It certainly isn't the entire story. I'm not an expert on the history of this situation, but I think part of what catapulted the left to power was the promise of substantial reform. That scared the liberals, and we all know what happens when you scratch those worms. If I had to hazard a guess, the PMC decided to coalesce around a common candidate and slide to the right rather than risk a fractured coalition giving more power to the real left. Add to that social democratic ineptitude to improve material conditions leading to resentment and disenchantment, and you've got a recipe for lower motivation from the base and abandonment of the platform by lower information voters more easily swayed by the now huge financial power backing the unified liberal/fascist block.
This is pure speculation though. I'd really appreciate Chilean comrades correcting me and providing better details and context. I'm just extrapolating what I know of theory and my own country's politics, which I'm more familiar with.
Substantial reform that never materialized because of various political setbacks/failures. The liberal reformers continuously run aground on the state’s gears as if they’re not set there to act as tank traps in the first place and then end up the most hated group, typically to the benefit of the right (tho not always). The “progressive policies are massively popular but progressive politicians are massively hated” conundrum
It certainly isn't the entire story. I'm not an expert on the history of this situation, but I think part of what catapulted the left to power was the promise of substantial reform. That scared the liberals, and we all know what happens when you scratch those worms. If I had to hazard a guess, the PMC decided to coalesce around a common candidate and slide to the right rather than risk a fractured coalition giving more power to the real left. Add to that social democratic ineptitude to improve material conditions leading to resentment and disenchantment, and you've got a recipe for lower motivation from the base and abandonment of the platform by lower information voters more easily swayed by the now huge financial power backing the unified liberal/fascist block.
This is pure speculation though. I'd really appreciate Chilean comrades correcting me and providing better details and context. I'm just extrapolating what I know of theory and my own country's politics, which I'm more familiar with.
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Substantial reform that never materialized because of various political setbacks/failures. The liberal reformers continuously run aground on the state’s gears as if they’re not set there to act as tank traps in the first place and then end up the most hated group, typically to the benefit of the right (tho not always). The “progressive policies are massively popular but progressive politicians are massively hated” conundrum