Something to be noted and not mention in the video is that not only was the Chilean miracle not something that benefited the population but it was a total disaster.From 1974-1990 (Pinochet’s rule) gdp per capita stagnated and did not exceed 1974 levels until after he was ousted. Chile experienced two recessions,and unlike most countries were overtime poverty rates(which itself is a flawed statistic) have been decreasing since 1945 actually doubled from 20% extreme poverty to 40% by 1983.So even at the macro economic level Chile was a total disaster under Pinochet.Most of the growth did not start occurring until 1990 after he was ousted thanks to several reforms that undid some of the worse economic blunders of Pinochet.Such as the newly elected democratic government bringing back several top income taxes that would ensure the government budget would be supplied unlike before we’re it was in constant deficit.And this would allow for new programs and infrastructure to be persued by the public sector.Another thing that has to be mentioned is that Allende nationalized copper and it remains nationalized to this day,copper has accounted since then 20% or so of the Chilean economy to this day and was sometimes up to 30% so it always had a stabilizing effect for the rest of the economy.So even after death Allende did more for Chile than Pinochet did in 17 years.
"First leftist government since the coup" - Are you serious?? There have been only two right-wing governments since democracy's comeback (both under Sebastian Piñera). All the others have been center-left or left governments. The video also forgot to mention some facts like Chile was the wealthiest nation in the region by GDP per capita until 2019 (when riots started), or that while it's true that inequality is greater than in other OCDE members, it's stiil under the average in the region and it has been on decline since 1990. Look, if you're going to criticize the actual system that's perfectly fine but at least bring all the facts. This video is just pure proaganda...
@@itookallthenames and roberto0709 here is educating folk that America is a continent and not a country. From Chile all the way to Canada. It is so big that it is commonly referred to as 2 separate continents. South and North America. Just like Eurasia is Europe and Asia.
As a matter of fact, the level of inequality in Chile has declined since 1990. The Gini coefficient was 57.3 in 1990 and declined to 44.4 by 2019. To be sure, the society needs to be much more equal than it is. But, for 30 years, the trend was in the right direction.
Certainly, the inequality in Chile has declined. Matter of fact, The Chilean institutions, based on the 80's Constitution work in order Neoliberal doctrine of a "subsidiary state". Setting natural conditions for those who have the ingress to success in the nation, while poor only can get into debt to live. The evolution of family's debt and income evolution in families depending their social-economical status are both prove that the trend you think is wrong. Plus, Gini coefficent in Chile is unsuitable in its measurement, because the data is provided by CASEN, an institution that can't really identify 1% richest wealth. It's not my intention to offend, and I don't know if you're chilean like me. But chilean reality is clear once you get here. Also, if you think I'm wrong, I'll be glad to debate.
@@felipepuentes9543 exactly, but socialism will make everyone equal with a geni of 1 because everyone will be now poor like Venezuela. Socialism doest like to use numbers they enter by elections and they don't want to leave like in cuba, sad that people are so dumb to see the true.
@@felipepuentes9543 left pigs can only use statistical tomfoolery to prove their points Always has been Also Pinochet did do nothing wrong wish we could do 🚁 🚹 🌊🌊🌊 here too
socialist do not understand numbers or the truth, only what their envy and resentment want, but as a true chilean, we will restore order to the republic just as we did before
But it was inside a neoliberal system. The changes occur in some areas of the populations life, with compensatory policies, much like in Brazil, where the Lula's government use social spending to fight unequallity, but it just brings momentaneous change, nothing that can resist a economical crisis.
They never will, it would make Al Jazeera look even dumber than they look now lmao, either they keep silent over the current shitshow or they twist it into blaming "Capitalism" and "America" as the culprit somehow lol
@@xyonentertainmentproductio4909 Not just South America, Central America as well and all that disruption is was caused the immigration problem that the United States complain about. THEY caused it! And what they have done to Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Native Nations is swept under the rug too.
@@ro33162 And who put that government in? The United States. Did they care about the atrocities that Pinochet was doing in Chile? Absolutely not, they only wanted their agenda to play out and put a puppet dictator to protect their own interest. So when you say "to be fair", make sure to include context.
