Unfinished Democracy
In our country the long journey to democracy is far from complete, first because we are not satisfied with that want us to believe that we are a people who can elect their authorities. Citizen
This election is nothing but a fiction, since a dozen lit have chosen before, after fighting and disputes over their material and ideological interests, who will be "our candidates."
That is, after they choose and appoint the representatives, we have the dream of voting.
little difference between each other, therefore the results have little to do with what happens in the coming years.
Could ensure that the AFP will continue substantial profits while the money of their members have proportionally small increase.
Isapres will remain a good business for their owners and a headache for those who need to resort to major medical benefits.
Hospitals will continue to wait, as they do today, many users Fonasa for months and sometimes years to apply for an operation.
continue purchasing weapons, submarines, aircraft and other military equipment, instead of taking those resources to generate new sources of stable and decent job.
education, despite patch measures will remain open discriminatory, leaving very little chance of developing the children of those who previously had no opportunities.
The open unemployment and underemployment hidden, unwanted indexes remain despite improvements circumstantial.
The picture above is based on all the above issues we inherited 15 years of dictatorial rule, but today we just really substantive progress.
is true that we have improved the ability to think and say (these thoughts would not have flowed freely), but there is much that we have to go on the road to democracy.
There are enormous challenges such as socioeconomic inequality, we must face this reality radically and transform it to bring it to bearable levels. We can not
looks pessimistic nor end, nor self-serving assessments so that everything remains the same as it is. We need a strong civil dialogue that allows us to define what is the Chile we want, it certainly should be more democratic, transparent and fair.