According to CNN, “Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential elections on Sunday, wrenching his country to the right with a bombastic anti-establishment campaign that drew comparisons to that of former U.S. President Donald Trump – all against the backdrop of one of the world’s highest inflation rates. … Milei’s victory marks an extraordinary rise for the former T.V. pundit, who entered the race as a political outsider on a promise to ‘break up with the status quo’ – exemplified by his rival Sergio Massa, a career politician. … Milei, a social conservative with ties to the American right, opposes abortion rights and has called climate change a ‘lie of socialism.’ He has promised to slash government spending by closing Argentina’s ministries of culture, education, and diversity, and by eliminating public subsidies. … Similarities to Trump have not gone unnoticed in the United States as it prepares for its own presidential elections. Milei succeeded in attracting attention at home not only because of his political style – including wielding chainsaws and raging outbursts – but also because of the novelty of his positions and eagerness to upset the status quo.”… Outside of his controversial plan for dollarization, Milei’s political program includes slashing regulations on gun control and transferring authority over the penitentiary system from civilians to the military; both measures are part of a tough-on-crime approach. He proposes using public funds to support families who choose to educate their children privately and even privatizing the health sector, which in Argentina has always been in public hands.”
Another populist carnival barker T.V. showman gets elected on the promise to make Argentina like MAGA. What could possibly go wrong? To be sure, aside from all the cultural issues in the country, which I’ll get to in a minute, it looks like economic conditions provoked voters to sweep in a right-wing nut job into the presidency. More from CNN, “Milei’s economic platform rested on a desire to dollarize the Argentinian economy. Dollarization means the country would give up the Argentine peso and use the U.S. dollar as its currency. If enacted, the policy would hurl the nation into unknown territory: No country of Argentina’s size has previously turned over the reins of its own monetary policy to Washington decisionmakers. … Argentina has one of the world’s highest inflation rates; data released last week showed that prices rose 142% year-over-year. Milei’s proposal to switch Argentina’s currency from the peso to the U.S. dollar rests on the argument that the dollar is stronger than the peso and, unlike the peso, cannot be printed at will.” I guess this is the opposite of Argentina First. Make no mistake, relying on a foreign currency puts the future of an economy in the hands of that nation, not the home country. While America’s economy is the most stable and predictable (for the most part) in the world, countries tend not to be so excited about losing autonomy to influence their own economy through monetary policy at home. Now, that policy relies on the U.S.’s vicissitudes. But you know, when people elect a dictator, then they must abide by the dictator’s wishes, no matter how crazy or humiliating.
Then we come to the social or cultural aspects of a Milei presidency, which is being praised by traitor trump and Bolsonaro. These two endorsements tell you everything you know about Argentina’s new direction. Milei is anti-abortion, so abortions will become illegal. Oh, well. This was not a secret platform of his campaign. This is what people wanted; this was their vote! Of course, wherever anti-abortion sentiments lurk, so does anti-LGBTQ rights. I’m sure that’s soon to follow. Not to mention, the president-elect essentially was to destroy the “deep state” (aka closing Argentina’s ministries of culture, education, and diversity). And I can’t believe he wants to loosen gun regulations. Unbelievable. Apparently, everyone in Argentina is oblivious to the situation in the U.S. Good luck with that, morons! But, whatever. This is what people want, as made very clear by their vote.
The final point I want to make is this: Argentina is yet one more example of liberal democracies dying around the world, and f***tards of America are about to kill it here. Mark my words. Idiots in this country (and worldwide) apparently are sick of liberal democracies that aim to expand rights for everyone. Looks like morons of America want their dictator to be like other “great” nations of the world. The end is here. Argentina is more proof of where the world is headed, and America is not immune. We are entering the age of dictators. And no one cares. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