Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "General J.R. Videla: The Face of Argentina’s Dirty War" video.

  1. Yup. Socialism has repeatedly ruined many a S-American economy. Argentina just gets less coverage thereon than Cuba or Venesuela.
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  2. Videla was an odd one. The junta dodn't tackle the excessive welfare programs and heavy taxation started by Peron that had ruined the economy in the first place. If he was "right wing" he wasn't very good at it.
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  3. It's commonly known as a dirty war, because it was exactly that. The leftwing armed groups were also a real threat to public order, as shown by their murdering sprees of public officials. The junta did however extend their brutal methods to basically anyone they deemed inconveniant though, such as the french civi's mentioned.
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  4. Then we disagree. Everyone calls it a dirty war, and it was, as niether side refrained from playing dirty.
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  5. Aye; since we were the first to lay claim to them, in 1690*; long before the state of Argentina existed. *Technically the Kingdom of England did; but successor states inherit such stuff.
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  6. Debatable. The leftwing armed groups were a real threat to public order, as shown by their murdering sprees of public officials. The junta however did extend their brutal methods to basically anyone they deemed inconveniant to the regime though, as illustrated by the murdered french civi's. It's commonly known as a dirty war, because it was exactly that.
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  7. Debatable. The leftwing armed groups were a real threat to public order, as shown by their murdering sprees of public officials. The junta did however extend their brutal methods to basically anyone they deemed inconveniant though. It's commonly known as a dirty war, because it was basically that.
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  8. South-Korea's solution to commies was cheaper; they just shot them out of hand. (their rationale was that socialism is a mental illness; and incurable)
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  9. Mao, Pol Pot & Stalin: "How Quaint."
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  10. Bit like socialism really... which as the latter has long emulated the former tis no surprise. (from being unscientific, to its core tenants being above criticism [usually under pain of death], and one worshipping a god whilst the other makes the state god; an entity to be worshipped)
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