Seven Newsworthy Heads of State and Why No Libertarian Could Admire Them

5. Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela

The fruits of socialism are non-existent in Venezuela where citizens are starving and people have been without toilet paper for months.  Thousands took to the streets in Caracas on September 1, demanding a recall vote of President Nicolás Maduro and to call for the end of the revolution, but Maduro is resisting.  I’m not privy to the president’s personal supplies, but I would bet he’s neither starving nor without toilet paper.   Heads of socialist states are always well provided for, and Venezuela needs a huge shot of libertarianism.

6.  Salman of the House of Saud, King of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a rich, powerful and influential country.   The Qur’an is the constitution of Saudi Arabia, and it is government adheres to Sharia law.  No individual liberty is recognized by the King, and he rules by royal decree.  Women can’t drive and homosexuals are put to death. Libertarians don’t admire theocratic monarchs, and we don’t like it when our government makes arms sales to them either.