The beginning of the end - Venezuela

Venezuela is entering the end-game of socialism. The government has shut down internet access and most of the media. Of course, the attempt by the FCC to prepare for the same thing here is not related... From Slashgear:

Venezuelan government shuts down internet in wake of protests
Don�t expect one whole heck of a lot of tweets coming out of Venezuela in the immediate future as President Nicolas Maduro�s government has shut down the internet and select TV channels. Having shut down Twitter access for the area this past week, Venezuela�s state-run ISP CANTV has been cut in areas such as San Cristobal. This area is a regional capital in the west of the country and CANTV controls the vast majority of internet connectivity in the area.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation made note that Venezuelans working with several different ISPs lost all connectivity on Thursday of this past week. Users lost connectivity to the major content delivery network Edgecast and the IP address which provides access to Twitter�s image hosting service while another block stopped Venezuelan access to the text-based site Pastebin.

Ideas so good they have to be mandatory. Sad. Same thing is happening in the Ukraine where Putin is trying to bring them back into the Soviet fold. And we follow down the same path just about five-ten years behind...