Demóstenes has written an interesting article on Peronism on Caminante-Wanderer.Blogspot.com (15 April)
- Peronism is uniquely Argentine.
- It is not a movement based on a conceptual development, but rather a simple tool for accessing, using, maintaining and increasing power.
- There are left, right and centre Peronists, conservatives and revolutionaries.
- The components that relate to the reality of its functioning in almost all its aspects are 1. The primacy of power. 2. Discomfort with excellence. 3. Priority of tactics over strategy.
1. Primacy of power
- Bergoglio combines in his person the living Porteño, the winding Jesuit and the insatiable Peronist.
- Most of Bergoglio's actions are aimed at obtaining, using, maintaining or increasing power. - Theoretical contradictions are of little importance to Bergoglio: he can say anything and the opposite of everything. - For Bergoglio, what counts are not ideas, but decisions and actions; he is a politician, not a theorist. - For Bergoglio …More