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ancianita

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35. The Chicago School and James M Buchanan literally wrote the new Chile Constitution under Pinochet.

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 09:09 PM

19 hrs ago

The key trap was that for any law to pass there had to be a 66% vote.

The whole story is documented in Nancy McLean's Democracy In Chains back in 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains

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Trump's Project 2025 is already underway in Argentina, and it's terrifying [View all] EarthFirst 21 hrs ago OP

Argentina's Milei to meet with Trump, Musk next week in the US Leghorn21 21 hrs ago #1

Thank you for adding that... EarthFirst 21 hrs ago #2

My pleasure, E Leghorn21 21 hrs ago #3

Thank you. For the next four years we are in the oligarch shit. ancianita 20 hrs ago #14

This is emblematic of the White House transition process as KPN 20 hrs ago #18

Wouldn't one like to send a comet to crash into mar a lago during that meeting ? kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #19

Could Ukraine send in the drones? jmbar2 20 hrs ago #23

"Will the magas scream for joy...?" B.See 20 hrs ago #25

"He cut investment in education by 40%, denied increases to pensions, cut access to life-saving drugs for cancer patient Demovictory9 21 hrs ago #4

That's some hideous shit right there Dem4life1234 21 hrs ago #5

Why do people here vote for them? Metro135 21 hrs ago #7

Because those strongmen hurt people the voters don't like misanthrope 21 hrs ago #11

Under the guise it's in the public's interest, will make things better for the public. ffr 21 hrs ago #6

Republicans are brainwashed morons. hadEnuf 20 hrs ago #17

Seems to me, some states are in a better position to weather this storm than others. paleotn 20 hrs ago #29

It sounds a lot like the pre-New Deal American South misanthrope 21 hrs ago #8

To that tune, Dixie markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #32

K&R jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #9

Argentina's Inflation Rate.... Biglinda 52 21 hrs ago #10

Well, shit soandso 20 hrs ago #16

Of course markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #33

Elon Musk is glued Blue_Roses 21 hrs ago #12

It has nothing to do with Trump or Project 2025 soandso 20 hrs ago #13

Austrian & Chicago School tried this shit on Chile under Pinochet. It took 10 yrs for Chileans to climb out of that pit ancianita 20 hrs ago #15

A military dictatorship must have an impact, too soandso 20 hrs ago #22

The Chicago School and James M Buchanan literally wrote the new Chile Constitution under Pinochet. ancianita 19 hrs ago #35

Thank you soandso 19 hrs ago #39

This should help. Check the sections under Pinochet and the 21st Century. ancianita 18 hrs ago #41

Again, thank you soandso 18 hrs ago #42

Sure. ancianita 17 hrs ago #44

I didn't mean to indicate soandso 13 hrs ago #45

If he follows the Project 2025 playbook, they won't be better off. If he doesn't they will. ancianita 4 hrs ago #51

With ARG being courted by China for BRICS; siding with NATO isnt a bad idea. oldsoftie 20 hrs ago #21

Milei is extremely anti communist soandso 20 hrs ago #24

RE: BRICS; the whole "use your own currency" thing is, I believe, a pipe dream oldsoftie 10 hrs ago #46

Argentina's applied and will join BRICS in 2025. Yes, siding with NATO is good, but doesn't offset what else is wrong ancianita 19 hrs ago #36

Do you have a link? soandso 18 hrs ago #43

Hypothetical: if 0.1% own 95% of land & factories, how will "democracy" be different than feudalism? Same IMF shakedown lostnfound 10 hrs ago #47

Cutting education in a technologically advancing world is economic suicide. Yavin4 20 hrs ago #20

We'd have to see where those cuts were made soandso 20 hrs ago #27

Just bc he's an academic, that doesn't mean that he's in favor public education. Yavin4 20 hrs ago #28

Fair point soandso 19 hrs ago #30

Doctors, lawyers, engineers Dem4life1234 19 hrs ago #31

Cut the ministry of education. Same as or Department of Education. I've been thinking. paleotn 20 hrs ago #26

When Musk hosted Trump for a long chat on X back in August, both made it clear they want to copy Milei. highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #34

Must-Read Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #37

It sounds like from the posts here that Mieli is at least an educated man that cares at least somewhat about his ppl PortTack 19 hrs ago #38

So how does any of help anything? ...nt Figarosmom 19 hrs ago #40

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