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.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    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

    • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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      4 years ago

      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

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      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.