{"id":1130375,"date":"2021-12-18T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130375"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:29:04","slug":"caruzo-venezuelan-socialists-hate-american-culture-so-much-they-cant-stop-ripping-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caruzo-venezuelan-socialists-hate-american-culture-so-much-they-cant-stop-ripping-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Caruzo \u2013 Venezuelan Socialists Hate American Culture So Much They Can\u2019t Stop Ripping It Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaruzo-venezuelan-socialists-hate-american-culture-so-much-they-cant-stop-ripping-it-off%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-17-at-3.39.54-PM-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">CARACAS \u2014 For years, the socialist regime of Venezuela has attempted to wage an ideological war against the United States and its \u201cimperialist and capitalist anti-values\u201d that, according to them, are the root of all of Venezuela\u2019s cultural and societal problems.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two decades, superheroes such as Superman, Batman, or Captain America have not been exempt from the Revolution\u2019s criticism \u2014 yet, like the U.S. dollar that\u2019s holding the country together, the socialist regime sure loves to embrace these icons of American media \u2026 by plagiarizing them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Venezolana de Televisi\u00f3n, the regime\u2019s main television channel, has begun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/12\/03\/super-mustache-maduro-debuts-superhero-persona-in-venezuelan-propaganda-cartoon\/\">airing<\/a> a series of short cartoons titled <em>S\u00faper Bigote<\/em> (\u201cSuper Mustache\u201d). In this, the latest product of the regime\u2019s propaganda machine, socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is portrayed as a bootleg copy of America\u2019s most iconic superhero: Superman.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"S\u00faperBigote, cap\u00edtulo 2: La lucha contra el Megatopo (corto animado, comiquita sobre Nicol\u00e1s Maduro)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJlxqd2wg3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Every epic prose needs a hero, and every hero needs a villain \u2014 that is where the United States comes into play, as the \u201cU.S. Empire\u201d is the go-to boogeyman for the revolution\u2019s myriad disasters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Naturally, this idealized heroic version of Maduro, who lacks his real-life obesity, has his enemy in the form of a caricature of former President Donald Trump and his \u201clocal lackeys\u201d from the Venezuelan opposition. The socialist regime has espoused villainous narratives attributed to the United States government as excuses for the absolute lack of effort to maintain the country\u2019s infrastructure, such as claiming the electric grid failed because the United States used an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on it or hacked it. The regime has never provided any evidence to support its claims, or detract from the Occam\u2019s razor explanation that it never bothered to invest in keeping the electric grid functional and the people who know how to take care of it are refugees now.<\/p>\n<p>The cartoon features Maduro\u2019s talking points in illustration, such as Maduro wearing a red safety helmet to exemplify his self-appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotelevisionmarti.com\/a\/nicolas-maduro-el-presidente-obrero-\/216299.html\">title<\/a> of \u201cworker-president\u201d (he was a bus driver; bus drivers don\u2019t wear helmets) and one of the villains showcasing the letters CJ \u2014 which represent the nickname Maduro has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnuevoherald.com\/noticias\/america-latina\/venezuela-es\/article193109999.html\">given<\/a> to opposition figurehead Julio Borges: <em>cejota<\/em> (\u201cbig eyebrows\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Exalting the socialist revolution\u2019s \u201cheroic\u201d leaders is a tried and true tactic that they\u2019ve employed over the course of these past two decades. Case in point, the late Hugo Chavez\u2019s posthumous elevation as the \u201cSupreme and Eternal Commander of the Bolivarian Revolution\u201d in 2013. Many have been the methods of propaganda utilized to perpetuate the idea of Chavez as a superman of his own league, including a weird phase in Venezuela socialist propaganda when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/internacional\/2012\/08\/22\/album\/1345628015_562960.html#foto_gal_5\">portrayed<\/a> as an urban and hip persona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6060606060606\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Espero que les guste esta imagen del Gigante camaradas\u2026 Son muchas maneras de recordarlo\u2026 Chavez es Amor\u2026 Chavez es otro Beta!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Protecci%C3%B3nAlPensionado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Protecci\u00f3nAlPensionado<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tuiteros_vzla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tuiteros_vzla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BatalladoresDigitales?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BatalladoresDigitales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PuebloChavistaEnBatalla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PuebloChavistaEnBatalla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForoCandanga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ForoCandanga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuerrillaFem78?