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What Brazil and the West Should Learn From 1970’s Chile

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Brazil is referred to as “the country of tomorrow.” The only problem is that a country can only be called that for so long until people wonder when tomorrow will actually show up. It remains to be seen if Brazil can live up to its potential. Brazil has the goods to become a player – they are the 8th largest economy in the world, with a GDP nearing $3 trillion. Brazil is very high on other lists – unfortunately, they have the world’s highest net homicide rate per annum. They also have a propensity to routinely destroy their economy by electing socialists. Riding on a global wave of post-Brexit, post-Trump populism, Jair Bolsonaro was elected Brazil’s president in 2018 to address these problems. 

Memorial to Salvador Allende, Marxist President of Chile from 1970-1973
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The Economic Reality of Africa – All Myths Examined

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Africa is home to some of the oldest civilizations on Earth. Yet, by all metrics, it is the poorest continent. Whether it is GDP per capita, life expectancy, political freedom or literacy rates, Africa ranks dead last. Why is this? The answers you will often hear are white (European) colonialism, racism, corruption, lack of unity, instability and lack of resources. There are elements of truth to some of these, yet the reasons you often hear from today’s mainstream historians and race hustlers are misleading. For one, Africa is a continent, not a unified nation of people. There are 54 recognized countries in Africa, each with its own unique circumstances. I’m going to take an in-depth look at all of the perceived causes of poverty and use statistics from individual nations to challenge each.

Colonial Africa
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Valmy, and the Origins of Modern Warfare

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The period that covers World War I, World War II, through the end of the Cold War, is sometimes called the “Long War.” Philip Bobbitt refers to it as such in The Shield of Achilles, which I reviewed here. The Long War is characterized as a battle of the nation-states that originated near the end of the 19th century. It was a battle over three constitutional orders: liberal democracy, communism and fascism. It was a period of time in which weapons technology advanced faster than any other period in history. These wars also took on a new level of nihilism via “total warfare,” where war became more than just a contest between professional armies. While greater weapons lead to greater potential destruction, there are also cultural issues at play. You have to go back further than World War I to find the origins of total war. You can look back at the French Revolution, and the Battle of Valmy.

Battle of Valmy
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Casting Doubt on the “Last Testament of Lenin” Myth

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There is a common view amongst today’s Marxists and academic class that the terrors under Stalin were somehow a bastardization of Vladimir Lenin’s true intentions. The mass murders that occurred under Stalin’s U.S.S.R. occurred because he perverted Lenin’s idea of a Marxist utopia. I don’t believe that there is any evidence to back these claims. Common historical consensus states that Lenin wrote a “Last Testament of Lenin” before his death, warning others of the threat that “the mass murderer” Stalin posed to communism. I think the timeline shows that this is false. Let’s take a look.

Lenin and Stalin.
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