Pretty much. As much as they want to avoid admitting it, cultural elements of their environment have stuck with them. It's very hard to break out of a cultural bind and very few ever accomplish that.
I wish I knew. I'm technically part of the West too. But Latin America is in a weird position where it is and isn't part of the West, depending on who you ask.
Pretty much. As much as they want to avoid admitting it, cultural elements of their environment have stuck with them. It's very hard to break out of a cultural bind and very few ever accomplish that.
Is the problem just time? Does the western left need more time for anti-imperialists to chip away at liberalism?
I wish I knew. I'm technically part of the West too. But Latin America is in a weird position where it is and isn't part of the West, depending on who you ask.
Oh, when I say West I meant more the chauvinist type you see in the US, western Europe. I don't mean like Evo Morales.