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This is of course extremely biased meme. The reality is that so far Milei achieved a lot of what he planned for. The main issue in Argentina was huge inflation and out of control public spending. Both ruling parties were unable to address this for years so people got fed up and elected Milei as a kind of protest leader ("politicians can't help us so fuck it, let the whole thing just collapse"). Just how tired of constant economic crisis running for decades everyone was is another story.
So Milei won and did what the previous governments didn't want to do: cut spending. He got inflation under control by sacrificing big chunks of society. Old people got screwed, poor people got screwed but so far his plan of "short time suffering to achieve long term stability" seems to be working. Inflation is down, poverty is down, foreign investment and trade looks good. The question is no longer if Milei's reforms will collapse the economy or not (they didn't) but if the reforms will work long term or if the improvements will be short lived and not worth all the suffering it caused.
Like most people here I hoped that Milei's politics will explode in his face and we'll have a clear proof that the ideas sold by right wing populists are bullshit but it didn't happen. The jury is still out on Argentina but anyway, each country is different and even if it will work there long term it doesn't mean guys with crazy hair are good for the economy (as we can see globally now).
Are you sure you're being honest with this review? Considering how the US had to bail him out? Without that, his policy WOULD have exploded in his face.
As an amateur economist I do feel like he made a lot of right decisions though he's clearly corrupt. Dunno if this will work out in the long run as corruption will outweigh the gains of right economic decisions.
Absolutely. Everyone was expecting the corruption but I think most people didn't expect any of the right decisions. No one knows what will happen long term but so far things went surprisingly well. Or course all the suffering he caused is terrible but at least for now there's something to show for it.
Did anyone expect the rockabilly?
tbis.
It's unfortunate that it's always the poor and the elderly, the rich rarely get thrown under the bus..alas they're always welcome in some other shit country, like the US, so they have a way out, the poor, not so much.
I think an article in Swedish news ran about chicken becoming more popular in Argentina following the extended economic hardship under Miles.
To be honest, this is maybe the only silver lining of an otherwise fully shit Milei regime. They eat way too much beef in Argentina - they are the country that eats the most beef per capita by a large margin.
There's an extent to which the whole "Leopards ate my face" thing is an expression of our worst impulses. Schadenfreude feels great, but man this post makes me feel terrible for Argentina. Especially after having seen The Take. (It's been a while since I watched it, but it left an impression.)
I think people are feeling like this because the awful people that enable and drag the rest of society into these messes, never learn. Sure once shit hits the fan and it affects them deeply they'll be complaining and calling for heads to roll, but the second the rest of society fixes the messes they created, the second they get a comfortable life again, they return with the same attitudes that lead down the dark path to begin with. They just don't learn. Only changing their views when it affects them personally and then immediately flipping back when life is good again.
I had to remind myself about Milei's policies.... I mean I know he's a hapless* Trump copycat** but I was thin on the details:
Milei advocates minimal government, focusing on administering justice and ensuring security, with a philosophy rooted in life, liberty, and property, and free market principles. He criticizes socialism and communism, advocating economic liberalization and restructuring of government ministries. He opposes Argentina's Central Bank and current taxation policies.
Economically, Milei is influenced by the Austrian school, and admires former President Carlos Menem's policies.
There we are. Austerity, the favorite cover-up for "just doing my rich donor buddies bidding". And unfortunately I don't even need to look up the Austrian school. And it ties back nicely to the movie you mention.
* Some time ago when the economy was already tanking he sang live in a rock band. The article was titled "Burning Down The House"
** TBF Trump did not invent Trumpism, he's just the most prominent
PS & BTW
Donkey (and horse) meat is a relatively common ingredient in e.g. Salami. Yes the economy is fucked up but people eating donkey meat is probably not the best indicator. And as someone else pointed out, the article talks about selling donkey meat in large cities, not the eating per se.
Argentinians making the sacrifice to prove what most of us knew already.
Anarcho capitalism is fucking stupid.
Isn't Argentina a major producer of beef? Are they exporting most of it instead of selling it domestically because exporting brings in more money?
there's a meat monopoly, few companies decide where most of the production goes
Ah so the Irish potato famine, Indian famine caused by the East India company, or Holodomor sort of thing where it is better economically for the eliet to let the locals starve and sell all the food abroad type of thing I see.
Yes, ripe for revolt
And this is after the bailout.