I am convinced that most (though probably not all) countries can easily have a thriving economy. Milei is doing it in Argentina, Trump did it here — it just doesn’t seem all that hard. But the Ruling Class doesn’t want that. They want to stay rich and powerful and they want most people to be poor, fearful and desperate. Look at the RINOs in the US. They have reasons for doing what they do, and they are not driven by patriotism and love of the American people.
Of which a large number produce nothing.
South America is very rich in natural resources. there is NO reason whatsoever that they should be economically depressed.
That leaves the only explanation being corrupt government management.
When the FBI was ran by J. Edgar Hoover, it was said they kept files on every member of Congress and every Senator.
The FBI always got what it wanted because every congressmen was under threat of arrest and prosecution by this blackmail scheme.
I think that practice has continued to the present day, and that Republicans get sent to congress with proper intentions, but are quickly threatened, intimidated and blackmailed into doing what the Deep State wants done.
We see how corrupt the FBI is regarding Trump, so it takes little imagination to realize if they will do it to him, they will do it to every single member of congress.
I suspect that is what is going on here.
IMHO RINOS do what they do because they are compromised. I would NOT be surprised to find out that 2/3 of Congress are being blackmailed by somebody or some three letter agency. Meaning, they are being told how to vote.
The others like AOC & Squad are true believers in the cause.
This leaves very few Senators and Congress critters that actually vote for whats in the best interest of the country or at least their state or district.
Ninety percent are lobbied to vote the way their benefactors want them to vote. It all about campaign contributions to get them elected again.