The Inmates Are Running Venezuela’s Prisons. They've Created Autonomous Micro-Dictatorships.

[@bentait2462]

A vendor in prison saying he's a lot calmer there because nobody will take everything from him by force. Dam.

[@maizie45]

my thoughts exactly

[@Dan16673]

Unreal. While not perfect. Looks like we cheer on this "anarchy"

[@MrSmackdab]

damn?

[@ElLocoAl512]

That's why he paid La Causa.

[@intihumala9087]

Almost everyone in those prisons was put there by Maduro for simply protesting the government. in 2013 when Chavez died Maduro released all of the prisoners who were serving huge sentences, put guns in their hands, gave them motorcycles, and paid them to be his personal army, they are called "colectivos" and that's who they are specifically talking about when they say "nobody will take everything from him by force".

[@qaseemtak9368]

It’s a problem when the prison has more resources than the actual country

[@MrJabbothehut]

shows you that socialism doesnt work

[@roncur]

That’s a fact

[@anonymouscommenter7689]

@@MrJabbothehut SoCiALiSm DoEsN't WoRk

[@gordonz88]

@@MrJabbothehut yes because the Venezuelan government is exactly what Socialist writers had in mind. I’m not even a socialist but that’s a stupid thing to say.

[@Kasasasassasasasasasas]

@@anonymouscommenter7689 i mean, he isn't wrong.

[@faridmk3707]

THIS is real journalism. Not cut/pasting a few tweets into a reaction piece that passes for mainstream journalism nowadays.

[@frederickhargro5153]

It’s almost better then VICE.

[@ChebSalimo]

You don’t even know what you talking about 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@AManNamedHawk]

@@ChebSalimo Shut up.

[@TheFreshEC]

@@frederickhargro5153 Vice is woke trash. They used to be good, though.

[@talyaplays51]

100% facts

[@victormolina1]

I'm Venezuelan and i can confirm that this is a super well made documentary.

[@aresthemyth3010]

I can't find it anywhere, where did you watch it

[@victormolina1]

@@aresthemyth3010 there's links in the description

[@victormolina1]

@Miles Maillet In Venezuela we have 99 problems, and 101 of them originated after Chavez got in the government in 1999. It's only been worse since Chavez died and Maduro got in the government, inflation rates exploded and everything skyrocketed to the moon.

[@mapd_089]

@@victormolina1 Perfect description. Te la comiste Victor.

[@victormolina1]

@@mapd_089 ty

[@NA-du5vm]

That stopped being a prison a long time ago it's basically a very small town.

[@jimpickins7900]

Its like reverse CHAZ, a wannabe capitalist state in a socialist one.

[@meekmeads]

@@ericturner2477 Why? to suffer more from Commies?

[@altbot1503]

This prison has almost x10 the size of my town wtf

[@josephsagotti8786]

@@jimpickins7900 It is a capitalist state

[@jimpickins7900]

@@josephsagotti8786 well the yeah the prison is

[@evertenplaza3673]

Damn, isn't it crazy how a prison has an arguably more functional society than the country its from

[@WintersTheSixth]

Damn this roast was hotter than the blood of a venezuelan police officer after the outlawing of guns

[@beareble-lion4446]

Lets do this in America but better. O wait Americas government won't allow such liberty for any my bad.

[@zupasanic]

it's because in prison the means of production are private

[@justiniansnow8919]

@Everten Plaza I think the homosexuals in that prison might disagree.

[@t6727]

@@justiniansnow8919 true

[@3DCommando]

“Offering everything from coke to Coke”

[@karendetectedkarenmissilei6991]

“I see no difference” -Gangs from America

[@jamal2982]

@@karendetectedkarenmissilei6991 that's fire

[@benglennon7366]

I like to snort coke and wash i down with coke sir. The og recipe will always be superior.

[@maad1670]

that's a bar

[@ricev7071]

My kind of shopping mall!!

[@akiigato]

All jokes aside, bless the people of Venezuela I hope you all find salvation... my heart goes out to you all

[@midget_spinner8449]

Shutup

[@akiigato]

Alushdiop _ no. Bless venezuela we love you!!

[@sevenglue7020]

@@akiigato hes just trying to get attention...

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

@Black Dad "God works in mysterious ways" lol

[@iWh15tl3]

@Black Dad bruh many came to Christ...you saw it in the video.

[@aoinabisapostle1stapostleo363]

Imagine seeing a Mickey mouse in a gangster prison dancing while doing coke

[@bossingtonhillforever4267]

LMFAO

[@Jurico_Noes]

I mean I’m surprised an usagi is in this comment section

[@chunkycat1649]

@@Jurico_Noes she is after all a war criminal

[@Jurico_Noes]

@@chunkycat1649 makes all the sense of the world 🤯

[@Cize8]

Some good quality coke 😂😂😂

[@AndrewJ9673]

Venezuela: Welcome back to society after your prison sentence! Prisoners: No thanks Im better off in here

[@plusxz821]

Venuezuela is a distopy

[@37thousand]

“Nah I’m good fam”

[@Monke-fj2qz]

Even prison is better than regular society in Venezuela.

[@abuDA-bt6ei]

We should make all prisons like a city for inmates to live in. Then all the criminals can just go there.

[@fungibleanonymousglockboug2162]

True

[@Onix.556]

"I don't get it, why are they confessing." "They're not confessing, they're bragging" ‐The big short

[@chrismacks3640]

I cant see why they even have a prison system for

[@leandroalfaiate9239]

wheres the freedom

[@dontlookmeinmyeyeswhenudan5241]

Great fucking movie

[@Mattdew]

"look at me. i'm calm here. no one will come and take my things by force." "the venezuelan bolivar has been destroyed, but inside, prisoners have established their own ad hoc currency." i get that dictatorships, even on this scale, are bad, but how bad of a country do you have to be to have your own prisons outdo you economically? how bad do you have to be to have your own prisons be their own sort of pseudo-state where those living in it are better off inside than outside? props to the filmmaker. this is real journalism.

