theotts wrote:
You're blowing smoke junior.
You know nothing about living anywhere but the US. Pinochet murdered tens of thousands of Chileans, similarly in Cuba, el Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, Columbia. So, no, right-wing despots are not better for their populace.
What does a comparison of electoral margins mean? The situations weren't even similar.
I'm 72 years old. The total of deaths under Pinochet was in the 3,000 range. He was far outstripped by Fidel.
I've read a lot. When do you see people marching for food under right wing regimes. You don't.
Allende took a thriving economy and drove it into the ground. Hitler took an economy that was out of control with inflation and brought it into realtive prosperity with programs borrowed from FDR.