The definition of socialism is democratic, collective <i>worker</i> control over the means of production. It is an <i>extremely simple</i> definition, which is why there are dozens of variations on the basic idea. Put 10 socialists in a room and they&#x27;ll walk out with 11 ideologies.<p>Venezuela has not had democratic ownership of the means of production. Venezuela is a state capitalist entity with either a centrally administrated or command economy depending on how you want to look at it.