Latin America or the time of fascism
Carlos Alberto Montaner
The observation was made by English essayist Fernando Díaz Villanueva:''America America is reinventing fascism.'' It's true. His statement came a tale of the mob hurled parliament Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa a few days of taking office. The police did not protect the legislative building and the deputies had to flee in a hurry. The newly appointed president wants a new constitution and a new parliament to be able to dictate at will measures which he said would end quickly with injustice and poverty in the South American country. Correa, who has no support among lawmakers, has the support of eighty percent of the population, while the parliament is the institution most discredited of the nation.
Actually, it is not uncommon for companies despise members elected to parliament. The parliamentarian is the quintessential politician and no disreputable profession on earth. Peron said, and rightly, that''when you go into politics, what it does is throw his honor to the dogs.'' It's true. In England, which invented the parliamentary modern, placed limits on the unrestricted authority of the king and led the revolution of freedom, only 25% of the population has a high opinion of their legislators. This negative perception is summed up better than any poll a phrase popular among Britons: `` lawmakers and children's diapers should be changed often for the same reasons.''
early twentieth century Western world was shaken by the war in 1914. As a result of this terrible disaster - triggered by an incredible string of miscalculations - that killed tens of millions of people and sank three empires - Russian, Turkish and Austro-Hungarian - Western societies saw the emergence of the fascist phenomenon. Some charismatic leaders, mainly Benito Mussolini - the most colorful of them - and then Adolf Hitler, supposedly would end the disorder brought about by the liberal democracies and market economies. These were the main enemies, accused of having caused the Great War, who later added, laterally, communism, but without forgetting that both political forces came from the same trunk socialist, more anti-Semitism, centuries-old aberration that was gaining strength like a hurricane murderer to become the most appalling and unjustifiable genocide reminiscent of humanity.
obviously Latin American circumstances are unlike those of the West after 1918, but have something in common: frustration with the persistent poverty of a substantial part of society, disorder and state inefficiency, lack of opportunities and widespread corruption . Who are the culprits in this situation? According to the neo-populist and neo-fascists committed to boosting''''XXI century socialism - Chavez, Morales, Correa, Castro, dean of them all - the responsibility lies with the liberal state and the republican design, with its separation of powers and market economy. Want to demolish it (they did in Cuba 48 years ago) to build on their debris a strong, led by a strong leader who makes the laws, control the judges, will lead the economy and its iron will order out of chaos and make us happy to stick and whack: that is, fascism.
is a pity that these fascist-neo-populist not realize that the thirty most prosperous nations of the earth are, indeed, rule of law founded on the existence of separate powers and limited by law, in which the system Economic guided by respect for private property and market, while the thirty poorest nations and unfortunate, however, are satrapies governed by enlightened leaders filled of good intentions, ready to impose prosperity and justice with the sword. It is unfortunate that the neo-fascists ignore the disasters that led to his destructive ancestors. Repeat history.
February 4, 2007 Taken http://www.firmaspress.com
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