Posted on 11/20/2023 6:43:03 AM PST by MtnClimber
Javier Milei, a messy-haired bombastic libertarian economist, won Argentina’s presidential elections against socialist minister of economics Sergio Massa this Sunday. With the backdrop of inflation that the International Monetary Fund projects will trail only that of Zimbabwe and Venezuela by the end of the year, Milei triumphed with over 55 percent of votes in the runoff with more than 94 percent of votes counted, according to data from the country’s National Electoral Chamber.
In a brief speech before the results were announced, Massa, who came first in the October 22 election that led to the run-off, said, “Milei is the president elected for the next four years,” adding that he had called Milei to personally congratulate him on his victory.
Milei ran on an anti-establishment platform that had the entirety of US media drawing comparisons between him and Donald Trump. In some ways, the comparisons made sense: Milei packed stadiums, slammed the mainstream media and made the occasional crude yet hilarious joke. And like Trump, he also earned himself some big enemies, including Pope Francis, who he labeled a “filthy leftist” and “the representative of the Devil on Earth.” Even more like Trump, he found himself a loyal following enamored in great part by his larger-than-life personality.
And as in America in 2016, unexpectedly for most, it took one unconventional man to supplant the conventional right. Back in August, Milei shocked the nation by getting 30 percent of the vote in the presidential primary, leaving behind both Massa and center-right Patricia Bullrich — the candidate originally backed by former president Mauricio Macri.
But unlike Trump, Milei’s so-called “far-right populism” is not what many Americans have in mind. While Milei did sit down with Tucker Carlson for an interview and welcomed the comparisons to Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Trump, his philosophy is distinctly libertarian. He has called for an Ayn Rand-styled “Atlas rebellion” and literally destroyed a central bank piñata on national TV....
Leftist leaders have destroyed the economy in Argentina. I hope there are enough pieces to put some of it back together.
Hopefully he’s successful. We could use a libertarian President in the US.
As late as 1930, Argentina was considered a wealthy country, perhaps wealthier than the United States, per capita.
Great news. He’s got four years at least to do what he can with that pathetic mess down there.
If he installs a culture where hard work is rewarded, without criminal graft, he should succeed over time.
He may well help the economy; but if he ignores the social issues, that country will eventually continue its downhill slide.
Javier Milei could be as pivotal a historical figure as Donald Trump. Both men have strong populist views and do not care one bit about the "elite" and what the "elite" have to say about them.
I was in Argentina once on a mountain climbing trip. I was there for about a month in 1996 so it was before the economic crash. I thought it was an amazing place.
Libertareans are anarchists.
Libertareans are anarchists.
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I can understand why anyone who isn’t a libertarian might make that mistake. However, many libertarians just want liberty, and to be left alone, particularly by government, but they do think government, or at least civil order, has a place. Not only should you be free to do what you want, so long as you aren’t harming or taking from anyone, but you are also free not to be harmed or stolen from. That is a HUGE difference from anarchy.
It means election fraud has been quite operational and successful in America.
They are just a version of Leftism.
Calling Fascist right wing has been a very successful bit of Orwellian labeling.
This comports with the Democrat/Communist Left's two basic tenets:
-- Reality is an opinion; what is real depends completely on an individual's political perspective; and,
-- Truth is not a value on the Left; "truth" is nearly always distorted by "facts".
<< it’s somewhat comical that many of the “let’s use state power to punish our enemies” folks in the US have celebrated Milei’s rise as if he were one of them. >>
The author is deluded. The overwhelming majority of the “let’s use state power to punish our enemies” types (aka, fascists) in the U.S. are Democrats, and they most certainly aren’t celebrating Milei’s victory.
DU is crapping themselves over his win. They hate him.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143159956
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