Make Argentina Great Again

8 Replies to “Make Argentina Great Again”

1. On top of how much I love his approach to government, it’s his personal chainsaw fancier culture that really hits me in the feels….

   I’m wary it’s a trap because likewise I fell for the bag pipes the back stabbing William Barr used.
   Fingers crossed.

   1. Bag pipes -vs- chain saws?

      Yeah … well … the very pricey Golf Resort in Carmel … the Inn at Spanish Bay … has a bagpiper strolling the grounds to remind you that you might as well have flown to the birthplace of golf in Scotland as you play their links land style course. It’s so “romantic”. OTOH … nobody has ever heard a chainsaw fired up and thought … romance. Except maybe a logger.

      As the Good Book says … beware those who would tickle your ears and tell you how GREAT you are … just before shoving their dirk in your back.

2. Argentina is lucky in that it has a relatively homogeneous population, making this kind of peaceful revolution more achievable.

   1. Then why did they even NEED a Ministry of Diversity and Inclusion?

      1. Because it was mandated by the UN, so as to allow easy access for the ultra left to ruin everything the masses don’t want changed. But you knew that and I assume your question was rhetorical.

3. Given how the Canadian government fondles and molds the lies that it crafts, I wouldn’t be surprised if the actual data from Argentina hasn’t been similarly massaged. Yes, as much as I like Milei’s approach, I am skeptical that it can be turned around on a dime.

   1. As is often said on the right, politics is downstream from culture. I don’t know enough about Argentinian politics to know how much actual support Milei has among the populace; savage libertarianism like this generally means a period of disruption that makes things worse until they get better. Whether it can be pulled off depends on whether the populace retains enough self-reliance and entrepreneurial drive to kick-start the economy. This wouldn’t work in Canada because far, far too many people are accustomed to sitting on their asses and having the government give them things; and we’ve successfully destroyed the religious, social and family structures that would support people who aren’t capable of hard physical labour.

4. Unfortunately, when you overhaul a sclerotic economy things tend to get worse before they get better. I’ll be surprised but delighted if the Argentine people are patient enough to see this through.

   In the video Milei is compared to Margaret Thatcher, but she was immensely unpopular to start with (23% approval) as the initial impacts of her policies bit into the socialist flab of Britain. Inflation rocketed and unemployment soared; industrial strife and riots were common. Ironically, she only survived politically thanks to a war victory over the Argentinians. With time the policies worked and boom times arrived.