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hughento
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« on: October 13, 2012, 05:30:55 AM » |
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I'm still befuddled by Chile. It seems pretty clear that
a) Allende was deeply unpopular in the upper and middle classes.
b) His government was not particularly effective in (it's much needed) equalisation process, largely because of that opposition.
c) Chile was increasingly paralysed by the discontent.
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If the alternative hadn't been the terror of Pinochet, I could understand the right's love for him. Chile remains very very unequal, but it's also stable and developing rapidly, and the liberalisation underrgone during the 80s is partly responsible for that.
There are many, many problems associated with that liberalism just starting to come to light in the last five years, but by and large, Chile's economy is in better shape than all its neighbours.
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The problem is, you can't ignore the bad bits to celebrate the mixed good. He was a despot, a murderer, and his legacy must be regarded as trash.
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