>>105763934That's how cults of personality work.
Hugo Chรกvez never said "I want to turn Venezuela which has the fastest growing economy in LatAm into an Africa-tier hellhole" and Venezuelans didn't say "yes, we want to be the next Zimbabwe"
He simply was a charismatic guy who told people that the previous government and companies were ripping them off so people trusted him. Then he expropriated the lands because "farmers are evil" and they accepted, then when shit he wrong he simply went "it's the previous government's/the USA's" fault and they believed him. Slowly, he changed laws and government institutions to suit his needs. For instance, he introduced a law that cut working hours from 8 hours per day to 7 hours per day which was massively popular. Except that law also removed the term limit for presidents and increased each term from 4 to 5 years.
The USA has simply fallen for a charismatic populist leader who is fucking up shit. And the MIGAtards will continue to support whatever he does, no matter how stupid or counterproductive it is.