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>The less authoritarian states, such as Allende's Chile, did not end up surviving for long. Wasn't Allende's Chile pretty much brought down by external forces,
by vesak 8y ago
>The less authoritarian states, such as Allende's Chile, did not end up surviving for long.
Wasn't Allende's Chile pretty much brought down by external forces, i.e. CIA? Calling it survivorship bias is a bit premature if the said countries are antagonised by the most powerful nation on the planet :)
- cryptonector 8y agoNo. The U.S. was definitely for Pinochet's coup, but on the ground it was all Pinochet. (If anything, Pinochet was less bloody than others because of U.S. pressure.)