Important to be very f- aware that that economic growth in Pinochet’s Chile was without freedom and was enjoyed only by the top echelons of society. You had a car, but you could not speak or be honest. Rewards were based on cronyism, not merit.
Pinochet deposed an elected government. During his rule 80,000 people were rounded up and incarcerated. Many of those were tortured.
The were around 3,100 people who are called the disappeared. They were taken and never returned, never seen again.
In the economic front, his supporters were rewarded with the cheap sale of ex-government property. The rights of workers were trampled on so that they did not enjoy the fruits of this economic growth, and within an oppressive national environment, had oppressive working environments where contracts were individualised and no one checked for abuses by employers.
If that seems familiar, our legislation of the 1990s was based on a Chilean framework and breached international standards.
The man himself was of course corrupt and enriched himself considerably through abusing his position.
So while some enjoyed their life, they did it by literally sacrificing others in their society in an almost perfect example of the bs of using economic growth as a standard by which to measure the effectiveness of an economy.
Pinochet deposed an elected government. During his rule 80,000 people were rounded up and incarcerated. Many of those were tortured.
The were around 3,100 people who are called the disappeared. They were taken and never returned, never seen again.
In the economic front, his supporters were rewarded with the cheap sale of ex-government property. The rights of workers were trampled on so that they did not enjoy the fruits of this economic growth, and within an oppressive national environment, had oppressive working environments where contracts were individualised and no one checked for abuses by employers.
If that seems familiar, our legislation of the 1990s was based on a Chilean framework and breached international standards.
The man himself was of course corrupt and enriched himself considerably through abusing his position.
So while some enjoyed their life, they did it by literally sacrificing others in their society in an almost perfect example of the bs of using economic growth as a standard by which to measure the effectiveness of an economy.