But no rule, no matter how strictly enforced, will work if there is no supply for the food. The shortages of imported food staples is the source problem here with the bread, not the conduct of the bakers, and yet they are facing new, and somewhat bizarre, implements as Maduro takes on the "economic war" against his country – paid for with the price of his people's hunger.

This remains a desperate situation that is only getting worse, and remains a textbook reminder of why socialism, once the wealth has been stripped or used up, is ultimately doomed to fail.

As Venezuelan "Bread War" Escalates, Maduro Warns Bakers "You Will Pay, I Swear"

by Tyler Durden