My guide to the problems with Latin-American politics is Joseph Conrad’s greatest novel, Nostromo, which I first read in high school. I’ve yet to see anything to prove him wrong.
Revolution on the left, revolution on the right, populist takeover, dictatorship of privilege, capitalist exploitation. It all comes out pretty much the same in the end. It’s a sad thing to watch.
“Revolution on the left, revolution on the right, populist takeover, dictatorship of privilege, capitalist exploitation. It all comes out pretty much the same in the end. Its a sad thing to watch.”
So what are we supposed to do, just sink to our knees and wait for our beloved Constitution to be tossed on the ash heap of history by despicable scoundrels, curs, and pickle smoochers?
By the way, what you call “capitalism” is by its very nature non-exploitative. If exploitation is occurring, then there has been a distortion of the natural order of things.
See “The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism” by Hayek.