In Latin America, this messaging amounts to an open endorsement of the state terrorism and genocide that 20th-century military dictatorships and regional repressive coordination efforts – such as Plan Condor, an illegal operation by military regimes in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to capture and disappear political opponents across borders – deployed to combat the guerrillas.
Rubio’s threat appears clear: Washington is willing to repeat that extreme state violence – and the egregious human rights violations it led to – in order to stop modern-day “left-wing terrorists”.
Yep.
I can see his reasoning, wanting to reduce polarisation in the nation.
But one thing we’ve learned from WW2 is that Nazis cannot be appeased. They cannot be depolarised because their existence hinges on a polarised people, to be able to create new enemies. Because at the end of the day, Nazis aren’t FOR anything. Their current argument might be cloaked in them being for national security, for better life (for a select few), and so on; but in reality, they’re defined by what they’re against.
People coming together and debating policy, coming to a compromise, finding a solution that benefits everyone, is antithetical to fascism.