POLS 241 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Middle Ages, Statism

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May 2011: students in chile start protests. Paralyzed cities (central area of santiago=completely occupied) Has support of 75% of chiles population. These protests continue today and still making the same demands. Were protesting because they felt betrayed by the conservative government of sebastian pinera and the leftist government. Felt disillusioned with the myth of chilean society and the promises of the politicians. Like: 1) economic growth= modernization, social mobility and less poverty. Accusing government of pretending that economic growth would solve social ills and social inequality. Universities: despite laws claiming otherwise they found ways to make profits off of students, 2) protesting the culture of privilege benefiting the children of the elites. This is where the disillusionment comes from: 3) argued that these calls for unity was only a pretext to impose conformity. Argue that chilean society right now is run by elites: political society has betrayed them by ignoring the interests of the people and disregarding their voice.

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