@@xyonentertainmentproductio4909 lol South America is a shit hole on its own don’t get it twisted. Allende wasn’t no savor. Blaming America even though they’re the ones who fund your country is crazy maybe idk dont be a shit show
@@FalconsEye58094 If my knowledge of history is correct, Venezuela was able to pay for the large amount of social welfare programs with revenue from petroleum exports. When oil was expensive (I believe that it was $100USD a barrel at one point.) citizens could rely on the welfare. Unfortunately, the price of oil dropped and I believe that you know where this is going. Venezuela didn't have a backup plan. I can only hope that Chile has a rainy day fund.
twistedyogert you are partially correct, however Venezuela mismanaged its economy incredibly and their president didn’t wanna hear it from people who told him the right way to do things
Give me a time period when the most powerfull nation did not interfear with other nations internal affairs since nations were invented? (and countries/kingdoms before that)
The main reason is that he hasn't been able to deliver on his promises. Unfortunately part of this is because he took office right as the pandemic started, and that the majority conservative house and senate have been doing their best to block every single move he and his cabinet have attempted. He's the right person for Chile, but terrible timing my country picked to put him in power. I hope he wins the re-election when he gets a chance; per Chilean law, presidents can only be elected twice, but cannot serve consecutive years; so he can run again in 2028.
@@jorgesepulveda4379he's not a communist... and Allende won the election back then, democratically. The us just did not want a socialist nation, and we got a dictatorship in return. Imagine overthrowing a democratic government and installing a dictatorship because the election did not go the way you wanted. Oh wait, I don't have to imagine, because that has happened multiple times. And an attempted one on January 6th. Incredible job, republicans
CIA has not cared in the least about socialism in Latin America since the fall of USSR. In fact, US is itself is now highly socialistic. Only 30-40% of Chile voted for Allende. US does disapprove of Maduro’s government, which has destroyed Venezuela, but has done very little to oppose Maduro.
Al Jazeera in Arabic: Islamic fascism is cool and more conservative and despotic than Muhammad himself. Al Jazeera in English: Socialism is cool and super progressive. No hypocrisy here nothing to worry about.
So we're gonna ignore that Pinochet and other "capitalists" were fascists as shown in this video? And ignore that you can be a fascist for BOTH socialism and capitalism?
6:17 That's not Gabriel Boric, but Giorgio Jackson, another important face in the 2011 student movement, friend of Boric and now serving as Ministry in his government.
I just want to add that Chile is the most properous country in south america. Even more prosperous than some EU nations. And is on of the least unequal countries in its continent. Chile has lots of problems, but when you compare to similar coutries or ... to the rest of the world, its very good. Well, I hope it keeps improving and not going back to the level of poor and unequal Brazil and allways-in-crisis Argentina
Venezuela was the second most prosperous, granted it was corrupt. But Chavez fixed that with a healthy dose of socialism. Not the corruption, the prosperity.
Families that place value on education should not be forced into public schools with families that reduce the educational experience of their children. Who you surround yourself with will ultimately determine who you become as a person. Free education is a privilege that everyone should enjoy but unfortunately, many ppl treat it as a chore affecting everyone who is forced to share the experience with you. We should have the option to choose the experience we want, children who show commitment and talent should be glorified.
The worst part is that they portrate Allende as a good person that was "fixing" the country or was some sort of hero, but in reality he just ruined Chile´s economy.
6:18 LOL, that's not Boric. The guy in the circle is Giorgio Jackson, then president of the UC student council, now the new Secretary General of the Presidency.
Closer to the Western-European kind of Socialism than the Asian kind. But anyhow Chilean society has kept quite politically balanced and civilized since the return of democracy in 1990, and as such we have learnt that moderation and peace-keeping is the most economically successful method of governing for us
@@theuselessdrunk ellos son los que se presentaron como los nuevos mesias que van a ser capaces de transformarnos en la copia feliz del eden, y lo unico que han hecho es mandarse error tras error.
It still blows my mind on why nobody is taking USA to trial for what they did in South America. Literally they brought countries into chaos for their own economical gain and the international community speaks about Ukraine like is the first time in history that something like this is happening.
