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he’s not an ecosocialist nor does he call himself that. he represents the right wing of the party and was antidemocratically nominated, so there’s been a lot of infighting about whether to support him.
the results aren’t looking too bad... lasso passed yaku for second place, which makes an arauz victory likelier, while pachakutik is getting a legislative plurality (in a huge leap since the last election!) and the right is eating shit
Voting systems that aren't clone-proof encourage 1. wrecker bad faith candidates, and 2. good faith candidates getting tarred as wreckers. Both results are bad and play into corporate interests.
I think that's probably the best takeaway. I'm not about to start hating any Ecuadorian ecosocialists, he seems fine, but I'm not going to put any time or energy into a campaign that either started as or is being steered by outside money into becoming a spoiler. Hope the Ecuador left can pool together instead of being set against each other.
I know the Max Blumenthals of the world don't like him and think he's a CIA stooge. I don't know much about him but he's probably better than Lasso or Lenin Moreno.
Genuine question: What do you mean by "the Max Blumenthals of the world"?
I've been listening to him for years and the journalism he's associated with has come across as extremely legit.
Those antipathethic to his reporting have not.
I'm coming back to this post because apparently there's something about the Greyzone that people don't want to talk about, just allude to, so I did a search.
I just find him a bit over the top at times but it's a personal preference
hmm, I find the affect entirely appropriate given the powers that his reporting pisses off, but I can see how it might grate I suppose.
Sorry for messaging you over a 7 day old post - I'm kind of in disbelief at whats happening in Ecuador, trying to get an understanding of it, and was on one yesterday.