A year ago in the midst of the U.S.-backed military coup in Bolivia, left-wing mayor Patricia Arce was captured, beaten, had paint thrown on her, her hair chopped off and was paraded through the streets by right-wing thugs who wanted to intimidate supporters of Evo Morales and the Movement Towards Socialism.
Yesterday, she was elected Senator.
I mean he has good takes on USA domestic policy, but due to the potential CIA influence just don't trust him on anything foreign policy related
yeah i had to stop listening to his pod when he got to a latin american country and was treating the guy who was at worst a republican as hitler 2.0 bc he was part of the communist party. i.. i don't think people should rely on his podcasts for anything to do with latin america tbh. The history of policing was fine tho
That's my guess as to why the who "anti-police" "anti-authority" stuff is a lot of people's shtick. It will never damage the US's police state (it's way too organized, advanced, and supported by propaganda), but it can be weaponized to use against left-wing countries' "police states" under that same "anti-authority" rhetoric. The anti-cop rhetoric gets a lot of people on one's side, rightfully, but doesn't really do much in the long run. I mean for this dude to not be for the Bolivian government, which has even had like no police brutality incidents in the media or anything, is just ridiculous. "Anti-state" is just stupid.