Imagine going to the latest Hollywood thriller at a theatre near you, and in the movie filled with intrigue and social conscience the president of the country in question decides that his un-popularity is due to retailers jacking up prices and not the fact the currency is dropping faster than Justin Biebers pants in Brazil, so to stop this the president takes control of the retailers and targets appliance stores first. Long lines of people stand waiting for their heavily discounted items, so many that civilian militia are called in to assist sworn security officers to keep law and order, yet some police fire their weapons in the air, to make sure the long lines that now crowd every appliance store country wide stay fearful. Looting takes place in one city and the president has announced car dealers would be next...
Sounds scary if you are full of common sense, but read it again because this is happening in Venezuela right now, I guess Sean Penn has to be smiling and rubbing his hands together at this moment.
