In lieu of a News Roundup this week, Danny and Derek welcome René Rojas—assistant professor of human development at SUNY Binghamton, member of the editorial board of Catalyst, and contributor to Jacobin—to discuss the September 4 Chilean constitutional plebiscite and what it means for Chilean politics.
Thanks, I have wanted to hear an in-depth analysis of what happened with the constitution. It strikes me as the same old familiar story of getting too far up Maslow's Hierarchy without first addressing the need for a solid foundation that meets the physiological needs on the base. For me it looks a great deal like the same type of division that the neoliberals were able to capitalize on during the 2016 and 2020 to bring down the Sanders' campaign. Damn.
classic leftist dude says women's and indigenous rights were over-emphasized when drawing up a constitution that would have protected the right to abortion. it's fair to say that Chileans rejected the constitution on those merits and that they would have accepted a constitution that neglected women and minorities, but uh, it's a pretty garbage leftist movement that in 2022 continues to tell women and minorities to wait their turn.
I still think it's reductive to argue that the global left's solution should be to deemphasise or abandon minority and social rights just because they're more divisive than economic policies.
Thanks, I have wanted to hear an in-depth analysis of what happened with the constitution. It strikes me as the same old familiar story of getting too far up Maslow's Hierarchy without first addressing the need for a solid foundation that meets the physiological needs on the base. For me it looks a great deal like the same type of division that the neoliberals were able to capitalize on during the 2016 and 2020 to bring down the Sanders' campaign. Damn.
A truly depressing episode.
classic leftist dude says women's and indigenous rights were over-emphasized when drawing up a constitution that would have protected the right to abortion. it's fair to say that Chileans rejected the constitution on those merits and that they would have accepted a constitution that neglected women and minorities, but uh, it's a pretty garbage leftist movement that in 2022 continues to tell women and minorities to wait their turn.
I still think it's reductive to argue that the global left's solution should be to deemphasise or abandon minority and social rights just because they're more divisive than economic policies.
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