Cuestionando el discurso multilateral que las protestas vienen de prósperas "clases medias", resultado de la bonanza traída por el neoliberalismo. Es la ya vieja "teoría de la modernización" repetida por The Economist, New York Times, etc. (Y en el Perú por algunos columnistas-repetidoras mediáticas). La democracia no ha sido el resultado de la lucha principalmente de las clases medias, sino de los estudiantes y trabajadores (Corea y Taiwán): "Though the middle class does play a role in the democratization process, it is often not the driver of the protests or even their main catalyst. Democracy arrived in high-growth authoritarian regimes such as South Korea and Taiwan not because of the wishes or the actions of the middle class, but because of the effective protests, in the face of repression and sometimes violence, organized by students and workers. " Las protestas en Brasil y Turquía han sido contra la corrupción, pobreza y desigualdad y por el recorte de las libertades secualares por un fundamentalista como Erdogan: "In Brazil, they started because of bus fare increases, but most likely reflecting the deeper dissatisfaction because the social reform process started by Lula and continued by his successor Dilma Rousseff did not fundamentally change inequality, poverty or corruption in Brazil. In Turkey they began as protests to stop the destruction of one of the few remaining parks in Istanbul, but quickly turned into protests against the authoritarian style of government of Prime Minister Erdoğan, and perhaps his increasing erosion of certain secular freedoms many Turks cherish."
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:58:59 +0000
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