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"They may overcome us, but social processes cannot be stopped, neither by crime nor by force. History is ours, and it is made by the people."
"They may overcome us, but social processes cannot be stopped, neither by crime nor by force. History is ours, and it is made by the people."
An absolute and utter tragedy and red salute to Allende
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Castro warned him to get people under control and setup a dictatorship of the proletariat. Allende believed he had found a 3rd way to socialism though (as so many have before and why they've ended up facing a wall as Allende did and so many have since the Parisian communards)
Some snippets from Ny times so ignore the liberalism, 1972, where they assert that a right wing dictatorship is unlikely. Its interesting to see them say "Chile is not a police state" in reference to the setting up of a dictatorship of the proletariat and forcibly suppressing your enemies. It would become a police state under Pinochet though for decades and the West would praise him for it.
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/17/archives/the-opposition-in-chile-said-castro-to-allende-if-you-dont-get.html
I can't say for sure what would have worked in his situation, I feel the army would have stepped in sooner with the excuse of "stopping the repression and freeing the people". But at the same time, I don't disagree, it was fatal to leave the opposition's power unchecked.
Allende sought to butter up the military rather than run a knife through them like butter smashing the upper officer core and putting in place working class comrades loyal to himself
The officer core and top layer of generals have proved themselves as bastions of reactionary fascism since the Russian White Guardists and its no surprise Pinochet came from thie layer of the military
Allende should've set up an org like the Cheka/Nkvd or Kgb and had them kickimg in the doors of military officers and taking some of them away at 3am. The fear of God should've been instilled into them. Instead they were kowtowed to and they were able to freely collaborate with US and a fascist dictatorship would be setup for decades