[@alvinoflys7504]

Somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Venezuela has been racked by corruption and meddling from outside sources. Anybody who wanted to go good had no real power and those who did used it to line their pockets. Story as old as time. Goal was just not be the guy at the top when the first stones were thrown. Get in, make your money, get the hell out of dodge. Basically a turnstile for corrupt politicians with ties to corporations to make money for everybody that keeps the country where it is so they can keep lining their pockets. Happens across SA, NA and happened every where in Soviet Bloc states and countries. In fact it almost certainly happens everywhere a hell of a lot more than us regular folk are concerned. Some places are just better at hiding it/have more to throw in terms of hiding it.

[@allenwatkins4972]

All dictatorships are not bad.

[@Merc7734]

@@allenwatkins4972 are you implying the one in Venezuela isn't bad?

[@fooanonymous]

Well, that's socialism for you.

[@historyZZ]

Wel because they can sell a shit load of drugs

[@daledolan-zalaznick844]

This is literally just Arkham City

[@kriss4882]

Arkham asylum lol

[@kimguir303]

Yea wht can the government do against this

[@apdroidgeek1737]

We need batman

[@bigobloks1656]

@@kriss4882 Arkham city

[@InspectorSplatter]

Give it a few more days and there will be a ninjas bouncing around these prisons and there will be some guy in a suit following them to get a cure from a disease he got from a clowns blood

[@CK-yv6nw]

It's crazy, people inside the prison enjoy more freedom than outside.

[@CK-yv6nw]

@Yaminabototal well said

[@MrUnicorn15]

Not homosexuals though. Would not call that freedom necessarily

[@CK-yv6nw]

@@MrUnicorn15 its like the Roof Koreans but it's nothing like that, just Roof rofl

[@samsam828]

Except for the people who shovel shot all day and will be shot in the hand for smoking a cigarette I mean damn let them smoke

[@CK-yv6nw]

@@samsam828 getting shot is preferable to paying taxes

[@twistedyogert]

I hesitate to call that place a prison, seems almost like another country.

[@bosch5303]

basically anarchy

[@bravodefeated9193]

Its more functional than the actual country its in rofl

[@pepsimano7155]

@@bosch5303 anarchy is when there is no sort of authority or governing body, obviously this place is led by a kingpin and they have rules you must follow. This goes directly against the definition of anarchy.

[@bosch5303]

@@pepsimano7155 ah gouverning body I see. Yeah Imma wrong

[@ledomc2007]

Anarchy is better than socialism

[@TracyW-me8br]

Imagine being someone who was falsely accused or something pretty minor having to live in this environment

[@huggy68]

Which is alot of them. If your getting put in prison with killers for stealing a cell phone i can only imagine how many innocent people are locked up.

[@joshuajagmohan4553]

Ya. Alot of those guys must be in there for false allegations of sexual assualt and rape and harrasment of females. And false allegations of abuse of females

[@literally_leo]

You learn pretty fast to not get falsely accused again I imagine.

[@fksickulars6714]

@@literally_leo but if you go inside ,then you can not come outside

[@manuelcordoba5394]

Well it wouldn't be so bad tbh

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

8:27 "People would go inside the prison to shop" Wild.

[@Thatchycar516]

it seems like a horrifying idea but when you see the economy can you really blame them?

[@thethiefonthecross9092]

@Gregor Heisenhorn that's why I stack gold and silver I heard one ounce of silver would buy a family food for two or three months over there when things were at its worst

[@luviathan9706]

@@thethiefonthecross9092 are you from Venezuela?

[@ferdrewflores3612]

😁

[@tengo_hambru]

i mean, not that wild tbh, when i still was in that hell of a country the markets were not only almost empty, some were full asf because people needed food and water, you also had a time limit because going out at night is just basically death in almost every state of the country, i lived in Caracas so we had to get under that "time limit" which technically didnt exist

[@DegreesOfThree]

The Venezuelan tourism board does NOT approve of this message.

[@philoslother4602]

They actually have a tourism board? 🤣🤣🤣

[@josegaray7640]

PFF What Tourism?

[@grandpied]

They are the future Democrat voters of America.

[@Delsoonbye02]

Literally Fallout , looks like one of the made up cities there

[@pumpkinsmasher8346]

Powder gangers specifically.

[@FJxJongno3ga]

Hahaha. Spot on

[@vivi-fe5rj]

@Jordan Sharpe Interesting that you know that OP is both male, white, and responsible for the world's problems. You should really consider a career as a detective.

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

P O W D E R G A N G E R S

[@Pyrolite]

this is 2b2t

[@yvesflower4373]

Everyday I'm grateful I was able to leave and start a new life in another country. No matter how many years, I don't see myself going back ever. Some days I dream of going back home and visiting my family/ friends but then I get so scared that I'm not gonna be able to get out again. I think that's one of my biggest fears.

[@mikechansw748]

Oh my god is this your home country?

[@spartanmen100]

@@mikechansw748 our own personal shithole

[@angelgotti3273]

Laaaaaaa migraaaaaaaaaaa

[@danielamigo4048]

Same

[@alishan6063]

dam well happy yore safe know hopefully youre family and friends can join you were youre at know

[@Pedro-qj4tj]

Meanwhile on Vice channel: how capitalism is destroying Venezuela's most beautiful prisons

[@Latino.99]

Fuck both sides homie. Vice is ass, but sometimes they got solid docus

[@oneeyeopen2094]

@@Latino.99 Dookie*

[@oneeyeopen2094]

@Mr bob man it's a joke

[@mystercraig]

@Mr bob man it's not that simple. It's easier to blame socialism than to understand the nuances of a corrupted system

[@Litepaw]

@@mystercraig it's easy to blame capitalism too if you don't understand nuances. I'd say the problem is with corruption, huge monopolies, and authoritarianism, not any one single political ideology. But some of them are more susceptible to that for sure, but that's up to your personal flavor of brainwashing on who to blame for all of it. It's human nature sadly.

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

this is somewhat unsurprising but also disturbing this is quite literally like Arkham in Batman, not just the asylum but the entire island turning into a criminal-run city

[@redx4361]

a lot of people don’t like to believe it, but animated shows can be very real. Creativity can stem from influence.

[@disobeycaligula]

😂😂😂like Arkham it’s so true

[@healthfadsfade]

This my friends is journalistic courage. Props to this badass!

