Doonesbury Say What?

[thewayne]

"Sometimes dictators have good ideas."
--failed GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle, on Augusto Pinochets's privatization of Chilean social security

Let's see. Wikipedia says about Pinochet: "From the beginning, the government implemented harsh measures against its political opponents.[5] According to various reports and investigations 1,200–3,200 people were killed, up to 80,000 were interned, and up to 30,000 were tortured by his regime including women and children [6][7][8]" and "By the time of his death on 10 December 2006, about 300 criminal charges were still pending against him in Chile for various human rights violations, tax evasion and embezzlement during his 17-year rule and afterwards.[12]"

Corporatism Uber Alles!

What I really love is this demonstrates one of the fundamental flaws of US foreign policy for the last hundred years: anything as long as it wasn't Communism rather than promoting democracy and human rights.

*sigh* I guess I'm showing off my socialist leanings again. ;-)

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Rather than duplicate a reply, please see my reply to the previous comment.

[silveradept]

Noted, and agreed. The true altruism and self-sacrifice might still be possible, but if someone came into office with those high ideals, in this sickly corrupt game, they would likely be punished and manipulated as a naif and given things that look good for the public but end up benefiting Evil in the end.