Latin America and BRICS (Ft. @DiegoRuzzarin)

Putin is not neoliberal

Diego keeps repeating the same stupid things about Argentina…
*No one said that the public university is going to be privatized.
*Almost no country in the region has flag airlines, I don't know what's wrong with privatizing something that only causes losses.
* And poverty is already at 48% in the second semester and falling.

I don't know why you're debating your guest

3:19 Wait, wait, wait, most Russians who attack Putin and modern Russia ARE LIBERALS. Even the Russian-language channels geared towards Western audiences are ultra-liberal, self-loathing haters of their own people and country. To reinforce this, I have Russian friends who confirm that these liberal migrants aren’t even wanted back in Russia; they can leave and never return.

Honestly, you should get out of your Canada/USA citizen menallity, and try to imagine, or just read, about the weaponization of the USD, which is something that sadly in Argentina has become absolutely prevalent, with this sh*thead president saying stuff like the peso argentino being dunk, and the population always scrambling for buying more, while the "entrepreneurs" and business owners are trying constantly to acquire more USD, or are crypto bros, or plainly, scammers. Which generates a constant uncertainty and also, some narratives about the financial sector here being bad like the central bank being an issue, all while around the world the EU and USA central bank where being criticized by their monetary policy, and no one takes the economical system seriously, which you are falling for too… imposing narratives again, that are briandead, like the idea that somehow argentina has to "pay its debts", even if all auditories made over it prove it was a scam that was used by the financial sector to take most of the last IMF credit outside of argentina to fiscal paradises or private accounts of the current economical minister… it's crazy people fall for stuff like getting into more debt to pay the previous debt, but it's happening globally, and specially, sadly, argentina is an example of how it fails, but all the narrative turns around about making suicidal decisions like that, that always failed, as the only option… thanks to the IMF in great part, and all the financial institutions that rate other countries, and are accomplices when vulture funds make judicial cases against the sovereignty of countries, in new york or london….

*****M*******BRAVO BRAVISISIMMMO BRASIL LULA DIJO LO QUE NI EL PUTIN SE ATREVIO A GRITARLE EN LA CARA AL NARCOLAS EL MABURRRROOO QUE NO HABIA GANADO LAS ELECCIONES DEL 28 DE JULIO Y QUE ESTABA USURPANDO LA PRESIDENCIA AL NO MOSTRAR LAS ACTAS DE LA VICTORIA. COMO ES POSIBLE QUE PUTIN SIGA SOSTENIENDO QUE EL MABURRROOO GANO LAS ELECCIONES EN VZLA. POR ESO ES TAN IMPOPULAR EN AMERICA

37:47 Petro actually talks a lot about property, the last time in his twitter he urged some journalists under attack from the corporate apparatus above them to hold the bull by the horns and go cooperative without any corporate pressure telling them what to say and what not to say. He also has taken every chance to impulse cooperatives in his speaches. Also from the actions of his government, some land that has been given back to victims of the most gruesome war crimes in the Colombian inner conflict has been organized in agrarian cooperatives, that look for better commercial arrangements without many middle mans. So yes, Petro actually talks about property all the time and the need to organize the productive apparatus in a more democratic way which for him, seems to be cooperative models.
I know of Diego's admiration for China but on his admiration he misses the focus, that in Latin America we should strive not to copy paste the socialism with Chinese characteristics, but to actually learn from it and move towards a *socialism with Latin American characteristics*. In the case of the Chinese they went through a violent revolutionary process that triumphed. In our case some countries tried that and achieving certain degree of higher sovereignty such as Cuba or Nicaragua, while in other countries, such as Colombia, these Marxist guerrillas deformed and end up being another actor in the drug cartel structure. This of course, macartized a lot the politics in the country and the mere fact of having a president with Petro's ideas is already remarkable.
Should we go faster? Absolutely, but it also depends in the clash of forces between each country. In the case of Colombia most of people has not stomach left for any type of further violence after decades of inner conflict and after the worst war crimes from everyone, from state, to guerrilla to paramilitary, so any violent take forward most likely would be frowned upon and rejected by most of the society. Bourgeois democracy has a lot of vices and of course it should be overcomed, but that is the material reality, understood in a Marxist, materialistic take, not what some of us would like it to be, and, being quite Leninist about it, you gotta learn to move in that politic scenario. For god or for bad, democratic values, not only in Colombia but in the region are deep, even way deeper than in North America, and achieving the power and transformation from democracy like in Mexico, can make the revolutionary process popular and more supported by the masses. Is this a characteristic of socialism with Latin American characteristics? perhaps. Only in Bogotá, we have had majors that have showed their asses when pissed off to some audience, being university rector before applying for the post; a previous major was a lesbian; most of indigenous tribes and organized afro-colombian communities have their own political organization, and their languages are protected by law; and, excepting some elite views, for the most we are pluralistic race-mixed society, with political parties actually differing on their political stances, and not a rickety bipartidism that differs only on who gives more money through legalized lobby, so yes, I mean my words.
We gotta keep our mind and thinking flexible. Marx himself thought that only an industrialized nation could host a socialist revolution and now look at China or Vietnam. Being flexible, adapting and not being dogmatic is key, I think.

Also 1Dime is correct about Russia, to a level, the sanction push the Russian government and Oligarch into a serious state capitalism direction. This truly only mean, that Russian Govt and their Elite are being pragmatic and opportunist, and them doing this is not out of ideology or philosophy, not even Keynesian National Economic types, but now that they are in this situations, they also funding whichever think tank and thinker and allies whatever to pretend that this direction isn't of course completely plans and ain't an accident and a last ditch efforts since Russia social democracy and the free market before, clearly works worst than Russia economic system right now.
But that mean, when there is no more threat? you may see them going back to what they was before. Whether Putin himself actually want Russia to state as some state capitalism model? No idea.

Wholy Sh!t !! Diego is awesome!!!
It speaks well of Mexico that he chose to live well.

This guy lack credibility, after he interview Maduro dictator of Venezuela. Maduro loss by 20% vs 80% but that did not stop Maduro to declare victory. He still defend him.

From a little research I've done. Liberalism didn't start in Spain. Liberalism comes from Latin in the 14th century. It however was first used in Spain in the 19th century (from my understanding) to refer to a group as Liberalist. So I'm guessing it's like today if a group took up "Woke" and starting saying they're "Wokist".

1:40 ooof. One of the countries mentioned was Sri Lanka. Lovely country, lovely people, notcan economic model

24:41 'they imposed free market ideology on their colonies' – No. Just no. That's just buzzword bingo.

In what way was free market ideology imposed on colonial south africa? Were black labourers allowed to compete for any job? No, by law. Were the black population allowed to live where they wanted? No, by law. Were the wages of black labourers free? No, by arrangement of the cabal of employers. This is the case everywhere. A colony is not a free market, it's a totally controlled resource extraction centre.

DIEGO DON’T COUNT THE TRAITOR LULA AS LEFTIST.

Diego says, I’m based in Mexico 🇲🇽, Does that mean he doesn’t plan to stay there?

Diego, IT IS CALLED, TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA.

"In pure game theory and geography they have more interest against each other.". Huh? The strengths of their economies compliment one another. This is why Nixon played triangulation by opening relations with China and keep them away from cooperation with Russia.

44:59 "how do you talk to these people" you could ask them why they say that. And listen to the answer. That's very important, and the left sometimes forgets.
Argentina has… taken a fxcking leap of faith. God help them, seriously. But why did they do it? I understand it's complicated…

Ruzzarin, has many right-wing conspiracy theories (ie. has putin's dick way down his throat) that he proves horshoe theory correct.