[@komiks42]

This guys balls are strongest material in our universe

[@diosakamas7216]

bEn ShApHiRo OpPrEsS mE

[@marinfrombratia]

I think he was more in danger outside the prison than he was in prison... I don't think he was really in danger in that prison, so I would not say he had balls for being there.

[@mghettowaus9815]

@@marinfrombratia stfu... he still did it. And all you've done is sit online and give your $0.02 on everything . You should sip sum of his juices and be quiet.

[@p.m.s2603]

@@marinfrombratia I don't think either you or me would have the guts to go anywhere this place by choice even if it's arguably "safer". Still him speaking out about the regime is what is most courageous and admirable. Many end up as political enemies of the state.

[@dragonare715]

I hope the hamburger guy and afro dude live through this They seem like pretty chill guys to hang out with

[@ferdrewflores3612]

I wanna try those !! 😁😄

[@paleamigo8575]

"The hamburger guy and the afro dude..."🤣🤣🤣

[@AoIndigo]

I'm a Venezuelan. It honestly surprises me how long it took outsiders to even know of the situation in our jails, and it keeps surprising me that people think our situation is because of some "outsider intervention."

[@AoIndigo]

@Fallout Guy I fought back in 2016, I realized this nation was lost the moment they all gave up and retired because some of us died during the riots/"civil war." The people here gave into corruption, they don't want to do what's necessary to fix the country. Many people died fighting for this country, and the ones left alive insulted their memories by staying put in the face of communists and tyrants. My country is in shambles, and its cowardly people are responsible for every bit of it. I'm escaping as soon as I have my things ready, because fighting for this land will only result in a meaningless death.

[@joaocarlospartel8867]

Come to Brazil, we will welcome you with open arms. In exchange, please, tell the pseudo intellectual socialist youth here the shit socialism is.

[@magnus5155]

@@joaocarlospartel8867 Why does every brazilian say "come to brazil". Seems to be a very nice place, but i´ve only heard bad things about brazil. Is it worth it to migrate there as a german and why does every brazilian speak so proudly about their country? Because in germany, at least the part where I live, almost everyone hates the country and the government.

[@DarrylGonzales]

@@AoIndigo Wishing you the best for your escape.

[@rocknroll4995]

@@magnus5155 it’s a phenomenon called Nationalism

[@Zathren]

Seeing that dude with his finger on the trigger scared the shit out of me. Jesus, at least teach your prison militia trigger discipline!

[@ak18singh]

Exactly, thats how you create a sense of fear , uncertainty and unpredictability and in return you get discipline from everyone else 😂😂

[@bradyedge8613]

Treat every weapon as if it were loaded!

[@User-54631]

There is human waste on the ground . Pretty sure proper weapon handling has gone out the window.

[@beareble-lion4446]

@@User-54631 he shows you never been in a active war zone. Or a drug funded city.

[@User-54631]

@@beareble-lion4446 Oh 💯I have not been. I can afford not be in neither of those environments.

[@jkziegler1]

"imagine a system where you have to declare yourself guilty just for the system to move faster" Americans: ......

[@tehcommenterofepic]

Good thing there's a right to a speedy trial in the constitution. Right?

[@jkziegler1]

@@tehcommenterofepic theoretically yes, but in reality americans spend years waiting in jail for trial and end up taking guilty plea deals to speed up the process.

[@qwormuli77]

@@tehcommenterofepic Oh yes, and Venezuela has laws and ideals about "the new man", as you clearly saw. Doesn't mean it works like that in practice, right?

[@samuelrs5138]

@@jkziegler1 That's just not true. If it's a massive murder trial you could spend a few years in prison awaiting trial but for petty shit? It simply does not happen. The situations are not at all comparable.

[@jkziegler1]

@@samuelrs5138 have you ever heard the name Kalief Browder? Look him up... just in case you haven't and won't look him up: he was held without trial, between 2010 and 2013 for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables. During his imprisonment, Browder was in solitary confinement for two years. He ended up committing suicide from the trauma. He is by no means a rare case unfortunately. People can technically post bail, but if you can't afford the bail you end up waiting for trial for years, many innocent people eventually settling for a guilty plea to speed up the process.

[@samuelperez1658]

How is it posible that there’s no content like this in Spanish? I’m from Venezuelan and I’m realizing of this because of this videos, I think Venezuelan should be the ones with this type of content in our language since knowing the truth is the first step to do changes about it. I knew that the situation in jails around here were awful but I always wondered how it really was

[@sly8926]

If you’d like to become very familiar with Venezuelan prisons, go ahead and make this video in Venezuela.

[@gameragedad8953]

Because this is what happens when socialism takes over. You don't have freedom of press or speech anymore, just insane power hungry politicians and people at their mercy.

[@lordilluminati5836]

Porque el resto del mundo hispanohablante no quiere publicar cosa que dejen a los zurdos de maduro quedando mal.

[@desimundo6668]

Maybe because this is propaganda made for Americans?

[@gameragedad8953]

@@desimundo6668 How do you figure that? We don't care about Venezuela. 95% of us couldn't even tell you where it was on a map.

[@ibnalfreak]

Thought this was a VICE video until I saw it was ReasonTV lmao.

[@iamsearchingforthefiletmignon]

Instantly way better

[@uchiabetrayer2]

Except, that Vice used to be decent, now all they make is dog shit

[@sarysa]

I assumed it was NYT...that's what I get for skipping coffee this morning.

[@DarkestKnightshade]

@@uchiabetrayer2 I mean, every now and then they do some boots on the ground reporting.

[@deltazulupapa]

Reason >> BiZe

[@jacks5369]

" yo why they living on the roof ?" " We don't talk about them "

[@ChristVictoriousOfNazareth]

🤣

[@Exoticlover1629]

Aint nobody like them anyways

[@zejdland]

I mean The LGBTQ was already high

[@Dajokerboy101]

Lol they can't even get visitors

[@stoshthecosmonaut2744]

@Smith Palacios stfu

[@mattzayas5340]

Jesus Christ the US has major issues but I’d still rather be barely making ends meet than be in there. Absolutely horrifying

[@squarerootof2]

lmao! I'd be homeless and raiding trash cans for food just about anywhere rather than being in that hellhole. But soon we may all be forced to live something similar if the globohomo communists get their way. This is their utopic world. But of course, in their "capable" hands, this time they'd make it work.

