Comment on Far-right Kast wins Chile election in landslide

JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Kast campaigned on a promise to expel more than 300,000 immigrants, seal the northern border, take a “firm hand” on near-record crime rates…

Of course.

In Santiago, Kast supporters beeped car horns, waved flags and cheered a man who has repeatedly defended the bloody dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Jesus fucking Christ.

This motherfucker was 15 when Pinochet was ousted. Not even pubescent during its bloodiest years. How the fuck would he know what it was truly like for most?

Retiree Gina Mello hoped Kast would “deploy the military” to the streets from day one…

Be careful what you wish for.

Supporters sang the national anthem, chanted “Pinochet! Pinochet!” and clasped portraits of the late autocrat.

I’m too old. The moment you start seeing history from within your lifetime repeat, you’ve lived too long. FML

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