A slightly more nuanced version of this:
When Hugo Chavez became president, he repeatedly choose to invest the country's wealth into welfare for the poor rather than investing in the economy.
It could be argued he did this to buy votes.
My friend who observed it first hand thought it was because he was addicted to having people adore/love him for giving them what they needed.
In effect though, by choosing to not invest in the economy, Hugo Chavez did a really shitty thing to venezuela and doomed them all to poverty.
A slightly more nuanced version of this: When Hugo Chavez became president, he repeatedly choose to invest the country's wealth into welfare for the poor rather than investing in the economy.
It could be argued he did this to buy votes.
My friend who observed it first hand thought it was because he was addicted to having people adore/love him for giving them what they needed.
In effect though, by choosing to not invest in the economy, Hugo Chavez did a really shitty thing to venezuela and doomed them all to poverty.