Gucci! Vuitton! Socialism!
We now may have a clue as to why Hollywood stars, super models and some members of the Kennedy family have such apparent affection for the thuggish regime of Hugo Chavez.
It's because Chavez and company wear the most fabulous clothes, darling!
CARACAS (Reuters) - A video of a Gucci- and Louis Vuitton-clad politician attacking capitalism then struggling to explain how his luxurious clothes square with his socialist beliefs has become an instant YouTube hit in Venezuela.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Pedro Carreno was momentarily at a loss for words when a journalist interrupted his speech and asked if it was not contradictory to criticize capitalism while wearing Gucci shoes and a tie made by Parisian luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton.
"I don't, uh … I … of course," stammered Carreno on Tuesday before regaining his composure. "It's not contradictory because I would like Venezuela to produce all this so I could buy stuff produced here instead of 95 percent of what we consume being imported."
The video is here. I don't speak Spanish, but the guy sure looks like a deer in the headlights when the question hits him. The Reuters article then goes on to claim that the wealthy are driving the demand for luxury goods.
So that makes the socialist hero Interior Minister what exactly? Wealthy? A fraud?
Let's go with the latter.
World news | Gaius Thursday, 13 December , 2007
By Mockin'bird, Friday, 14 December , 2007 @ 1:53 pm
Our new enemy is elitism.
No, it has always been our enemy, and, it has always been…elitism.
By martian, Friday, 14 December , 2007 @ 2:53 pm
Hasnn’t hypocrisy always been the underlying policy for socialist dictators (and those who would be socialist dictators)?