https://twitter.com/CarlBeijer/status/1321813192516030464?s=20

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

    the only reason MAS is in power is because of general strike and threats of civil war

    That wasn't true for the last 15 years, though.

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

        The U.S. doesn't need any specific event to manufacture consent against leftists. The fact remains that Morales:

        1. Is a leftist, who
        2. Obtained power in an election, and
        3. Had a ~15 year run before reactionary opposition was ginned up.

        That flies in the face of suggestions that leftists will never be allowed to win elections or that they'll be immediately deposed (like Allende) if they do.

        The takeaway from Bolivia has much more to do with what leftists should do once they obtain power (defang reactionary opposition) than with how best to obtain power in the first place.