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El marco de “buena izquierda versus mala izquierda” diseminado por Jorge Castañeda, entre otros, opaca las similitudes básicas que cortan a través de todos los regímenes izquierdistas en América Latina, y a la vez simplifica de manera extrema la relación entre la llamada mala izquierda y su contraparte buena. Un cambio de enfoque de los mandatarios a los movimientos sociales revela tanto que la cuestión de movimientos sociales y el Estado trascienden tales binarias, como que es precisamente dentro de la “mala izquierda” que encontramos importantes lecciones para el futuro.
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