“Leaders who have advocated for this form of socialism include Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Michelle Bachelet of Chile.[3] Because of the local unique historical conditions, socialism of the 21st century is often contrasted with previous applications of socialism in other countries, with a major difference being the effort towards a more effective economic planning process.”
the project that got closest to aiming for a socialist transition was bolivia (i’m saying “was” because afaik they’ve been dealing some internal dissent within MAS since the coup, which has actually been hurting linera, their most important marxist and the most vocal one about the idea of transition)
chávez by the end of his life was actually becoming a revolutionary given the changes in discourse in the early 2010s, but he never managed to do anything more than a modest social democratic plan
lula is a soclib centrist, so was rafael correa; bachelet was to the right of them, she’s basically chile’s warren if i’m being very generous
corbyn shouldn’t really be trusted in this, he has called even lula a socialist before, which is a joke at best as he’s an austerity lib who likes food stamps and public universities (which is good, even great for me personally as because of him i’m finally getting a cool undergrad scholarship, but it’s still just lib shit)
so yea the label doesn’t really work when it’s associated with these vastly different leaders
Venezuela implemented Socialism of the 21st century.
“Leaders who have advocated for this form of socialism include Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Evo Morales of Bolivia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Michelle Bachelet of Chile.[3] Because of the local unique historical conditions, socialism of the 21st century is often contrasted with previous applications of socialism in other countries, with a major difference being the effort towards a more effective economic planning process.”
that label is pretty useless, all those leaders differ greatly in ideology
Tourists flock not to the beaches, but the slums to see ‘21st-century socialism’ From a trickle a few years ago there are now thousands, travelling individually and on package tours, exploring a leftwing mecca which promises to build social justice in the form of “21st century socialism”.
Jeremy Corbyn said: “Chavez … showed us that there is a different, and a better way of doing things. It’s called socialism”.
Bill Ayers (Obama’s mentor, former member of Weathermen organization) addresses Venezuela, praises socialist system.
it’s still pretty meaningless in practical terms
the project that got closest to aiming for a socialist transition was bolivia (i’m saying “was” because afaik they’ve been dealing some internal dissent within MAS since the coup, which has actually been hurting linera, their most important marxist and the most vocal one about the idea of transition)
chávez by the end of his life was actually becoming a revolutionary given the changes in discourse in the early 2010s, but he never managed to do anything more than a modest social democratic plan
lula is a soclib centrist, so was rafael correa; bachelet was to the right of them, she’s basically chile’s warren if i’m being very generous
corbyn shouldn’t really be trusted in this, he has called even lula a socialist before, which is a joke at best as he’s an austerity lib who likes food stamps and public universities (which is good, even great for me personally as because of him i’m finally getting a cool undergrad scholarship, but it’s still just lib shit)
so yea the label doesn’t really work when it’s associated with these vastly different leaders