I would like to finish saying that I hope the Venezuelans will do well in the future, but I think they are in for a tough time.
I also hope so, although I have a little doubt the present older generation of Venezuelans will see the end of the tunnel during their lifetime. Maduro looks young and fit. And while the opposition seems to have a good amount of influence and force, their strength seem insufficient nevertheless to unseat Maduro and replace the set of corrupt leaders.
Look at Europe, even though they are a democracy, they have all the great socialist ideas, free colleges, free healhtcare, free many things all paid with your taxes, isn't that great? Yes Venezuela is socialist, but so is France, yes Cuba is socialist but so is Norway, why not see them? Look at USA, worlds biggest capitalist nation, people die because they can't afford their insulin, that is the nation you want to be in? I rather not die from something that 1/3 of all people have, that is as insane as it gets and makes USA a third world country in my view.
How do you define socialism, then? Does that automatically follow that since a country is providing free healthcare, education, and other social services to its people it is already a socialist country? How about the fact that capitalism and democracy is actually very much vibrant in the European countries that you've mentioned like France and Norway? Or is it that both capitalism and socialism could exist side by side in a government?