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"But what about that latin american kid I've met in college who said that all the left has ever done in latin america has been bad?"

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Most Argentines I encounter have no clue what socialism is and it's infuriating (hexbear.net)

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I've spent a bit of time in the country, it's beautiful and if you like slow cooked BBQ the food is amazing.

But I've had this same conversation a million fucking times. People love their new libertarian incel president because of his "common sense" reforms. And the changing economy is "proof socialism doesn't work"

Like yeah, ok buddy. The "left" ideology is essentially 3rd way dem BS. The founder of Peronism was a simp for fucking Mussolini.

Lots of very strong opinions from people that have no fucking clue what left wing economics are or can be. It drives me insane. Like, outside of the MAGA freaks, back home people at least know the difference when I talk about this kinda shit.

Anyone else encounter this? Like there's more semi-mainstream socialist movements in LATAM, no? Why do people think these Peronist bitches are socialists?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wish I knew more about those countries, I've heard similar things happened starting at the late 80s. It's almost as if they had a recipe for cultural annihilation, once you break the spirit of a nation all you have is atomized individuals highly manageable for foreign Capital.

There is one particular story a good commie friend of mine likes to tell, he worked at several radio stations and in the music industry during the 50 to 70s period, he saw how the dictatorship governments applied censorship to Tango and Folklore as a tool to neutralize any subversive expression while allowing American record companies to take control of the market, distorting the artists work to make it "more marketable", introducing foreign trends. That's when I understood his distaste for rock music. Not all rock of course, but the bland, harmless and simplistic version of it.

A lot of good artists had to exile the country and some took bad decisions giving in to the big records demands.