here prefer him to DeSantis? Economics? Trans issues? Upholding democracy?

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Maria shook her head, her eyes flashing with determination. "But what about the people, Carlos? What about the millions of Venezuelans who were lifted out of poverty under Chavez? What about the healthcare and education programs that he implemented, the land reforms that he carried out? DeSantis has done nothing for the working class, nothing for the poor. He only cares about enriching his friends and allies."

96% of Venezuelans are in poverty (76% in extreme poverty) as a direct result of Chavez’s policies. There has been perhaps no greater enemy of the poor of any leader of any country in the past decade.

That’s not how you say US sanctions and Saudi oil dumping on behalf of the former.

Plenty of countries are sanctioned by the USA and none of them have a 96% poverty rate. Plenty of countries export a lot of oil, and none of them have a 96% poverty rate.

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I will say the results of this poll do make a lot of Democratic screaming that “democracy is the most important thing” sound more like an attack line than something they hold to be entirely true.