On 11 September 1973, the military moved to oust Allende in a coup d'état supported by the CIA, which initially denied the allegations. In 2000, the CIA admitted its role in the 1970 kidnapping of General René Schneider who had refused to use the army to stop Allende's inauguration. Declassified documents released in 2023 showed that US president Richard Nixon, his national security advisor Henry Kissinger, and the United States government, which had branded Allende as a "dangerous" communist, were aware of the military's plans to overthrow Allende's democratically elected government in the days before the coup d'état. As troops surrounded La Moneda Palace, Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign. Later that day, Allende died by suicide in his office; the exact circumstances of his death are still disputed.
I watched a documentary on Arte a few months ago, since I never really knew much about Allende and the circumstances of the coup d’état.
Two aspects I found personally interesting:
A reactionary and conservative opposition — backed by powerful elites and foreign influence — was blocking all progress and reforms initiated by the democratically elected Allende government.
Allende’s response to the sabotage and obstruction by the conservative and right-wing opposition was to continue seeking dialogue, uphold the constitution, and try to avoid a constitutional crisis at all costs.
A lot of similarities and parallels can be seen today in how conservative and right-wing parties operate — using the same playbook we saw back then in Chile. A strategy all too familiar, and somehow still (and once again) disturbingly effective.
Not letting the USA exploit the living shit out of the rest of the world actually would have unironically prevented 9/11 because then Osama Bin Laden wouldn't have had a reason to hate the US for the economic terrorism that was so successful. He attacked the twin towers as the center of the US economic world for a reason.
I often wonder how Bin Laden would feel about our current own self-inflicted economic turmoil. Where Bin Laden failed, we managed to do to ourselves without any external pressure.
Tbf Bin Laden could easily have found a different reason to hate the US, or chosen a different target country. He did join the mujahedeen against the Sovjets/Russians first anyways
The airport being invasive has almost nothing to do with the attacks, since it's effectively all security theater.
That had more to do with giving companies certain senators had investments in sweetheart deals to roll out full body x-ray scanners. It also served as a stealth jobs program for Bush's dogshit economy. The attacks were a convenient excuse for both.
The character in the first panel of that meme is Tomoko Kuroki from the anime "Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!", commonly shortened to "Watamote".
This is my punishment for trying to avoid making a post just to ask what show this is from.
I was thinking about that the other day, the moral dilemma of whether you'd kill baby Hitler. But then I realized suddenly that you don't have to kill baby Hitler at all. You can just kidnap him away to some other family or any number of other non-baby-killing interventions.
Thank you! Finally someone else who gets it. The way he was raised impacted who he was. Nature and nurture. Taking him out of that environment would change his life path and direction.
Imagine coming back to history books talking about the Austrian philantropist Adolf Hitler. I'd let him do a German version of "The Joy of Painting" I think.
Salvador Allende, President of Chile and leader of the Socialist Party of Chile
From Wikipedia:
The reason behind the coup? Money, in the form of copper. Chile's main export was copper and Allende nationalized the mines.
I watched a documentary on Arte a few months ago, since I never really knew much about Allende and the circumstances of the coup d’état.
Two aspects I found personally interesting:
A reactionary and conservative opposition — backed by powerful elites and foreign influence — was blocking all progress and reforms initiated by the democratically elected Allende government.
Allende’s response to the sabotage and obstruction by the conservative and right-wing opposition was to continue seeking dialogue, uphold the constitution, and try to avoid a constitutional crisis at all costs.
A lot of similarities and parallels can be seen today in how conservative and right-wing parties operate — using the same playbook we saw back then in Chile. A strategy all too familiar, and somehow still (and once again) disturbingly effective.
I feel like this should be big news, not that the rest of the world cares about what happens in the south americas
Not letting the USA exploit the living shit out of the rest of the world actually would have unironically prevented 9/11 because then Osama Bin Laden wouldn't have had a reason to hate the US for the economic terrorism that was so successful. He attacked the twin towers as the center of the US economic world for a reason.
I often wonder how Bin Laden would feel about our current own self-inflicted economic turmoil. Where Bin Laden failed, we managed to do to ourselves without any external pressure.
Tbf Bin Laden could easily have found a different reason to hate the US, or chosen a different target country. He did join the mujahedeen against the Sovjets/Russians first anyways
Maybe some of the current shit is long ripples after his terrorist attack. Americans still complain about the airport security being super invasive
The airport being invasive has almost nothing to do with the attacks, since it's effectively all security theater.
That had more to do with giving companies certain senators had investments in sweetheart deals to roll out full body x-ray scanners. It also served as a stealth jobs program for Bush's dogshit economy. The attacks were a convenient excuse for both.
The economic and social fallout in the United States from 9/11 was the ultimate goal.
The terrorists won. Al Qaeda did what they set out to do, destabilize America like America has destabilized much of the world.
This is my punishment for trying to avoid making a post just to ask what show this is from.
it's homura akemi from mahou shoujo madoka magica though
Thank you. <3
On the other hand literally nobody is confused about who Charlie and Pim are.
Smiling Friends.
So what happened on 9th November?
Or like, Hitler or something...
I was thinking about that the other day, the moral dilemma of whether you'd kill baby Hitler. But then I realized suddenly that you don't have to kill baby Hitler at all. You can just kidnap him away to some other family or any number of other non-baby-killing interventions.
You could sabotage his gas mask so he dies in WW1, not like he did anything important before then. Your proposition is nicer, though
Thank you! Finally someone else who gets it. The way he was raised impacted who he was. Nature and nurture. Taking him out of that environment would change his life path and direction.
Imagine coming back to history books talking about the Austrian philantropist Adolf Hitler. I'd let him do a German version of "The Joy of Painting" I think.
sound of music
haaameruuuu <3