[@legacy756]

Well of course but democrats and socialist are ruining America

[@ngoddess9684]

This is where America is headed. Do you get that?

[@Elkadetodd]

Note they said that people will go into the prison by choice to shop. Because the prison is safer and better supplied than the city.

[@kapildhingra20]

Lol, clueless American liberals are going to wonder how they got to this place when they are living on the roof 🤣🤣🤣

[@klimankhmeron7636]

Prisoners in prison do everything unimaginable but afraid to escape and being caught and thrown back into prison, Paradox.

[@namjoonie936]

what’s the point in escaping if your just gonna be sent back? wouldn’t call it fear i’d say they can’t be bothered especially since they have their own world inside

[@shaunakkulkarni4679]

@@namjoonie936 they shoot you for escaping

[@argenisjimenez8118]

They are not afraid of being sent back to the dame prison. They are afraid of being sniper-shot by the guards. Also if you were captured you could be sent to another prison, where you might dont have your contacts and power.

[@bentait2462]

$2 for a gram of coke? Thems good prices.

[@soulfuzz368]

It’s cut with the ashes of a once civil society

[@TheJohn_River]

@@soulfuzz368 and a pinch of abuelita’s ashes

[@trajectoryunown]

@@soulfuzz368 Still though... That's like a 98% discount.

[@ayandas874]

Delivery and transportation costs add up as stuff moves from one middleman to another.

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

Of course! It’s an unregulated cocaine market! 💵

[@fatefulbrawl5838]

*When a prison has a better system of laws then the government, you know something's not where i should be.* 🎗️

[@OdysseusAres5500]

Yeah, we should get rid of capitalism!

[@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132]

@@OdysseusAres5500 no the fuck we shouldn’t

[@yourhusbandismyboyfriend1714]

@@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132 LMAO 😆

[@httohot]

@@doyoumakeittotheclouddistr4132 nah we should just let the billionaires keep controllign us thats the way go capitalism. The rich need to control us poors, they should also decide who gets to be rich. The rich know all and see all. We just need to give them all the power blindly no matter how often if fails and turns into a psuedo-monarchy/oligarchy

[@httohot]

its not better by any measure but you keep telling yourself open seweres and children around crack is better.... its a literally described as both a frat and dictatorship.......you know nothing of Venezuela if you think this is better..

[@nathanweisser]

Hold on, is Reason today's version of classic Vice? I'm on board, guys. Let me know if you need a cinematographer lol

[@Rugg-qk4pl]

You couldn't possibly pay me enough money to go into a hellhole like this

[@MatrixWolf27]

@@Rugg-qk4pl Come on, where's your sense of adventure? If you get your travel card stamped 10 times, you can get a cookie.

[@sokol7215]

@@MatrixWolf27 much more a bullet 😂

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

@@Rugg-qk4pl na. This is cool. I’d totally go here and film this shit.

[@ianh1504]

pretty sure the libertarian rag takes a libertarian approach to fact checking

[@Cat_vs_Jad]

These inmates are single handedly responsible for taking over the Revenant caves while spamming ATACKAR

[@troy6254]

Jajajaja

[@DailyDoseOfShrooms]

Hahaha!!!

[@goodbye-qi2ku]

is that a warhammer40k reference?

[@Perenniality314]

@@goodbye-qi2ku OSRS

[@goodbye-qi2ku]

@@Perenniality314 lol runescape? wtb gf!

[@danieln7777]

Man, I'm so happy my family immigrated out of this mess

[@denniscarroll3164]

Funny how the western left, keeps telling everyone how wonderful it is.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Lucky you.

[@jankoleon3785]

Ironically my mother went to that mess during a mission trip..

[@ivanpparra]

If yo and your family can vote, I hope you are not voting for our marxist/socialist candidates (aka the Democrats)

[@yucol5661]

@@ivanpparra well, we can’t let the republicans turn like Chavez, messing with the economy and small businesses and letting large companies destroy capitalism

[@GrassesOn97]

When the inmates of a prison create a government which functions better than your own.

[@MrPizza206]

Anything is better than what is currently implemented.

[@fatmooselips3110]

This is so insane. Like they have better lives in this “prison” and averted government than the outside world in their country

[@Eviligniter]

Well, even corrupt drug leaders are better at running stuff than socialists, so no big surprise.

[@faukify]

@@Eviligniter *dictators

[@angelopueyygarcia43]

the dregs of society are still leagues above reds

[@derpythean-comdoge8608]

@@angelopueyygarcia43 imagine thinking Venezuela is at all supported by communists lol.

[@derpythean-comdoge8608]

@@Eviligniter drug leaders are better than running stuff than authoritarian dictators yeah. Venezuela is NOT socialist

[@matiuscka5514]

Oh yes, my beautiful country, where the economy of a prison is better than that of the country itself soy Venezolano porsia xd

[@MrAcousticScreams]

I don't know if those burgers are up to health code.

[@WintersTheSixth]

Who cares They're good and don't food poison you

[@lordhefman]

Probably up to code or better. After all if you accidentally poison the boss or one are they going to do revoke your licence? No they are going to shoot you in the leg. That is a good incentive right there.

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

@@lordhefman dude said he got amoebas from the burgers

[@niksarass]

For American standard they are probably healthy

[@lordhefman]

@@thelostcosmonaut5555 I thought he said that was from trying the govt food. My mistake

[@colins1358]

this seems to be real journalism. big fckN ups to this dude and krew. dang takes guts.

[@OscarOliverah]

This just make me cry. This is so sad, this is so real, and to my sorrow, it is my country.

[@lorindanielbenjaminbolay8455]

Finally a real Venezuelian patriot dios te bendiga justice for our country 🙌🏼

[@futuresocieties.]

Okay, is nobody going to talk about the fact that people are really living on top of a roof?

[@benwinter2420]

Hey man .. that's Bernie bro's socialist heaven , where the gays live on the roof . . get with the program

[@WHAT_TAHW]

Ben Winter wtf based?

