XPost: alt.messianic   
   From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   On 1/10/26 10:52 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   > On 1/10/26 8:34 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >> On 1/9/2026 9:51 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> On 1/9/26 12:42 PM, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://x.com/AgrisAcademy/status/2008280244105380254   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Cargill was the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such   
   >>>> as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a   
   >>>> front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 1.   The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint   
   >>>> because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was   
   >>>> never able to run the plant.  It never ran again. It was returned   
   >>>> years later with no equipment inside.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 2.  There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a   
   >>>> slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it   
   >>>> difficult to organize a coup against the regime.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 3.  The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the   
   >>>> cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil   
   >>>> money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were   
   >>>> forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them   
   >>>> products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became   
   >>>> ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the   
   >>>> mayor of New York City's proposal).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 4.  Dollars - We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat   
   >>>> from places like the US and Canada. The government would   
   >>>> periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for   
   >>>> raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that   
   >>>> can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several   
   >>>> facilities closed for lack of raw material.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 5.  My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed   
   >>>> compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global   
   >>>> communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided   
   >>>> a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 6.  Employees became very close to others inside the apartment   
   >>>> building.    Going out on the street with a desperate population was   
   >>>> not advisable.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 7.  I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets   
   >>>> to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to   
   >>>> export the pallets.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 8.   I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour   
   >>>> mill supply chain. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food.   
   >>>> When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors   
   >>>> there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 9.  Livestock - Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you   
   >>>> could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People   
   >>>> with guns were hungry.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 10.  Employees - In the end my highly skilled team alone with other   
   >>>> highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for   
   >>>> them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see   
   >>>> the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with   
   >>>> high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best   
   >>>> things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading   
   >>>> earnings.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to   
   >>>> happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock.   
   >>>> The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The   
   >>>> orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days   
   >>>> are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag   
   >>>> products.  Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Jeff Kazin   
   >>>> Former head trading Cargill   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> again, people cry about 20th century corruption and i'm like have we   
   >>> tried putting 21st century transparency in there? nope   
   >>>   
   >>> everyone likes to talk about hungry people in venezuela cause muh   
   >>> socialism!?!?!?   
   >>>   
   >>> no one talks about hungry people in the philippines cause that   
   >>> doesn't fit the narrative ur pushing eh???   
   >>   
   >> The Philippines has an extreme poverty level (<$3.00 a Day) in 2021 of   
   >> 5.32%. Venezuela was 9.71%. (According to the World Bank).   
   >>   
   >> I don't especially trust the World Bank. So...   
   >>   
   >> The Philippines Statistics Authority (apparently it's well trusted   
   >> with transparent metrics) says that in 2023 15.5% of the people were   
   >> below the national poverty line.   
   >>   
   >> Venezuela doesn't publish official poverty statistics. ENCOVI   
   >> (Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida) is an independent household   
   >> survey conducted by Venezuelan universities. It showed approx. 51.9%   
   >> of the people were living in poverty in 2023.   
   >>   
   >> UNICEF says that in the Philippines 26.4% of children live below the   
   >> national poverty line, with 12.4% living in extreme poverty (which   
   >> basicaly means not enough food).   
   >>   
   >> UNICEF doesn't have ratings for Venezuela because their government.   
   >>   
   >> You can look this shit up Nick.   
   >>   
   >> It's pretty transparent for anyone paying attention that thug   
   >> governments that steal from their people don't thrive.   
   >>   
   >   
   > how much a spoon-fed narrative, sheeplefied fuck are you wilson???   
   >   
   > venezuela has been dealing with various on/off sanctions from much of   
   > the rest of the planet for like 2 decades now ... and the philippines   
   > hasn't ...   
   >   
   > these aren't even remotely comparable situations, yet the philippines   
   > isn't remotely close to dominating.   
   >   
   > and no one gives a shit about the haus of saud controlling their nation   
   > thru a fucking direct monarchy, we're happy to keep selling them weapons   
   > to bomb their neighbors. like i can't even process how fucking stupid it   
   > is when liberal endlessly cry about mUh sOcIaLiSm when literal kings   
   > still walk among them just fine ...   
   >   
   >  > motherfucking 🤡🌎   
   >  >   
   >  > #god   
   >   
      
   yeah totally because mUh SoCiALiSm:   
      
   https://www.gzeromedia.com/the-graphic-truth-economic-turmoil-in-venezuela   
      
   when are you fucking tards going to stop confounding geopolitical   
   manipulation with the actual results of an economic system???   
      
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   hi, i'm nick! let's end war 🙃   
      
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