Really makes you wonder about private media :thinkin-lenin: guess we will never know

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't know enough because I'm a US American but I do know about Allende and Pinochet and how my libertarian econ prof though Chile's free market economy was just the best thing ever... so a Jadue win would be so sweet. And the Chilean protests seemed based af.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Well... I graduated over 15 years ago and haven't spoken to him since, I wouldn't be surprised if he was dead by now (inshallah).

      • Oni [any,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        can you explain this, the wikipedia doesn't say anything about Anaconda being under state control, unless I missed something

        • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          From wikipedia: The nationalized Chilean mines were kept under state control after Pinochet's 1973 Chilean coup d'état, despite the junta's pro-U.S. leanings, and this is still the case, largely because of public sentiment and because Codelco is a major contributor to the Chilean Exchequer. Codelco pays income tax, all dividends go to the government and it also pays a 10% tax on the export value of copper products and associated byproducts according to Law 13,136.

          • Oni [any,comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            I see, thanks. So why didn't they privatize them? Because Pinochet wanted the profits for his own government?