One great irony is that deposed Venezuelan socialist despot Nicolás Maduro sits in jail in New York City, where a new socialist mayor, inaugurated a few days ago, extols the "warmth of collectivism" rather than the "frigidity of rugged individualism."

No warm, cuddly collectivist has ever, nor will ever, perform a mission like rugged American individualists just pulled off in Venezuela, surgically extracting their oppressive leader from the midst of his capital, without a single American casualty.

In democratic elections held in Venezuela in 2024, Venezuelans said "no, thank you" to the "warmth of collectivism" and cast 70 percent of their votes in opposition to Maduro. But, by no surprise, the election was ignored, and their warm, cozy despot refused to be cast into the cold.

Sometimes human beings are so desperately lost that nothing other than the hard, cruel reality resulting from bad decisions wakes them up. This is what will be in New York City.

But Venezuelans have been there and done........

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