I didn't enter this thread in reply to you Peskat... I replied to the contention that nothing worked besides capitalism... I think it's the best we've got but if you consider the alternatives then you see how great it is...

PS: you were the one who titled this fucking capitalism BTW...

But now to answer you :)

When I say that Allende was not a choir boy it's because he created appropriation squadrons that went to forcefully nationalise farms and such... and since humans are all the same whether they call themselves communists or fascists... just give them enough power and they abuse it... rape and massacres followed... if you look into it you'll see that large portions of society supported the Pinochet coup... granted they did not like the following but they also did not like their elected president turning into an autocratic communist... (unless I'm mistaken he dissolved the constitution and government for example)

Oh and the CIA specifically told Pinochet not to do the coup but he went ahead anyway... the CIA support was later to help him get rid of opposition figures...

Still I do not like Pinochet nor do I like Allende.. and as for the CIA... well you can bet the 'others' also had their influences there... but I will not defend something I think wrong... I just know the context and am glad the americans won the Cold War... differing perspective perhaps...