@@AITreeBranches Its probably the military. America actually passed a law nicknamed the "Hague invasion act" in 2002 (during the Iraq war) which basically said the US could invade the netherlands if the Hague tried to put Americans on trial for war crimes. Now that I think about it, if they didnt constantly destabilize those countries and seed unrest, they wouldn't be able to point to them to scare people everytime they ask for a more socialized fairer economy with more evenly distributed wealth. They do it in the name of greed and the consolidation of capitalist hegemony And after the CIA is done funding coups and igniting civil wars, they'll mercilessly attack and dehumanize the people who flee that same unrest
@@hubertcumberdale2651 Jesus would be all in for socialism. Early christian communities shared everything with the group. Sounds pretty communist to me ngl lol
He is responsible for many tortures, missing persons, and death. He worked with a former Nazi officer Paul Shafer to run "Colonia dignedad." Is he still your hero?
great, i'm from cuba and my country is perfect and the best in the americas, communism is the way, doesn't matter how much the usa and their smallhat masters blockade my country, we will not become an american protectorate ever again
@The Stammering Dunce As in Chile, Boric, Vallejo and Jackson (not mentioned in the video, but a member of the lower house and close ally of President Boric) were student leader of the chilean equivalent of ivy league schools, they all come from a privileged socioeconomic background.
Wow the parallels between Chile and the US in present day is insane. I just wish we had the fight in us like they do. We are docile and will willingly give up our rights.
@@LewyGooey3 nope, socialism never worked. Did you forget the millions of people who were killed by the leftism Chinese? I think I can say you never knew about it
@@rafaelsot01 I live in America, I see the failures of capitalism everyday. Record Homelessness, poverty, income inequality, insufficient access to healthcare, and stagnant wages. All this is the richest country in the world.
First leftist government?, there has been 3 center-left governments, 2 right-wing governments, and 3 socialist governments, and part of his cabinet are members of the communist party. This is the furthest left party that the county has had since the dictatorship. But the issue here is not the government, socialism also has its function in society, the issue is the people working on writing the new constitution, its just sad watching the clowns writing it, as they are complete hypocrites on the same issues that they supposedly are attempting to fix. And they are starting to look everyday more closer to how Venezuela started its decline. Where they are attempted to remove powers of the senate, which represents the different states of the country (which are pourer, so hypocritical again, socialist taking power away from the pour), which just seems a ploy to concentrate power on the capital, which has a much larger number of left wing people than in the rest of the country. Its just a shit show really.
Inflation was up by 100s even in 1972. Socialism never works and if it does only for a limited time until people realize they can not work and get the Same benefits as everyone else. The economy of Chile was in the bottom 3 of Latin America or even the world I believe in early 1970s, and today, with their capitalist society since 1975, is in the top 3 of Latin countries. The government was dictator like sure, but only until 1990, and today it is going pretty well.
@@giasifman9050 He saved Chile from communism and the lasting damage to life and civilization that causes. He then gave up his power voluntarily. While I disagree with this it shows great character and that he really cared about his country and people.
@@giasifman9050 How many died? Tell me giasifman, I could just google search but I want you to tell me. Then give me the statistics on how many starved in Zimbabwe, Russia, China. 10's of millions died and the world gave no shits. Maybe they should have been right wing dictatorships that did it and then maybe at least the world would care enough to remember them. Their deaths at the hands of evil men were forgotten, because their regimes weren't the right kind of evil for our academia in the west.
@giasifman Comrade don't listen to these idiots They just returned from their trip around Europe yesterday, what do they understand about oppressed and working people?
Terrible video, Im chilean and u interviewd only socialist people, u can notice how they probably voted for boric, they change the real story, Kast isn't ''pinochetista'', he has said that many times, his grandfather wasn´t nazi, he was a soldier for the germans during world war 2, he was forced to fight by germany if they didnt kill him. Kast ain´t from the far right party, he´s from the Republican Party which is from the right. 80's constitution from Chile made during Pinochet's governament has made the country grow during the last 40 years, becoming the most developed country in south america and one of the richest in the region. That constitution was even changed during Ricardo Lagos' governament, changing many of the articels of the 80's constitution. You can even watch on youtube interviews of Jose Antonio Kast he has told his familiar story on tv programs many times.
what makes me really sad about my south american friends is the fact that we all in Latin america tend to forgot our recent history... american interventionism in our countries was real and drowned our efforts to make life better for everyone. Yet it is an almost unnoticed topic nowadays...
