What is the worst thing you can do if you’re a baker and there is a shortage of bread to feed the masses because the government has failed? Why you decided to bake some donuts for those that can still afford them in the face of skyrocketing inflation of course. But doing so not only makes you a greedy capitalist, it makes you an enemy of the state and an easy fall guy to blame all the country’s problems on.
That is the dilemma facing the bakers in Venezuela, where inflation is making the money worthless, and the socialist government is looking for anyone to blame except themselves. As a result, they have started to round up many of the country’s bakers and confiscating their bakeries and shops.
Currently the country is…
