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Gosh I do wonder what happened in a bunch of South American countries that caused their political situations to vary wildly before magically aligning with the e
by FridgeSeal 3y ago
Gosh I do wonder what happened in a bunch of South American countries that caused their political situations to vary wildly before magically aligning with the economic preferences of the US.
It’s truly a mystery, I guess we’ll never know.
- ixtli 3y agoWhenever bad things happen under socialism, it's because of socialism. Whenever bad things happen under capitalism, it's because of spooky ghosts.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoTrue socialism looks more like Norway nationalizing its oil resources or the American WWII wartime economy than anything your average American on the street would call socialist. My eyes roll over twice whenever people cite an authoritarian dictatorship over actual successful examples of socialism that have taken place in the west as reason for why it can’t be done.
- zozbot234 3y agoMy eyes roll over whenever people argue about what is and is not "true socialism". Now we're arguing for socialism with Scandinavian characteristics, but guess what, these are also among the most market friendly and economically freest countries in the world.
- gcheong 3y agoFair enough, but what are these "Scandinavian" characteristics that you think make them unique?
- amadeuspagel 3y agoWe won't know, and certainly will not be able to discuss it if you don't explain your view of it clearly and without sarcasm.
- nerdponx 3y agoHistory books know.
- shagmin 3y agoGuessing the comment is referring to the heavy US involvement in South American countries when they chose the "wrong" economic policies.
- gcheong 3y agoLet's just say we're not the shining beacon of democracy we claim to be when our capitalists want unfettered access to another nation's resources.
- shortrounddev2 3y agoThe US's involvement in Pinochet's overthrow of Allende is vastly overstated. The truth is that Allende did a fine job of fucking Chile up on his own.