over the next few months, the US is going to speed run the first 5 years of the Chavez administration in Venezuela. We are going to go straight from "hey cool. It's the will of the people" to " I didn't realize that you could fire everyone who disagrees with you" and "oh look, these complicated systems don't actually run themselves"
The privileged opposition has so far been playing its part perfectly. Talking about the "next election" as if everything is normal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%932003_Venezuelan_general_strike?wprov=sfla1