Fracaso justificado

Ahora que se precipita el final a gritos del experimento del socialismo nacionalista de Morales en Bolivia y, próximamente en esta sala, de Chávez en Venezuela, la izquierda impermeable está buscando desesperadamente un nuevo justificativo. La idea es no hacerse cargo nunca de los reiterados fracasos, que ya dan para varias bibliotecas.

El nuevo consenso es que se trata de un conflicto entre indios y blancos (léase, entre buenos y malos) y que este nuevo fracaso se debe a la reacción de las “oligarquías golpistas” que se niegan a aportar al revolucionario proceso redistribucionista de un gobierno que lucha por los que menos tienen.

Soy conciente de que es imposible combatir la irracionalidad con hechos, pero de todos modos les dejo este comentario sobre el tema de Juan Carlos Hidalgo en el blog de Cato:

However, the editorial misses the point in two fronts: First is the insistence in presenting Evo Morales as a crusader in favor on the long-oppressed indigenous population, whose plan to “redistribute the country’s wealth” is facing strong opposition from “wealthy white landowners” that want to “secede from the country.” What Evo Morales is actually doing is pushing for a far-reaching socialist constitution that would undermine Bolivia’s shaky democratic institutions and nationalize the economy, just as Hugo Chavez has done in Venezuela. In his efforts,Morales has candidly admitted to violating the law in several occasions. He doesn’t seem to care much.

Moreover, the opposition to Morales’ autocratic rule doesn’t come from “wealthy white landowners” looking to secede from Bolivia, but from five provinces whose populations voted overwhelmingly in favor of greater autonomy for their regions. If only “wealthy landowners were behind the unrest, then the Eastern half of Bolivia would be one of the wealthiest regions in South America, since between 60 to 80 percent of their voters backed the autonomic constitutions approved in recent referenda. Nor is it a conflict between “whites” and “indigenous.” The governor of one of these restive provinces is a 45 year-old Quechua woman. These provinces don’t want to secede from Bolivia. They just want greater control in their local affairs, given that Bolivia is one of the most centralized nations in all Latin America. The autonomy they are proposing is similar to the one enjoyed by the 50 states here in the U.S.