[@ehboy3804]

@@benwinter2420 this is not socialism. It's a kingdom, Chavez and Maduro use their country like a personal piggy bank

[@mariahyohannes]

@@benwinter2420 What do you mean? Those people have to sleep on the roof because they're gay and if they come down they will be harrassed; Bernie is pro-LGBT and believes that your sexual identity shouldn't warrant you to be harrassed

[@cardioandfriends]

@@ehboy3804 with what money lmao???

[@RedHornSSS]

The thug, evangelical, and renegade system sounds really similar to the feudal noble, church, and plebs

[@delos2279]

Serfs not plebs, but good point.

[@jirisklenar3640]

@@delos2279 In my country they are called plebs. It's a matter of translation I would say.

[@delos2279]

​@@jirisklenar3640 It was written in English though. Plebs in English refers to free working class citizens in Rome, not medieval feudalism. Serfs were the lowest class and practically slaves to their lord so that's a reasonable analogy.

[@delos2279]

@@babress3119 sure, it's arbitrary, it's an analogy lol. Or might as well have used kings, clergy and nobles. Considering the analogy, Serfs works better from what they described in the video because they were tied to a plot of land.

[@benwinter2420]

Arse about . .outside the church/religion at top are pedo's who would be lynched inside an western prison . . but would be head of an muslim prison . . i'v tied myself into knots here

[@Milkra]

“Imagine a system where you have to declare yourself guilty, even if you aren’t, to make things move faster” Haha... yeah...

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

Sounds familiar I can't put my finger on it tho

[@icejr1030]

@@jeremiahtisdell4823 *puts finger on it*

[@shurik3nz346]

Japan

[@slickrick2420]

@@shurik3nz346 USA

[@perfectlyfine1675]

@@slickrick2420 imagine being so ignorant about the Japanese legal system that you think that the US is worse. *99% conviction rate intensifies*

[@westcoast9285]

His dad got removed, and we're suprised he's deeming Venezuela as too far gone. We have many of these same issues in the US.

[@deadbody408]

Imagine a system where you have to plead guilty to make your sentence to move faster... (Umm the United States where plea bargains run wild)

[@arjund.4817]

So you're saying clog up the legal system by having every case go to trial by eliminating the chance for offenders to at least admit their crimes

[@ThaBump]

@@XJ9sodypop Wow ...

[@cjamesfort]

@@arjund.4817 So you're saying innocent people should take the plea deal because their public defender says they'll be convicted anyway and get a harsher sentence in trial? Then they have that false admission on their record as a barrier to future employment. Innocent until proven guilty only exists if you actually go to court.

[@arjund.4817]

@@cjamesfort If they're guilty, the plea deal is better for them. If they're truly not guilty, no reason not to fight it. If they're convicted regardless usually there is substantial evidence of their guilt. Public defenders usually don't try to steer you in wrong directions believe it or not.

[@cephalonsadistic9331]

@@arjund.4817 For people unable to pay for a private lawyer, public defenders are the best option. But their existence isnt enough to stop innocent people being sentenced. Its a simple fact that public defenders recieve far less money and have much less time to work on each case meaning that yes, it is easier to plead guilty. The public defender system is also clogged with cases and if they don't have the time to make a case then how are the people they represent supposes to be proven innocent when facing a private lawyer with weeks to create a case.

[@matthewlamp3088]

I can't quit thinking about his description of the man who died from tuberculosis. Suffering for 9 months, literally becoming a living skeleton, and incarcerated there for stealing a watch! I don't even have the words, really......

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

well thats what happens when you go for socialism

[@mystercraig]

@@aaronmontgomery2055 bro it's more complicated. Ur overly simplistic rhetoric is just as damaging.

[@j2323j]

Well he did steal Thou shalt not steal

[@bigfootlza6177]

@@j2323j if you were starving you would steal too

[@j2323j]

@@bigfootlza6177 Nah I would work for my food not steal

[@tee4222]

I have a good friend that worked as a state journalist for the Venezuelan Prison system. I knew a lot of this but I didn’t quite understand how brave she must be to have had tons of interviews and gone one on one with these prisoners on a regular basis.

[@grovestreetpartner4144]

If you look for gore sites, you can see what happens on Venezuela prisons

[@shannongerbes]

@@grovestreetpartner4144 Gore sites? It's not gore, it's what's happening. Calling it Gore just adds fuel to the fire that is shuttiny down the real news sites

[@marcofava]

She was likely safer in prison than she was outside

[@RubySapior]

Prisoners have a more stable currency than the Government. xd

[@helloal0ne]

This people don't leave prison because they feel safer than outside, lmao.

[@flamingwheel9926]

Cause the prisons work because they have strict but few rules, that keep everything working, but outside, the law is the most corrupt, I know most of what happens because I'm form Brasil, the neighbor of Venezuela

[@WarrenPuffet]

Many of them are desperate to leave, you’re wrong and must not have watched.

[@helloal0ne]

@@WarrenPuffet how can you jump to such conclusions without even knowing a single bit about me? Well Mr. "know-it-all", I did in fact watched the documentary before commenting in a kind of "sarcastic" way. Maybe you are the one who needs to watch the documentary to understand the true way they are living: they got their own economy, their own markets, their own distributors.... if someone would be truly desperate to leave they would have already purchased a shovel and dug a hole to the outside, or maybe jump the fence with no guards? I'm pretty sure that if you are able to throw a fucking party in a jail for your homies you are able to break out.

[@helloal0ne]

@A. Hugh Dial it's not a bad documentary, that's not a bad idea at all, maybe I will understand how it is possible that they remain calm in a moment when the world was going crazy because everyone thought there was going to be no more toilet paper left lol.

[@helloal0ne]

@@nonnar3206 I guess all prisons have armed guards trained to shot anyone trying to escape? Still that hasn't prevented some people from escaping.... Now these prisioners are organized and armed, and in the timestamp you posted they said soldiers can't enter so they patrol the outside... Imagine what could you do with a few shovels and so much free time ;)

[@roymarshall_]

Lol seeing all those fingers on triggers I bet theres a lot of gun accidents around there

[@squarerootof2]

I would be more worried about the non-accidents, tbh.

[@MacetazzOpina]

imagine if they have to keep the finger in the trigger its because they are full time waiting to be jumped

[@sarahtomosia5764]

@@MacetazzOpina Nailed it.

