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Hi! Firstly: not sure how aware you are of Argentina's working class, but the subte is a huge issue. Folks working late hours, doing night shifts, students that

Hi! Firstly: not sure how aware you are of Argentina's working class, but the subte is a huge issue. Folks working late hours, doing night shifts, students that attend night uni because they work during the days have to get the bus back home, which not only takes longer but it's very dangerous. The PDR doesn't cater to middle classes. Actually the project that was pushed through congress because of DemocracyOS was the Worker's Party (PO) project to make better conditions for nurses in public hospitals. That said, YC is not funding the net party, they are backing a non for profit that develops DemocracyOS the software the party (and many other organisations around the world use). The title is click-bait and misleading. Finally, please do produce evidence that the US is actively trying to oust Kirchner.

dguaraglia 12y ago
Pia don't get me wrong, I think all the initiatives taken in isolation are for the better. Heck, I've been stuck in Belgrano after 2am and the only options I had to get back to Retiro were taking an expensive taxi ride or take two hours on a bus. I get it. As someone who spent countless hours in public hospitals in La Plata, I applaud giving nurses a tool to get the rewards they deserve. I wonder if my favorite nurse - Gladys - who cheered me for hours every day while I was laying on a bed feeling like crap, is using it. She grew up in a slum outside La Plata. I remember having conversations with her about what I was doing with my startup in Sacramento and how the whole thing flew right over her head: there's not much time to get acquainted with the internet when you work extra hours every day and you go back to a home without internet. And that's the general gist of it: all these things are great, but they are not really accessible to everyone. The people in Chaco or Formosa who barely have enough to support their families don't care about internet polls. People who first need to survive and barely have access to basic education won't have a vote in this "democracy". A democracy of the lucky few is no democracy. As to the funding: a greenback goes a long way in Argentina, and YC gives a substantial amount of money to their startups. I'll take your word, and that of your associates, that the money will be spent on the startup. I believe you, but that doesn't mean it can't be used as a straw man by some disgruntled government supporter looking to discredit your work. About the US influencing Argentinian politics... I'm not saying there's anything more sinister than the obvious influence exercised through diplomatic and economic means, but denying the US considers every country within its sphere of influence would be myopic. I can guarantee that the US doesn't like this new string of leftist South Americans governments one bit.

dguaraglia 12y ago

Pia don't get me wrong, I think all the initiatives taken in isolation are for the better. Heck, I've been stuck in Belgrano after 2am and the only options I had to get back to Retiro were taking an expensive taxi ride or take two hours on a bus. I get it. As someone who spent countless hours in public hospitals in La Plata, I applaud giving nurses a tool to get the rewards they deserve. I wonder if my favorite nurse - Gladys - who cheered me for hours every day while I was laying on a bed feeling like crap, is using it. She grew up in a slum outside La Plata. I remember having conversations with her about what I was doing with my startup in Sacramento and how the whole thing flew right over her head: there's not much time to get acquainted with the internet when you work extra hours every day and you go back to a home without internet. And that's the general gist of it: all these things are great, but they are not really accessible to everyone. The people in Chaco or Formosa who barely have enough to support their families don't care about internet polls. People who first need to survive and barely have access to basic education won't have a vote in this "democracy". A democracy of the lucky few is no democracy. As to the funding: a greenback goes a long way in Argentina, and YC gives a substantial amount of money to their startups. I'll take your word, and that of your associates, that the money will be spent on the startup. I believe you, but that doesn't mean it can't be used as a straw man by some disgruntled government supporter looking to discredit your work. About the US influencing Argentinian politics... I'm not saying there's anything more sinister than the obvious influence exercised through diplomatic and economic means, but denying the US considers every country within its sphere of influence would be myopic. I can guarantee that the US doesn't like this new string of leftist South Americans governments one bit.