Latam already has enough problems with socialism we hardly need more of it.
zekrioca•57m ago
It seems some AI propaganda has already worked on you.
ggambetta•49m ago
It seems you're not from LatAm.
boxed•36m ago
It's strange that people look at the millions dead from starvation from communism, and the quite recent destruction of Venezuela, and still think communism can somehow work this time.
wmwragg•31m ago
There is a significant difference between socialism and communism, Americans seem to purposely conflate the two, they are not the same.
gambiting•30m ago
It's strange that someone mentions socialism and then another person replies saying communism doesn't work. Are these two the same for you?
seszett•20m ago
For Americans it is.
Meanwhile, in Europe (I don't know Latin America well enough, although I know a few well-known right-wing leaders that didn't have stellar records) socialist governments consistently have a better record on basically everything from press freedom to economy to public health compared to economically liberal ("centrist") governments. But they're socialist so it doesn't count.
arowthway•14m ago
Well, they share the same core componnent of disregard for property rights and freedom of contract.
gambiting•2m ago
That doesn't answer my question.
geysersam•24m ago
There are lots of socialist countries in the world that are doing fine.
petesergeant•16m ago
Is this where we pretend a bunch of rich market-capitalist European countries are “socialist” or are you talking about China and Vietnam?
ben_w•8m ago
For some people, even the government interventions by those specific rich market-capitalist European countries are "too socialist" and get the exact same "didn't you realise Stalin killed millions?" kinds of responses.
reeredfdfdf•18m ago
Nordic style social democracy works quite well though. Communism sucks, but too much unregulated Capitalism isn't great either, as we can see in USA and many other countries that suffer from extreme inequality.
cess11•10m ago
Deliberate starvation is more of a capitalist thing. It's not like China or communist parts of India have a big famine problem, while the US and their partners are causing famines in e.g. West Asia right now.
Left wing policies actually work pretty well, this is why the US has spent so much resources undermining movements and states trying to implement them, and this is why the Soviet needed nuclear weapons to survive for as long as it did.
dyauspitr•1m ago
You can be capitalist without being right wing in this administration cares more about the latter
gdss•44m ago
yep, with brazil at the center...
postsantum•10m ago
Brazil did a hecking bad thing. PIX can't be allowed, let alone expand
shakna•37m ago
Have they ever stopped? CIA and SOCOM have been dangling themselves into Latin American lives since they were invented. Assassinating presidents, spewing propaganda, assisting in coups.
It would be a surprise, it they weren't using AI to add to the mix.
oefrha•36m ago
I’d be shocked if the Pentagon isn’t running an AI propaganda mill targeting <insert any region of the world>.
oobeoob11•35m ago
Well, yes, obviously. Did you notice there is also one (rather, a whole ecosystem) targeting Russia, one for Iran, one for China, one for EU, one for Japan, etc?
_3u10•1h ago
zekrioca•57m ago
ggambetta•49m ago
boxed•36m ago
wmwragg•31m ago
gambiting•30m ago
seszett•20m ago
Meanwhile, in Europe (I don't know Latin America well enough, although I know a few well-known right-wing leaders that didn't have stellar records) socialist governments consistently have a better record on basically everything from press freedom to economy to public health compared to economically liberal ("centrist") governments. But they're socialist so it doesn't count.
arowthway•14m ago
gambiting•2m ago
geysersam•24m ago
petesergeant•16m ago
ben_w•8m ago
reeredfdfdf•18m ago
cess11•10m ago
Left wing policies actually work pretty well, this is why the US has spent so much resources undermining movements and states trying to implement them, and this is why the Soviet needed nuclear weapons to survive for as long as it did.
dyauspitr•1m ago