tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post7835172787420357972..comments2023-11-05T03:05:16.380-08:00Comments on No Useless Leniency: Wagering on the WorseBenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-59681424189711933672008-11-17T01:53:00.000-08:002008-11-17T01:53:00.000-08:00I haven't kept on Argentine stuff in the past 4 or...I haven't kept on Argentine stuff in the past 4 or 5 years so I can't speak to what's happened since, but I think it's important to note that the efflorescence during the crisis down there had a ten or 30 year history. From what (little) I've read, two of the main legs were the organizations of families of people disappeared by the dictatorship (some people there call the wave of disappearances The Genocide) and the organizations of the unemployed - the piqueteros. During the crisis from what I can tell the tactics spread around a lot to other groups along with a new/renewed willingness to be quite militant. To a lesser extent (and I think the fact that it's lesser is really important) the ideologies of those groups spread around too, but didn't become hegemonic or if it did it was very brief. <BR/><BR/>The reason I go on about this is that I think it's important to note that there are key non-economic determinants as sources for what happened in Argentina. My impression is that in the US there's really nothing analogous to what was going on in Argentina in the 90s, so even if crisis *did* produce a similar efflorescence, it'd had less to draw on and likely less staying power. <BR/><BR/>take care,<BR/>NateNatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918436253681803057noreply@blogger.com