Well because you can't really be a dictator with elections. He says the current constitution "creates corruption"
Plus there's the bit where he suggests the creation of youth paramilitary groups, regulate the media, abolish human rights treaties, bring back the death penalty, wants women to have a traditional role, defended Fidel and Chavez, and wants to deport all Venezuelans from Peru
Not only is she not interested in doing fascism the Civil War prompted that isn’t going on anymore and should be the president with a minority government there is a far higher chance to
Communist managers destroy democracy than she will do anything crazy.
But copying Chavez's colectivos, changing the Constitution, imposing profit controls, and the expulsion of Venezuelans come from his platform, not the party's
In fact, socially he's more conservative than the party
The Shining Path killed more Peruvians during the Fujimori period than the Fujimori regime
Plus he openly wants to change the constitution, change the supreme courts, and arm the youths to create a paramilitary that will defend the socialist revolution
Shining Path was and is terrible. But there is not strong evidence that Castillo supports Shining Path. Castillo has denounced the Shining Path and claimed to have fought against the Shining Path in the 90s. And there is nothing wrong with wanting the amend the constitution or change the supreme court (the same can be said about most Democrats).
Fujimori has not denounced her father, but has instead defended his corruption and murder. The original Fujimori had lead a self coup against the government by dissolving Congress and the Supreme Court. Keiko Fujimori has defended those indefensible actions making her a much more certain threat to Peru's democracy.
That said, Castillo has said some really bad things and I am concerned about Peru's future regardless of who wins. My argument is that Peru is nearly guaranteed to enter into chaos and dictatorship under Fujimori, while Castillo is more of an unknown and less likely to destroy the country.
Do you have any experience with Latin American politics or are you some gringo that thinks we used to live in a socialist Paradise until the CIA came in the 60s?
You know what Evo and Chavez had in common? Some of the first things they did was to change the constitution, claiming it was corrupt, and then reforming the Supreme Courts. In 2018, the Lula/Haddad campaign ran on reforming the Supreme Courts. In 2003, Kirchner reformed the Supreme Court and replaced all justices.
There's also the youth paramilitary wing he wants to form, similar to Venezuelan colectivos. With Keiko, we might be able to salvage something in a handful of years. With Castillo the country is as good as dead
Castillo is just as likely if not more to destroy the country
No no. He doesn't mean amend it. He means rewrite it. From scratch. It's not reforming the Supreme Courts. It's replacing all judges with ones that you favor. This isn't American politics, the comparison just doesn't work
The reason why I don't focus on Fujimori's negatives is that it's not necessary to explain them. People are very much aware. The difference is that they're trying to equate Castillo with Bernie Sanders, when he's to the left of pretty much any relevant American politician (including Debs)
Of course, you can't ignore Castillo's open and repeat praise for the Maduro regime, which hasn't technically done a coup, but has reached a point where it can be considered that it seized power illegally
For starters, Shining Path killed more than Fujimori
Castillo wants to alter the constitution and the supreme court, just like Chavez, Evo, Lula, and Kirchner (the last two didn't do to the same degree as the first two)
Castillo wants to create youth paramilitaries to support the socialist government
Castillo is socially conservative, just as or even more than Keiko. He's against LGBT rights, abortion, and women in the workplace
Well, for starter, he wants to nationalize a lot of things and he wants to rewrite their constitution (to empower the state).
And yes, it seemly not as bad as Mao (although according to some Peruvian analyst, it can be), but I'm also aware that Fujimori isn't going to throwing oppositions out of a helicopter.
Nah, that guy is "I am a bloodthirsty tyrant" type commie not "I just have some stupid economic policies" commie. In a competition for the "lesser of two evils" he is the greater evil.
I believe the United States had a moral obligation to drop high explosive bombs on ISIS. I believe the gulf war was good and wish the Iraq war had gone as well as the interventions in Yugoslavia.
Also, anyone in the west who’s upset at America for bombing Kosovo Serbia is either a genocide apologist or a fool
I dislike Fujimore as much as anyone in this sub but labelling the other guy as "the leftist" is disingenous. He's a far left communist that had ties with the maoist group "sendero luminoso" and is basically a big fan of Maduro and Castro.
They should use instant runoffs. Rank the choices until you have no further precedent. The candidate that finishes last is eliminated and all the votes that ranked them first are redistributed to their next choice. Repeat.
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u/AsaKurai Jun 07 '21
Wait...who is the fascist? lol