[@MacetazzOpina]

@@sarahtomosia5764 those places are a recipe for ptsd you never ever sleep without one eye open

[@pm69669]

@@MacetazzOpina no what u jump someone u gettin shot😂 u over doin it

[@BR-cq2hm]

"Let's make the gays live up on the roof..." WTF

[@samsam828]

and the religious people shovel poop all day lol

[@gg3198]

Yep

[@NFDave1992]

considering that in my country (Venezuela) the average Year round temperature is 29+ Degrees celcius and there is almost always sunny, yeah living in the roof has a real chance of being a death sentence by heatstroke.

[@gangstapagedielzz5633]

GOTTA KEEP THEM SEPARATE

[@jesselayton4164]

I think someone said its easier to throw them off that way.

[@Cherub-vl9bc]

Before Maduro:"Let me out i dont want to go to prison" After Maduro:"LET ME IN *LET ME IIIIIINNN* "

[@modakaification]

I don't know about the documentary but at 5:01 that basketball game when that player passed the ball was epic. Dude, passed that ball like it was no tomorrow.

[@neikory]

Fucking crack man

[@luciovaldez5835]

Ball is life

[@indobalkanizer6557]

"Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."~ Thomas Paine

[@Baamthe25th]

"The state is said by some to be a necessary evil. It must be made unnecessary." Benjamin Tucker

[@indobalkanizer6557]

@@Baamthe25th hell yeah!

[@indobalkanizer6557]

@@Alex-ft1hi proto Socialist hmm ig u've read his common sense 800 times Btw when did I say he was a capitalist or proto capitalist or anarchist, lol those men motivated all sides of the political spectrum rather than bunch of Bolshevik retards executing their Menshevik fellows, forget abt what they did to the "bourgeoisie"

[@indobalkanizer6557]

@@Alex-ft1hi yes he would be considered Socialist in some ways like Society over State itself could be "proto Socialism" whereas Capitalism is deeply individualistic

[@indobalkanizer6557]

and yes early English settlers have already tried the commune ownership system in America, but unfortunately most of em died due to starvation and frostbite: fee.org/articles/the-puritan-experiment-in-common-ownership/

[@spuper_sugoi_kid6426]

When a prison has a better organized government than Venezuela.

[@LeSpade72]

yuuuuuup!!!!

[@purplecrowbar1332]

Imagine seeing an example of a prison literally run by gangs, which went on to devolve into absolute filth with people killing each other and eating human flesh, and commenting “capitalism is epic”. How old are you?

[@spuper_sugoi_kid6426]

@@purplecrowbar1332 when the capitalist society created by criminals and devolved into filth is more successful than the socialist Venezuelan government.

[@birdman1843]

I love ❤️ Venezuelans , I hope someday Venezuela 🇻🇪 can become a free country again

[@sydm2017]

Amen to that 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@legacy756]

Poverty sucks, it will take years and years before this country gets better

[@aidanm5578]

Very interesting. Clicked on a whim. Thought I wouldn't stay, but ended up being a little sad that it ended.

[@PLATOLOSOPHY]

Man... I needed this. No matter how bad things get, it can always be worst. Thanks Reason!

[@samiibrown8215]

God Bless this reporter and all those suffering in Venezuela

[@trajectoryunown]

This is actually pretty cool. It's astounding to see how mankind has the tendency to establish a structured society in spite of whatever conditions they might find themselves in.

[@swesleyc7]

Albeit potentially very very bad, but it is fascinating. All these "no borders" we're "citizens of the world" folks in the U.S. are pitiful.

[@comebackking7446]

It almost like Jordan Peterson says this will happen.

[@swesleyc7]

@@comebackking7446 You're very right - he's the expert in post-modernism. PM is a brain virus and societal cancer. DrJP is the man.

[@xjagaimo1361]

also notice this is how this is operated by the men

[@Puleczech]

This itself is a compelling case against the hallucinations about "anarchy" or "equality of outcome".

[@fisttothewrist1]

"They have to respect our space or else..." Damn.

[@anaturalassertion1058]

"when you're working I'm thinking of robbing you" says the dude sitting in Jail, waving around a gun. That was some fuckery.

[@bonnitakhaliq9578]

I can tell you it makes British Prisons look like Butlins Holiday Camps , i think if we had to live in them conditions our Soul would die. Did you notice how Christians were treated , having to clean up the Shit. We are living in the End times for sure , in this day and age. Saying that it use to be just as Bad thousands of years ago , nothing seems to Change. Death to me seems a better option

[@thefishylife6823]

My uncle did twelve years in that prison!!!! The stories are no joke!!!

[@CDTJosh]

just rock up with a dozen decent runescape gold farming accounts and youll be the new kingpin.

[@andybotwin9838]

Omg so tru!!!!😂

[@FenriZz]

How u do that?

[@Deadsticle]

"The world belongs to the quick and evil."

[@harekrishna1264]

True👍

[@rhikerhay2732]

Agree🙏🏼

[@reesejohnson2788]

Crazy quote

[@UnknownOps]

Correction: "The world belongs to Opportunists only, no matter how good or evil their intentions are."

[@RespawnRestricted]

Who says socialism doesn't work 🤣 I Do👍

[@vdmur7952]

Socialism can work.

[@leandrodfcorreia2]

@@vdmur7952, in your imagination.

[@kapildhingra20]

@@vdmur7952 🤣🤣🤣

[@felipeguerrero7079]

@@vdmur7952 🤡

[@46_and28]

@@vdmur7952 socialism involves the economy and workers unions and co ops not governments

[@walkermco1]

Fantastic. I can’t believe this content is free to watch, considering it’s not really motivated by politics or an agenda. It’s just showing the underbelly and daily life of prisons in an insanely twisted modern day country

[@ThatCatDiaz]

This is so crazy to imagine we live in the same world but different piece of land.

