The source is The Battle of Chile, great long-form documentary, highly recommend. Tragically sad though, as all looks at Allende's experience are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_69sNztBFSM

  • Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    This reminds me. Venezuelan capitalists created the whole "empty shelf crisis" that led the west to constantly say "socialism vuvuzela no food". When Maduro tried to regulate prices and make necessities affordable to venezuelans, Venezuelan agribusinesses refused to sell to supermarkets, kept food under lock and key, and exported perishables to Columbia for cheaper than Maduro would have had them charge at home.

    I learned this from a video titled "Leftist debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode" It was censored on Youtube supposedly because of grainy footage of a Chavista being attacked by fascists about 40 minutes in but we all know the real reason.

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  • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    They also had their own dorky street fascists who end up taking power https://ibb.co/mSWJ56b

    who were also feds https://ibb.co/ZzS2Vsb

    I'm being glib, but I would really watch part 1 if you're at all knowledgeable about American fascism. I can't put my finger on it, but the way Chilean rightwingers talk and act is eerily familiar

    • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      in the film Machuca the rich kids older brother is one of those fascists and he has pair of nunchucks he uses to beat Allende supporters LOL

  • RNAi [he/him]M
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    3 years ago

    Mate, you have kulaks doing this under the most disgustingly naked capitalism you can get. Kulaks gonna kulak no matter what

    • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Didn't say I was surprised to learn it! I also wasn't surprised to learn how much the CIA was posted up in there, but I learned it too

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    400 boxes of toilet paper! There's no WAY we would ever see any kind of hoarding like that in America....

  • catposter [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    would collective stockpiling be a good idea? like setting up a "group beans fund"?