Is this a peaceful path out of Venezuela's failed experiment? Or will Maduro start massacres to prevent the humiliation?
Never underestimate the power and value of functioning price signals. Lies win for a time, but they can't last. As Oskar Matzerath said, "All's lost, but not forever. Poland's not lost forever."
That was Richard Fernandez's interpretation of the moves to cut foreign aid to those who vote against us at the UN -- a kind of price signal. Diplomacy may work better if virtue signals cost something.
ReplyDeleteEverything would work better if virtue signals cost something.
ReplyDeleteBut virtue signals do cost, a lot. It's just that the wrong folks are being charged.
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