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RE: Ulog #082 | Market Friday in Cumaná
As devastating as it is to see these images of your town and market, we can't begin to really understand what you and your fellow Venezuelans have to deal with daily. It is a travesty!
That is actually a very good word for this. You watch the state-run TV channels, especially Channel 5, and it is Fantasy Land; even when they show poverty, the find ways to almost glamorize it.
Sad thing is poor people here sort of like that. It is quite a show when local authorities go to the market. They gather this huge crowd. They promise a cleaner, safer market, they shake hands, the force some businesses to sell cheaper corn flour or sugar for a day, and then they leave and nothing happens. But people celebrate their visit and their hand-shake as an eventful moment; and they can't wait for another visit when they can buy cheap sugar again.
I've always thought that there is no show without expectators; no travesty without an audience willing to watch, clap, and even laugh.
The whole political world has been somehow enjoying (profiting from?) this "show".
It's getting to be quite a mess everywhere anymore it seems. Socialism is being pushed hard, globally. Corruption is at its peak. It is a bad time, as the insanity spreads.