"There has been some progress since then in creating a national consensus that the atrocities of the dictatorship must never again — nunca más — be tolerated. But today Chile’s radical right and more than a third of Chileans have expressed approval of the Pinochet regime. No consensus, therefore, has been reached about the coup itself, despite the efforts of Chile’s current president, Gabriel Boric. Mr. Boric, who is just 37 and an admirer of Mr. Allende, tried to have all political parties sign a joint statement that declared that under no circumstances can a military takeover ever be justified. Last week, the right-wing parties declined to sign the statement. The right-wing leader José Antonio Kast, a sort of Trump of the Andes who is favored to win the presidency in 2025, is an outspoken supporter of the dictator’s legacy. He refuses, like an alarming number of his devotees, to condemn what happened on Sept. 11, 1973. They insist on the thesis that, regrettable as the resulting abuses may have been, the armed forces had no alternative but to rise up in order to save Chile from socialism." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/chile-allende-september-11.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk4.eHR8.Uia0CyVT1hUS&smid=url-share
I did. For a while. But I hoped - against reason - it won't pass.
Humans are, to a remarkable degree, statistically predictable. As a social scientist I should rejoice in this observation. Alas, the prediction gives me little joy.
He got his start as a “Game of Thrones” blogger before pivoting to promoting multiple far-right conspiracy theories, all while developing extensive ties to white supremacists and publicly posting racist and antisemitic messages online. Posobiec nevertheless became a MAGA star and a prominent pro-Trump propagandist, appearing regularly on Fox News and at the Conservative Political Action Conference, among other forums. Last year he published the book “Unhumans: The Secret History Of Communist Revolutions (And How To Crush Them),” in which he argues that Americans with left-of-center views are subhuman while praising the violent fascistic regimes of Franco in Spain and Augusto Pinochet in Chile. (Vance provided a blurb for the book.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronation-ball-trump-fascist-passage-press_n_677d9070e4b0dbd92b0ff705?yxm
“In the past, communists marched in the streets waving red flags. Today, they march through HR, college campuses, and courtrooms to wage lawfare against good, honest people. In Unhumans, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec reveal their plans and show us what to do to fight back.” —J. D. Vance, Senator (R-OH)
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Date: 2025-01-08 12:53 am (UTC)No consensus, therefore, has been reached about the coup itself, despite the efforts of Chile’s current president, Gabriel Boric. Mr. Boric, who is just 37 and an admirer of Mr. Allende, tried to have all political parties sign a joint statement that declared that under no circumstances can a military takeover ever be justified. Last week, the right-wing parties declined to sign the statement.
The right-wing leader José Antonio Kast, a sort of Trump of the Andes who is favored to win the presidency in 2025, is an outspoken supporter of the dictator’s legacy. He refuses, like an alarming number of his devotees, to condemn what happened on Sept. 11, 1973. They insist on the thesis that, regrettable as the resulting abuses may have been, the armed forces had no alternative but to rise up in order to save Chile from socialism."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/chile-allende-september-11.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk4.eHR8.Uia0CyVT1hUS&smid=url-share
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Date: 2025-01-08 01:44 am (UTC)I remember the Russians, in the '90s, were big supporters of Pinochet. We did not understand then what it meant. Now we probably do.
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Date: 2025-01-08 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-08 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-08 06:03 pm (UTC)Humans are, to a remarkable degree, statistically predictable. As a social scientist I should rejoice in this observation. Alas, the prediction gives me little joy.
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Date: 2025-01-12 04:42 pm (UTC)Posobiec nevertheless became a MAGA star and a prominent pro-Trump propagandist, appearing regularly on Fox News and at the Conservative Political Action Conference, among other forums. Last year he published the book “Unhumans: The Secret History Of Communist Revolutions (And How To Crush Them),” in which he argues that Americans with left-of-center views are subhuman while praising the violent fascistic regimes of Franco in Spain and Augusto Pinochet in Chile. (Vance provided a blurb for the book.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronation-ball-trump-fascist-passage-press_n_677d9070e4b0dbd92b0ff705?yxm
“In the past, communists marched in the streets waving red flags. Today, they march through HR, college campuses, and courtrooms to wage lawfare against good, honest people. In Unhumans, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec reveal their plans and show us what to do to fight back.”
—J. D. Vance, Senator (R-OH)