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1164 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 8 Nov \ on: Is Javier Milei, the "libertarian" president of Argentina, a complete fraud? econ
The right question isn't whether Milei is doing exactly what Rothbard would do. It's whether he is making Argentina a significantly less centrally planned society.
I don't have a strong feeling about the answer to that question, yet, but it's the standard by which we should judge him.
Apparently not. Strong police state vibes.
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I'm still reserving judgement. I don't expect what's written about him or his intentions to be any more accurate than what we saw during Trump's first term.
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Milei has had a LOT of support, initially, around the world from libertarian oriented folks. And a lot of that has evaporated as he's exposed himself as a fraud.
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Well, this is simply not true. He won the last election by landslide, garnering massive support not only politically to keep pushing his agenda forward, but also in terms of the congressional weight needed to pass it. You are being misled by Saifedean uninformed (or purposely ill-intentioned) slander.
The cure? Look at the facts, it's all there.
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He might be
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Well, like you said. "Apparently". That appearance is, indeed, wrong.
You can follow Milei's minister of deregulation on twitter to see the actual progress on making people more free by the day (literally, there's so much socialist crap that must be undone that updates on deregulation are made on a daily basis).
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