William Neuman
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“Authoritarianism begins,” Snyder wrote, “when we can no longer tell the difference between the true and the appealing.”
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
“What does that mean in people’s lives? In broad terms, it would be as if, for every three people who used to have a full-time job, two are now unemployed. For every three shops on a block, two are closed. A family that used to eat three meals a day now eats just one (and often only lentils or pasta). Of course, the effects aren’t even across the economy and across society: some families eat more, some less, some go hungry.2 The United Nations estimated that in 2019, a third of the population had difficulty getting enough food to eat.3”
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
“The scene reminded Vespucci of Venice, prompting him to call the place Venezuela, or Little Venice.”
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
― Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
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