This is neither Venezuela nor Cuba. This is the extreme poverty in the streets of Oakland, California. In case mainstream media "forgot" about it. : socialism

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TheGhostofWoodyAllen on May 27th, 2019 at 17:48 UTC »

In the nearby city of Richmond, they cleared out a large homeless encampment that had been set up near a food bank. Once the space was empty, they filled it in with giant boulders.

GolfBaller17 on May 27th, 2019 at 17:38 UTC »

Ugh, fuck this lady. "I see they haven't cleaned up the homeless camps."

Not, "I can't believe we have homeless people in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world." She just wants someone to drive them out and make it so she can't see them anymore.

superH34vy on May 27th, 2019 at 17:05 UTC »

Could be Seattle, where multi billion dollar corporations fight tooth and nail to stop city council efforts to raise funds to do anything about it.