UDELAR creates an institute to justify the wealth tax

The creation of a Social Justice Research Institute within the Universidad de la República (Udelar), whose stated purpose is to influence the national public and political agenda, represents a danger that hasn't been properly warned about in Uruguayan society.

"One Health," "Ocean Sciences," "Sustainable Transitions of Food Systems," and "Social Justice and Inequalities": the four Research Institutes whose creation was approved by the Central Governing Council of the Universidad de la República (CDC-Udelar) on May 6, 2025.

Nothing could be better than the creation of the Institute on Social Justice and Inequalities to generate more "scientific evidence" supporting the imposition of a subjective vision of what is "just," disregarding the natural differences in abilities, effort, and circumstances that generate inequalities.

What can be expected from Udelar if it hosted Che Guevara himself?

"I have the personal pretension to say that I know America [...] You have something that must be protected, which is precisely the possibility of expressing your ideas [...] so that we can all be brothers, so that there is no exploitation of man by man."

Ernesto Che Guevara – August 17, 1961 – At the Universidad de la República

With the cry of "Cuba yes, Yankees no!" that event [...] can be considered the red baptism of the Universidad de la República.

It is regrettable that sixty years later, with sufficient empirical evidence of the misery in which the Cuban people find themselves, Uruguayans are still heard in our country chanting the nauseating song "Cuba yes, Yankees no."

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This time, it was at the El Galpón theater. PIT-CNT, the Communist Party of Uruguay, the Antifascist International Uruguay Chapter, the Revolutionary Workers Party, and, of course, the Federation of University Students of Uruguay (FEUU) gathered to celebrate the terrorist act of July 26.

At the event, the president of the sole trade union center, the thief Marcelo Abdala, emphasized: "to honor Moncada is to honor ourselves, it is to honor the hopes of emancipation, democracy, social justice, and living in a better world."

The injustice of social justice

It is logical that the delirious plunderer of others' efforts, Marcelo Abdala, would champion the farce of "social justice."

The French economist Thomas Piketty [...] argues that social justice requires the application of massive income taxes and a global wealth tax, with the aim of equalizing economic outcomes.

This perspective of plundering, expropriation, and impoverishment is what PIT-CNT currently seeks to impose with the support of the Communist Party.

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From PIT-CNT's perspective, "taxing the richest 1% is a matter of social justice [...]"

They live in Narnia

In the parallel, utopian, and mediocre universe of leftists, the high concentration of wealth justifies fiscal intervention for reasons of social justice.

Likewise, PIT-CNT argues the lie that this tax is compatible with economic efficiency [...]

These and other attacks on freedom were presented on July 2 in a document they perceive as "considerations on the proposal to incorporate a tax on the richest 1% of the Uruguayan population."

The truth is that it is a set of delusions developed by two mediocre intellectuals who abhor effort [...]

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An institute to justify theft

The Research Vice-Rectory of the Universidad de la República notes that [...] "Preferences regarding the role the State should play in redistribution will be explored..."

This means that the institute will produce "prestigious" research that will endorse and serve as an academic foundation for the impoverishing policies of the left in Uruguay.

Moreover, they will have an even greater impact on students' thinking and public opinion, hegemonizing more strongly than ever.

The silence of complicity

However, the most concerning thing is the silence of Uruguayans in the face of the creation of an institution with these characteristics.

The absence of resistance [...] shows that in Uruguay there is no opposition to the violation of the essential rights of human beings.

The true cultural battle lies in recognizing these risks and promoting a firm opposition to these progressive visions that seek to naturalize an ideological agenda through academia.

What would be fair is for there to be, in parallel, a research institute on economic liberalism, for example. But no. Uruguay is getting closer and closer to becoming Cuba.