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11 sats \ 5 replies \ @freetx 16 Dec \ on: Two different realities in Venezuela Politics_And_Law
In the early 2000s I spent lots of time in Mexico and also in Africa for work....this looks like more extreme versions of what I saw.
The USA and Europe, wealth is generally in a normal distribution, something like this: Very Poor (2.5%), Working Poor (15%), Middle Class (65%), Wealthy (15%), Hyper Wealthy (2.5%)
Whereas in Mexico the distribution was more like: Very Poor (40%), Working Poor (30%), Middle Class (10%), Wealthy (10%), Hyper Wealthy (10%)
There is almost no middle class.....its small enclaves of truly beautiful homes with Ferrari dealerships....surrounding by shanty towns of cement huts with exposed electrical wires running thru the streets.
Its what the elites in USA / Europe want to do here....California is sadly becoming like this....
In Venezuela, the middle class has basically disappeared, now it is only divided into: Very poor, poor, rich and hyper rich, the latter two being people from the government or with connections to them. Right now there are ordinary people wanting to import merchandise such as clothing (small quantities) and they have it held up in customs... But at the same time there are dealerships where they sell Ferraris and Cybertrucks that obviously belong to people with very good connections to the government or are their own. I don't know if I can explain it well.
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Only those in high command, the rest are poor like everyone else
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sell Ferraris and Cybertrucks that obviously belong to people with very good connections to the government or are their own. I don't know if I can explain it well.
Yes, I understand 100% - my Mexican co-workers used to say: "En Mexico nada es posible, todos es posible" (In Mexico nothing is possible, everything is possible).
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It is a very popular saying. In Mexico, social classes are very marked.
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