Commentary
On Sept. 4, 62 percent of Chilean voters rejected a referendum proposing a new socialist Constitution for their nation. Its failure was a sound rejection by the people of radical leftist policies based on identity politics, radical environmentalism and, more broadly speaking, the disregard of fundamental rights to life, liberty, and property.
In May 2021, a constitutional convention was held in Chile by 155 representatives from across this Latin American nation. Remarkably, a quota was arbitrarily imposed so that 50 percent of the elected members had to be women.
The convention was massively dominated by left-wing radicals, and many representatives who stood as “independents” turned out to be equally radical….