Fighting Socialism At Home And Abroad ft. Daniel Di Martino and David Smolansky

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🗓️ 9 October 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week, the Duffy’s invite two people with first-hand experience of what socialist policies did to the Venezuelan economy and its people. Economist and freedom activist who has spoken at CPAC, Daniel Di Martino discusses the similarities he sees in the U.S. political debate today and right before the Venezuelan government enacted socialist policies. Later, David Smolansky, the former Mayor of El Hatillo Municipality in Caracas, Venezuela, who is currently living in exile after being removed from office during Maduro administration. David is now working as a visiting scholar at Georgetown University and shares his experiences living under the thumb of the Maduro Regime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, welcome to from the kitchen table.
0:15.3	I'm your host, Sean Duffy, along with my host for the podcast, but my partner in life,
0:22.2	Rachel Campbell's Duffy.
0:28.4	Thank you, Sean. And you are my partner in life. I love that. Thank you. I'm excited about the podcast today, Sean, because you know I talk a lot about Venezuela. I lived in Venezuela back in
0:35.2	1994. I love Venezuelans.
0:39.7	I had a Venezuelan boyfriend, as you know.
0:42.2	Let's not go there.
0:42.9	Let's not go there.
0:43.9	All right.
0:44.2	And, you know, what's happened to Venezuela breaks my heart.
0:49.9	And one of the things that you and I talk a lot about is what's happening to this country.
0:55.3	And I think there's some lessons in Venezuela for America.
1:00.9	And so what we did today is we brought in some guests that we thought could give us some insight.
1:07.5	What did they see in Venezuela?
1:08.9	What happened there?
1:10.1	What are the parallels? What are the things they wished did they see in Venezuela? What happened there? What are the parallels?
1:11.9	What are the things they wish that they had done differently, maybe even in their own personal finances before all this stuff fell apart?
1:21.0	What are the things they're seeing in America that remind them of the things they were seeing in Venezuela before the, you know what, hit the fan.
1:32.3	And so we brought in several guests.
1:35.3	Our first guest is going to be Daniel DiMartino.
1:41.7	Now, Daniel DiMartino is an economist.
1:59.0	He's a speaker. He's a rioter. He was born and raised in Venezuela. And he experienced the consequences of socialism firsthand. So let me bring in Daniel right now. Daniel, welcome to from the kitchen table. Thank you for having, Michelle and Rachel.
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