[@austinharris2916]

Watching this while smokin and said the same thing, it really is crazy if u are born in just a different are ur subject to pure chaos, watching stuff like this really opens my perspective 👁🗺

[@ThatCatDiaz]

@@austinharris2916 For real, ain't no joke saying most of us are lucky. Next time we complain bout dumb shit gotta remember that

[@PhilipJFry-tm9ve]

“While your at work, I’m thinking of ways of robbing you” lmfao while I’m at work he’s working those cheeks in jail probably sneaks on to the roof every now and then 😂

[@PolarIre]

How do they even survive up there. Do they sleep on roof without blankets, do they poop off the roof? So many questions

[@BinkiniBottomBoy]

@@PolarIre I think I saw tents and shit up there

[@jilliebean6312]

This seems like a really good 80’s movie plot

[@TheOriginalZimmy]

Totally, like a slightly less apocalyptic version of Escape from New York

[@mode3763]

Seems like a good plot for a Far Cry game

[@richardgomez8010]

There's a mel gibson movie called Catch that Gringo that's kinda like this

[@TD2008T]

Whenever I feel sad, I remind myself that I wasn't born in Venezuela, instant dopamine boost.

[@strange4107]

That makes me sadder I know a woman from venezuela older woman she saw the country go downhill. It used to be so nice.

[@brutal4341]

As a venezuelan, i dont know how to react to this comment lol

[@mikechansw748]

@@strange4107 Poor lady. Must’ve been painful for her to watch everything.

[@mikechansw748]

@@brutal4341 Hahahahha whats life like there??

[@brutal4341]

@@mikechansw748 no electricity, no water and even gas oil is running out, A LOT OF crimes, homicides, the police is killing or robbing you because they just wanted to do so, and every shit you can think of. Im not living, i am surviving in this hell lmao. In this country we have a slogan and we repeat almost everyday: "It is what it is"

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

"Autonomous Micro-Dictatorships" isn't that just a normal prison

[@gavinmurphy8905]

Normal prisons aren't autonomous

[@devashishkumar7314]

powered by AMD

[@MacetazzOpina]

@@gavinmurphy8905 i can assure you that in most latin america they are and from what i was told when serving time in mexico, apparently the US is no different, its just more make believe, while in latin america authorities just give up and don't care to let them run them, every once in a while there is a new commander who wants to put order and there are blood baths, but for the most part, most prisons down of your border are like that, and to the same extent, most prisons in the world as well, since developed nations don't make most countries in the planet you could easily make the argument that default prisons are overcrowded, corrupt, run by gangs and full of drugs and even cellphones, it seems more the norm that way if you look at prisons worldwide

[@gromsgaming1256]

its like if the California homeless camps were armed with guns

[@yourhusbandismyboyfriend1714]

That would be a complete mess.

[@goatface6602]

Coming soon

[@MrPizza206]

@@SammyJoeLouis yup

[@Top10soon]

Most homeless arnt murderers, criminals etc.. so it dont make sense..now if you would say the gangs then thats diff...but gangs somewhat control certain areas already anyways..not just in California but all over the u.s. lol

[@manuelagudelo7070]

No, in our jails if you look wrong a visitor you get your head cut off and stucked in your belly in front everybody.

[@gerryyau863]

this is literally that one prison from prison break

[@GroovyBearTV]

Yup, Second season. Am i right?

[@Elias-ui9mu]

@@GroovyBearTV season 3

[@slothysteve]

sona XD

[@HakenV]

Venezuela is just hell but somehow... there is people that love this hell and that's the reason why venezuela still being like this

[@amazingman63]

I'm sure its a hell hole in reality but i can almost see this operating better than the actual nation

[@uhno5989]

That’s why I’d never support socialist dictatorships. When one person owns everything, the whole country goes into the shitter

[@ihazplawe2503]

@@uhno5989 communist dictatorships*

[@derpythean-comdoge8608]

@@uhno5989 oh but you would support a capitalist dictatorship? its not socialism thats the problem, its the dictatorship.

[@uhno5989]

@@derpythean-comdoge8608 under capitalism the economy would at least be under the control of companies and not one person, so it would be slightly less bad

[@derpythean-comdoge8608]

@@uhno5989 a dictatorship is a dictatorship. Socialism cannot be a dictatorship as dictatorships are fundamentally anti-socialist

[@perfectlyfueled]

heavy reality Its crazy how much people are going thru makes me think alot

[@kymanipazamor3162]

Yea for me it makes me so thankful for the life I have, but also makes me wanna help or do something for those in this situation!

[@goodbye-qi2ku]

@@kymanipazamor3162 hahaha I get where you are comming from, but its too funny

[@kymanipazamor3162]

@@goodbye-qi2ku yea I agree. I was thinking of society as a whole not just those in this prison. But yes it's crazy the politics in this prison.

[@iimstateii8319]

Ye but that’s all they know. These people ain’t afraid.

[@reesejohnson2788]

Makes me want to be less entitled.

[@rezoderfiki1908]

This is 10 Years ago . Now its like hell

[@chaddy2409]

@Yaminabototal no more kingpins?

[@rezoderfiki1908]

They are torturing everyone cutting out hearts eat human meat you never get out again there are 100 in one cell it’s pure hell

[@moiraides9466]

ahh yes that amazing socialist country that Jeremy Corbyn was on about, looks like a paradise, I really want my country to be like this

[@imadrifter]

Go there then

[@moiraides9466]

@@imadrifter Yeah, great idea my socialist friend, I will make plans tonight

[@OnyxANZ]

@@imadrifter sarcasm is lost on you huh?

[@adamjoyce8764]

“Just imagine a system where you have to declare yourself guilty to make the process shorter..” Uhhhh... lol

[@ilovevandalism]

Sounds like a plea deal to me lmao

[@Isidore22]

Yea its like that here in the US. You plead guilty to smaller crimes instead of risking max sentencing if you fail your innocence plea. All to pad the portfolios of corrupt ambitious prosecutors.

[@damienholland9432]

@@Isidore22 Correct.

[@booskie4316]

@@Isidore22 Not even that. It's that the time you spend in prison can be less than the time you'd spend in holding simply waiting for a trial that can be postponed indefinitely. Basically if you can afford bail, you can afford to have a trial. If you can't afford bail, then you're stuck either with the plea deal or months/years in holding.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Sounds like America for Black People.

[@tschilpi]

The whole system with thugs, churchgoers and renegades reminds me of the Gothic mine valley with old camp, new camp and swamp camp lol.

