THIS AGED WELL: David Sirota in Salon, 2013: Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle: The Venezuelan leader was often marginalized as a radical. But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains.

Well, to be fair, Chavez’s family and hangers-on made plenty of gains. But that’s how socialism works. Talk about equality while cementing a privileged class that loots the country and leaves everyone else poor.

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