1. Country votes for socialism.
2. Country becomes so dirt poor that the reigning regime can't defend its most important person
3. Get rekt.
4. Somehow it's the invader's fault that you're poor, even though you just had massive reserves of oil and over 20 years of single-party rule to prepare.

Maybe Maduro should have bought a decent anti-air defense system instead of wasting everyone's money on hookers and blow?