#saying this bc i saw a dumbass commenting on how capitalism isn't good but it's better than a communist dictatorship like 🤪

[bisexualgarrus]

i’ve said this before and i’ll say it again: right-wing capitalist dictatatorships were (and in some cases still are) indeed very real in latin america. thousands of people were killed, there was censorship, absolute control over people’s lives, lack of freedom and lack of choice. capitalism does not inherently secure freedom because any system can be a dictatoship, not just communism like the global north wants you all to believe. latin americans still remember the horrors the right-wing had us living, many people who are alive today were alive during those years and that’s the reason socialism is so popular here. it’s not because we’re stupid or brainwashed, it’s because thousands associate capitalism with those times. also socialism is not the reason the global south is poor but that's another, much longer, conversation to have