22 May 2021

Chile: 1 — Chilean Elites: 0

Chile held elections for a constitutional assembly to rewrite their constitution this week, and it was a disaster for the right wing, where they failed to come even close to getting the ⅓ necessary to block changes to the constitution.

Hopefully, the privileged position of the military, indigenous rights, a completely dysfunctional pension system, elector reforms, the role of the Catholic Church, and taxation will be addressed.

It's likely that what emerges will be better than what brutal dictator Agusto Pinochet forced on the nation, but that's an awfully low bar.

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