History seems to suggest otherwise: 2005: The leaders of La Concertacion, Chile’s center-left ruling government coalition, want to eliminate the private profi

History seems to suggest otherwise: 2005: The leaders of La Concertacion, Chile’s center-left ruling government coalition, want to eliminate the private profits of the private bus system [1]. They sell the new system as a way to make public safer and cleaner [2]. 2007: A consensus builds, and Santiago (Chile's capital) nationalizes urban transport network. It is a customer service disaster. Commuters wait at stops for 2 hours[2] as they see multiple buses drive by [1]. The 3000 bus companies get cut to 10, one of which (the public company) becomes the target of the largest class-action lawsuit in Chile, with thousands of commuters suing the new entity [2]. It is also a financial bomb, as the system goes from $60M in profits, to > $600M in losses[1], overnight, with 290M bailout after only 9 months [2] 2019: The "Estallido Social" (Social explosion) riots start, centered in santiago. The reason * Rise in public transport fares in Santiago * [3] 2021: A student leader and prominent figure in the 2019 riots [4], with a coalition of leftist groups and the communist youth of chile [4], is elected president. A new left government is now in power [1] https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub1127207 https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub1127207 [2] https://www.npr.org/2007/10/08/15100976/in-chile-commuters-sue-city-over-transit-system https://www.npr.org/2007/10/08/15100976/in-chile-commuters-s... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932021_Chilean_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932021_Chilean_prot... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Boric#Role_in_the_Estallido_social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Boric#Role_in_the_Esta...