Anatoly Kurmanaev
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first heard Oct 2025
last heard 2 Jul
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But it did make people's lives significantly easier, you know.
But there was a cost to that.
There was, in a way, a hidden cost.
Because the retreat of the state meant that the state no longer was in charge of providing basic services like telecommunications.
or even electricity in some cases, the state shrank, the state hollowed out.
Everyone was for themselves.
And that was fine at a time of relative stability because people's entrepreneurship, private initiatives could help people get by.
But when a natural disaster strikes and it requires a mass-coordinated state response, the shortcomings of her policies became very much apparent.
That's exactly what happened.
And there's also a second reason.
Maduro, especially in his last years in power, as he became increasingly unpopular, he became increasingly paranoid.
He was worried about coups.
He was worried about rebellions, anything that can topple him from power.
And he became very distrustful of his own government, people who could organize and push him out from power.
So he started atomizing the Venezuelan state.
And by this, I mean he splits it into little fiefdoms.
controlled by different officials, you know, who enrich themselves.
And none of them are able to communicate with each other or organize with each other.
And this makes it very difficult to organize a coup.
But it also, in circumstances like now, makes it very difficult for all these different institutions, the police, the military, the civil protection services, the healthcare system, etc., to organize.
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