Maybe part of it is that there were many people willing to accept or welcome that involvement at various points in time. I wonder what kind of relationship Latin American leaders had behind closed doors with American foreign agents/politicians.
The actual system gave Chile the best standard of living in south america. Better than eastern EU countries that came out of socialism. As eastern europe advance, chile is turning backwards.
@@lodz8666 My parents are Chileans, life under Allende was horrible, food was scarce, inflation almost immeasurable, he took over many private industries (including my Grandfathers copper mine). Look up "banging of the pots".
They also support Russia's invasion of Ukraine which is ironic and hypocritical. They want the Palestinians to be free but victim blame then Ukranians for fighting to be free.
I think enshrining a capitalistic system into Chile via its constitution was probably the best thing that they could have ever done. Look at its neighbor Argentina, people there constantly vote leftists into government and its a complete disaster. Pinochet was a brutal dictator but leaning too far into socialism in a country that is not yet high income is a recipe for a catastrophe orders of magnitude worse than Pinochet (i.e Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina). Chile is the least corrupt, most prosperous country in Latin America by a mile, I wouldn't risk that by trying to transform its economic system. There has never been a Latin American country that has shown restraint with Left Wing policies and pursued Social Democracy like in Europe, because nepotism and corruption wins out and makes everyone poorer and less free.
@@PCtutorialKid argentina economy collapse when the US backed fascist took control, cuba has the highest human dev score in region, venezuela economy is back on its track as the peoples slaughtered series of US backed coups... poor examples. Problem with Nazis is that you barely know what you are talking about, ... so go back to school KID, may want go back to doing shitty tutorials.
I am Chilean and I come from the future. Two years of this government saw crime grow 400% and immigration out of control. Now we have international organized crime and all levels of government are involved in corruption never seen before. Congratulations on the analysis.
so Chile being a poor country is trying to be socialist and drafting a socio liberal constitution. There are so many things that can go wrong but i hope them well.
Chile was the testing grounds for the neoliberal system we use today I'm glad they're trying to break off the shackles of neoliberalism I wish them the best
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Haha neo liberalism works. If this is what a dictator achieves imagine what a real neo liberalist would achieve. Socialism is the worst just look at venenzuela north korea and cuba. Students like socialism because they do not have yet handled a real job. Once they start to work they throw socialist ideas down the bin. And love capitalism. These students rallying for price increases. You cannot even protest in communist countries
Chile became the richest country in Latin America through neoliberalism and not just for the rich. It was easily the nicest place to live in latin america for the common person. It had the hughest standard of living and has since been squandering it with socialist policies.
the problem is the left wing in America petty screwed up. They behave more like Argentina left wing causing more problems than fixing them. this way country keeps get more divided.
@@spark300c I would say the wing is the issue when you only have 2 choices for the same machine they won’t be much different. US has the least amount of parties participating in elections and honestly they aren’t much different.. only in which wealthy class are in their pockets..a bird has 2 wings but it’s still the same bird and it’s still going one way
hahahah i am chilean, and this video, is a joke, totally blinded. The video is celebrating that socialism is being implemented in the middle of the year 2022 and is being replaced by neoliberalism. Really?. And it omits many things: like the fact that only 30% vote in the conventional elections, that 1% accumulates 25% of the wealth, not 50%, I don't know where they got that figure from,hat it has been the neoliberals who have advanced the most in the rights of the lgbti, in fact, it was the government of piñera (of the center right) that approved gay marriage and adoption, etc... Neoliberalism is not to blame for all the problems that exist in Chile, it is a cultural issue that permeates all of Latin America, that is why we are not yet a developed country, but we are much better off thanks to neoliberalism, which says so much that we must eliminate it and replace it with socialism.
