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§ The minds · 1915–2006 · Chile · Dictator

Augusto Pinochet

Free markets at gunpoint

Radical capitalism under military terror.

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SocialistMarket
Governance+97
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−75
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The general whose 1973 coup installed a military dictatorship that paired radical free-market economics with systematic repression — the paradigm of authoritarian capitalism. Recorded as taxonomy, not endorsement.

social

Reactionary nationalism; crushed the left and civil society.

economic

Imposed sweeping free-market 'Chicago Boys' reforms — privatisation, deregulation.

governance

Seized power by coup and ruled through a brutal military dictatorship.

Notable for
  • 1973 coup against Allende
  • 'Chicago Boys' market reforms
  • Systematic political repression
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