‘This Is Only a Nightmare’: Venezuelans Have Sobering Advice for Americans Who Support Democratic Socialism


Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gained large support during the 2016 presidential election. The self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist campaigned heavily on big government programs like free college and universal health care.

In documentarian Ami Horowitz's latest short film, he contrasted Americans' view of socialism with Venezuelans' reality of socialism.

When Horowitz asked Americans, “What's wrong with socialism?” many of them responded with “nothing.”
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A woman invited anyone in America who wants socialism to come for a visit. She told Horowitz:

“They would have to live what we are living so they can see for themselves that nothing is good. So they see this is only a nightmare for us, a terror.”





As the film ends, an American woman shares her view of socialism:

“They're one of the most productive, their people are the happiest, they have the least amount of crime and violence. There's nothing wrong with it in my eyes.”