Posted on 08/01/2021 12:31:48 PM PDT by dynachrome
Atlas Shrugged
The man has squandered the legacy of the military government and is turning Chile into another Argentina.
And Peru just elected a Commie for pres...South America is quickly circling the drain.
Chile just elected a commie, too.
Hey Nully,
I have been following this...wonder if the strike has anything to do with:
Leftist Gabriel Boric, 35, wins Chile’s presidential election
By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo, Helen Regan and Hira Humayun, CNN
“He is a supporter of abortion rights, a welfare state model, and leads a broad coalition that includes Chile’s Communist Party.”
Very close...need to include: “opposition from local tribes concerned about their sacred lands.”
Ya beat me to it!!
Autocratic nations like Dubai and Qatar will ultimately perform better economically because they will limit the largess of the welfare state. A modern nation that practices democracy is ultimately doomed because the voting public will just loot the treasury until it's empty.
From 2000 to 2006 the wife and I lived in Chile while I was working in the mining industry.
The best country to live in if assigned to South America...once out of Santiago, relatively safe for Gringos, and a lot of nice places. Good restaurants and hotels, OK people and good roads.
They are doomed to repeat the Allende experiment and hopefully it will end the same way.
Pincohet bought them 50 years. Now the problem is that you have no Pincohet in the military at this point so if Chile becomes a basket case, so be it.
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