Jimmy Cherizier tells Al Jazeera: ‘It’s not just people with guns who’ve damaged the country but the politicians too.’
    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      272·
      8 months ago

      I think they just mean the old political elites and replace them with themselves.

    • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      169·
      8 months ago

      They probably mean the entire political system.

      Ideally they’d mean capitalism, and establish a socialist state like their neighbouring Cuba. But I’m not getting my hopes up just yet.

      • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
        265·
        8 months ago

        That’s my point, they have no system it seems. So nothing to overthrow.

        And since this guy got his nickname for burning people alive, I kind of expect he’s more of a Pol Pot kind of socialist.

        • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          91·
          8 months ago

          Which is why I’m not getting my hopes up yet. There’s still time for the people of Haiti to organize, but this isn’t quite it.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        8 months ago

        Somehow this guy doesn’t seem like a socialist revolutionary to me.

        • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          92·
          8 months ago

          Which is why I’m not getting my hopes up yet. There’s still time for the people of Haiti to organize, but this isn’t quite it.