[@doomskunk]

Gothic 1 and 2 was the shit man

[@havenbirb1525]

"The cops gave me these guns, so now I can use it against them. If I lose, they'll give it back to me again"

[@lishajohnson1958]

Damm....even the dog is waiting for his court date...smh

[@adrianrapier5053]

I was thinking just bomb the prison and then problem solved but that dog doesn't deserve to die.

[@eddieholt7413]

Which timestamp?

[@mystercraig]

@@adrianrapier5053 did you watch the video?? Half of these people were in there for petty crimes but let's bomb them?

[@marinfrombratia]

@@adrianrapier5053 bomb the prison? did you even watched this video?

[@adrianrapier5053]

@@marinfrombratia yea you got a problem

[@金元明]

loooooool they've literally given the prisoners a piece of land in their own country "deporting them"

[@jimpickins7900]

Its like reverse CHAZ, a wannabe capitalist state in a socialist one.

[@atlasravenwood6467]

This is the future of anarchy in humanity: inevitable adoption of order.

[@Firefox1189]

There will be different mindsets, depending on which country it is. This one was made by criminals, who all know each other's mindsets. In the US, I don't think this would work too well.

[@qwerf4508]

Dummy

[@atlasravenwood6467]

@@qwerf4508 ... Okay. O-O

[@flamingwheel9926]

If it's starts to grow into anarchism, it's mainly due to the HEAVILY corrupt government, Brazil took that route, but somewhat got back on track, with only the Favelas being a quarter of what these prisons are. These prisons could be considered Anarcho-capitalism instead of just anarchism, since their whole order revolves around strict but few rules and money/goods

[@flamingwheel9926]

@@Firefox1189 yea, mainly because in the US, it's actually safe, and very few people die, now compare it to us in South America, even Brazil, the big brother of the countries, is filled with corruption, death, and crimes compared to the US

[@joeballer4036]

The situation in Venezuela is sad, but, Kingpin transformed himself. That is amazing.

[@nicksrub]

He's going for politics, so still trying to keep to power after leaving prison

[@DeeMulaah]

"They're armed with heavy weapons and grenades" Bruh

[@Brandyn-xl1wq]

What?

[@MrFire1999]

@@Brandyn-xl1wq lmaoo

[@onirione]

@@Brandyn-xl1wq this is your fault .

[@dogg631]

i saw a fucking mp40, when they spoke about the kingpins guards, imagine having an SMG in a prison, a goddamn WW2 SMG...

[@WebDiice]

@@dogg631 well at least it still can kill you

[@davidcaro872]

does no one else wonder how this all started, like was there a riot or what happened.

[@ojberrettaberretta5314]

socialism happened

[@longanddeadly]

Prison guard paychecks bounced is what happened.

[@ojberrettaberretta5314]

@Xeta nationalisation=socialism,the first thing every socialist government tries to implement is to nationalize the important economies,in the end idc what youre personal opinion is ,it was their way of socialism their ideas stemmed from socialism they practice and theory are socialist in nature, to blame it on poor leadership and acting as if ''true socialism'' might wouldve made it better is just simply cowards being unable to tell themselves the truth that socialism no matter how you try it it doesnt work stop lying to yourself and think youre the one who could implement socialism the right way, ppl been trying this for over 100yrs and led to the death over more than a 100million ppl,now if you arent a socialist then i am sry,we might disagree on what socialism is i still think venezuelans problems today stem mostly from it,if you are a socialst then dont bother answering me anymore if 100mio death ppl cant convince you that nothing will

[@RedHairdo]

@Xeta "as well as eradicate poverty. They were relatively successful doing the later," Yeah, by eradicating the poor themselves. lol Leftist apologists, I swear.

[@ojberrettaberretta5314]

@Xeta oh yea fascism,the slightly more psychopatic son of socialism.....

[@adenmorales9367]

Americans: are prison systems are Brocken Venezuelans: really

[@RonLarhz]

Wts logical fallacy is this. Comparing it with another broken system doesn't make it not broken,lmfao.

[@adenmorales9367]

@@RonLarhz I just saying that the Venezuelan is in prison system is horrible and is nothing compared to America’s

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

@@RonLarhz Everything is relative. Sometimes being absolutely poor can be relatively great. Prisons have always been an issue and, outside of a few small, wealthy European countries using systems that would not scale up at all, we've yet to see an effective prison system in practice.

[@flamingwheel9926]

USA: our police are way too brutal ALL OF SOUTH AMERICA: REALLY??? (even Brazil, the big either of the South America has a GIGANTIC amount of death's to police brutality compared to the US, if US was hell, then South America would be the fucking primordial abyss of pain and suffering that precedents hell itself)

[@flamingwheel9926]

@@RonLarhz yea, but Americans blow it way out of proportion when their "corrupt" systems would make wonders down here, also, just so you can understand, if our citizens of South America stormed the capitol of each country, way more than just 4 people would have died, WAY MORE, and those who survived, would be hospitalized, so yea, be happy that your hell isn't OUR level of hell, but I guess a hell is still a hell

[@MrGSXSIR]

My best friends from Venezuela He said it’s been that way for decades Nothing new

[@AchEdeJungeNeDu]

Thats your starting zone when you decide to play the venezuelan class. Its not the most popular class to play since it isnt considered meta, but it does have some perks that make some areas of the game easier. Your first quest is to go inside the Church of restoration and rehabilitation, where you are able to join one of three factions: the Thugs, the Evangelicals or the Renegades. Thats where your adventure begins.

[@C-Handle]

And ends if you're a renegade. 🤣🤣

[@AchEdeJungeNeDu]

@@C-Handle Which is why the renegade faction is often only recommended to people who started on New Game+

[@yoni8714]

Me and the boys when we had a substitute teacher

[@poppi510]

„Offering everything from coca-cola to cocaine“ ...not that different in the good old times.

[@grandpied]

One rots your teeth while the other rots your brain.

[@fussypeg8561]

Society is based on (in or out of whatever prison) fear, desire, hope, jealousy, belief, comparison and escape. It's like one roundabout with no exit.

[@luisgonzalez1637]

This reminds me of old school Vice magazine, good job.

[@aedressler]

Maybe a warning sign to Reason's direction

[@luisgonzalez1637]

@@aedressler no not really, old school vice was way different than current vice. Remember Gavin Mcinnes also ran vice