# Leftist millennial wins election as Chile’s next president **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340 "2021-12-20T05:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/1 "2021-12-20T05:07:41Z")
I thought this was interesting: > **[Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president](https://apnews.com/article/elections-caribbean-donald-trump-chile-santiago-5fc78a1fe1cb26a06839e8a7b59c8730)** > > A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests has been elected Chile’s next president after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. > [@](#): > > With 56% of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his inexperienced opponent would become a puppet of his allies in Chile’s Communist Party and upend the country’s vaunted record as Latin America’s most stable, advanced economy. > > In a model of democratic civility that broke from the polarizing rhetoric of the campaign, Kast immediately conceded defeat, tweeting a photo of himself on the phone congratulating his opponent on his “grand triumph.” He then later traveled personally to Boric’s campaign headquarters to meet with his rival. > > Meanwhile, outgoing President Sebastian Pinera — a conservative billionaire — held a video conference with Boric to offer his government’s full support during the three month transition. President-elect Boric is 35 years old. I think it’s kinda cool that the Mills are moving into control positions. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/2 "2021-12-20T13:10:26Z")
Kim Jong Un is a millennial. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/3 "2021-12-20T13:13:31Z")
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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/4 "2021-12-20T13:27:19Z")
I hope this time the U.S. doesn’t feel inclined to “correct” the decisions of the Chilean voting public… ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/5 "2021-12-20T13:44:16Z")
I hope not as well. For what it’s worth, I doubt Biden would involve the US. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/6 "2021-12-20T13:45:52Z")
I doubt it too, but when it comes to U.S. (or any other country to be honest) foreign policy I’m always ready to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/7 "2021-12-20T17:56:51Z")
So far this is just a one-line Twitter post with no context. Is there any ferai les follow-up anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/8 "2021-12-20T22:32:10Z")
It’s a joke. “Reuters Pitchbot”, as the name implies, is a parody account. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/9 "2021-12-21T00:24:17Z")
Ah, humour! What does “pitchbot” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/10 "2021-12-21T00:50:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > In a model of democratic civility that broke from the polarizing rhetoric of the campaign, Kast immediately conceded defeat, tweeting a photo of himself on the phone congratulating his opponent on his “grand triumph.” He then later traveled personally to Boric’s campaign headquarters to meet with his rival. > > Meanwhile, outgoing President Sebastian Pinera — a conservative billionaire — held a video conference with Boric to offer his government’s full support during the three month transition weeeeeeeiirrrrrd… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/11 "2021-12-21T01:06:32Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What does “pitchbot” mean? A bot that writes pitches. Reuters Pitchbot isn’t actually a bot, though; it’s just imitating the hypothetical AI that writes Reuters headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/12 "2021-12-21T01:07:55Z")
Thank you. Some day I may understand this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/13 "2021-12-21T03:12:33Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > weeeeeeeiirrrrrd… Very weird. The proper form on these occasions, as we know, is to organise a mob with a view to storming the seat of government, subverting the election results and overthrowing the republic. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/14 "2021-12-21T03:12:42Z")
Wait a minute, you’re not Chilean, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340/15 "2021-12-23T03:12:53Z")
A symbolic commitment now made manifest, eh: > **[Chile's tattooed president-elect honors homeland in ink](https://apnews.com/article/gabriel-boric-tattoos-chile-da5b63ab220c8805a7cb7dcb25a3568e)** > > SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Gabriel Boric is sworn in as Chile's president he'll not only be the youngest to lead the South American country but also the first in Latin America to sport several tattoos.