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RE: Politicians are liars or corrupt by nature. True or False? Part I: Is this what "democracy" is about?
Agree in everything except one thing; PPK. I don't think he was really very honest or desirable, it was just the least worse of the evils. It is similar to Macri in Argentina, or even Radonski in Venezuela, practically choosing between a lesser evil and something ten times worse.
Look, the guy wasn't perfect, he was a lobbyist, and lobbyists are prone to take advantage of any government, we can agree on that. But as President he had good ideas and policies and Peru was way better with him than his predecessors, he pretty much tried to save his butt bargaining with the congressmen and he blew it. He was pretty much a centrist that was between the extreme right (Fujimorism) and the left.