So if Thiel is afraid the US is going to come apart - and it will, by people's revolution or fascist collapse or who knows what - why the fuck does he think he can keep living his billionaire life in Argentina? Does he not understand that Argentina's right wing government exists 100% by the largesse of the US? Who will keep pumping USD into Argentina? Who will supply the anarcho-capitalists with their tools of state violence? Who will hold back the tides of popular revolution in South America? What a fucking dumbass.
But I think what squares the circle is that the second statement is actually describing societies with more developed capitalism, and that the seeming extra prosperity has come from cannibalizing social reproduction in pursuit of more intensive labor productivity. It's how you can get a society where there is relative material abundance, but no spare time or cash to raise your kids.
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this is the conclusion Marxist feminists were coming to in the 70s and 80s while studying the capitalization of reproductive labor
The working class there is extremely well organized, which is why they can achieve all they have. But without some centralization or unity, it will be difficult to seize state power.
The most dramatic - "Delcy Has Overthrown Chavismo" - is from a Canadian, but he's not exactly a random Venezuela hater. His opinion clearly changed post-1/3; in the immediate aftermath his writing was defending the continuity of Bolivarian power with Rodriguez inheriting office according to constitutional procedure and being a trustworthy figure. The response piece - "Chavismo has not been overthrown; it is wounded" is by the EOC of Anticonquista, who claim to be a diasporic anti-imperialist organizaton, so I don't think on-the-ground Chavistas. It's worth looking at who each of the writers are, because I think the trend you're noting is generally true - criticism is harsher from the outside.
Are you saying I can't have both speed, quality, and low cost? Wtf