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GuerrillaFem78<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chavezcandanga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chavezcandanga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patria_ve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Patria_ve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMLevHiBB8\">pic.twitter.com\/yMLevHiBB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos Amundarain (@amundaraincarlo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amundaraincarlo\/status\/1035340003914788864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0628272251309\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La creatividad de nuestro j\u00f3venes para el Candidato de la Patria, &#8220;Ch\u00e1vez es Otro Beta&#8221; \u00a1Ch\u00e1vez el que Pao! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UhVS8NqK\">pic.twitter.com\/UhVS8NqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Econ. Omar Prieto (@Omar_PrietoPSUV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omar_PrietoPSUV\/status\/229614569088241664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The embrace of the superhero for the Revolution\u2019s propaganda goes against all they\u2019ve preached against them in years past. Maduro has waged a one-sided war against one of his most bewildering arch-nemeses, Spider-Man, going so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/whos-to-blame-for-venezuelas-violent-crime-maduro-says-spiderman\">blame<\/a> him for Venezuela\u2019s youth violence. Hugo Chavez also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/2006\/08\/02\/268746-hugo-chavez-ahora-arremetio-contra-superman-y-batman\/?outputType=amp-type\">denounced<\/a> superheroes.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maduro vs Spiderman\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BC5_aO03CBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Even though the idea of superheroes and American media as a whole is deemed to be against the socialist values of the Revolution, they can\u2019t seem to get enough.<\/p>\n<p>TVes, another of the regime\u2019s TV channels, born from the seized assets of the former RCTV, <a href=\"https:\/\/eldiario.com\/2021\/04\/13\/pirateria-la-politica-de-tves-para-transmitir-producciones-de-disney\/\">openly<\/a> broadcasts pirated movies without the due licensing from its corresponding copyright holders, including the capitalist superheroes they disdain so much \u2014 then again, an authoritarian regime that cares not for human rights would care even less for intellectual property.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.085271317829\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Y as\u00ed, a las 5:33 p.m. de este  viernes 5 de junio, TVes transmite &#8220;Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker&#8221;, que apenas fue estrenada en Disney+ hace un mes.<br \/>\u00bfTendr\u00e1n los derechos? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cD0f8gCYZY\">pic.twitter.com\/cD0f8gCYZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arnaldo Espinoza \uea00 (@Naldoxx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Naldoxx\/status\/1269019750815973376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the former head of Venezuela\u2019s intelligence, Maduro\u2019s defense minister refused to discuss the details of a possible coup against Maduro because he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/venezuela-spy-chief-nicolas-maduro-coup-padrino-avengersendgame-1445701\">busy<\/a> watching Avengers: Endgame.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. media is bad for Venezuelans, that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been told for two decades now \u2014 but not for Maduro himself, who has openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/news\/venezuelan-strongman-nicolas-maduro-dodges-us-sanctions-to-binge-watch-netflix-11244023\">boasted<\/a> of indulging in it through his Netflix account. While Netflix is indeed available in Venezuela, it\u2019s way out of reach for the majority, as, setting aside the glaring internet connectivity issues in Venezuela, Netflix\u2019s subscription costs far exceed the current monthly minimum wage of ten bolivars per month (roughly $2.10).<\/p>\n<p>While certainly ideologically loaded, political satire the likes of <em>S\u00faper Bigote<\/em> used to be a common exercise of free speech in Venezuela. The socialist regime has made it so that they\u2019re the only ones who can freely satirize others.<\/p>\n<p>Were you to attempt something of this nature within these borders and present Maduro as the villain of a superhero cartoon, you may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozdeamerica.com\/a\/venezuela_detienen-politologo-nicmer-evans-por-presunta-incitacion-al-odio\/6065494.html\">facing<\/a> up to 20 years in prison, courtesy of the socialist regime\u2019s anti-hate speech laws <a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2018\/02\/venezuelas-anti-hate-law-provides-maduro-with-anot\/\">passed<\/a> in 2017 \u2014 which is why I\u2019ve at times have had to tread lightly when satirizing the regime on social media, moreso now that China is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozdeamerica.com\/a\/autoritarismo-digital-de-china-a-la-medida-de-venezuela-\/6341899.html\">advising<\/a> the socialist regime of Venezuela in matters pertaining to censorship and monitoring of citizens through social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>Christian K. Caruzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KalebPrime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS \u2014 For years, the socialist regime of Venezuela has attempted to wage an ideological war against the United States and its \u201cimperialist and capitalist anti-values\u201d that, according to them, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}