• rustyfish@piefed.world
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    15 days ago

    Milei—whom Trump has previously dubbed his “favorite president”—was the first foreign leader to meet the president after his victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Argentine’s radical reforms have been viewed as the inspiration for Elon Musk during his time as symbolic chief of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

    I am not surprised one bit, because all I knew about Milei was him being a complete fucking dumbass. So the orange rapist and the ketamine addict liking him seems natural.

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        14 days ago

        I’m always amazed about people bitching about these memes more than child rapes. That’s you, take a good look in the mirror you’re a piece of shit.

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          Hey, I would love to be proven wrong.

          It’s not unreasonable to expect those committed to the current regime to ignore the findings.

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            Have you tried doing absolutely anything about it? Nah you just want to ignore it, I hope you find yourself in a cell like Epstein you pedofile coconspirator.

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    Country chooses communist system: US sanctions them, destroys economy and points to it saying “see communism doesn’t work!!”

    Country chooses right wing asinine system: system collapses due to its own failures annnnnd the US rushes to save it…

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      Argentina has been an economic basket case for decades. The short reign of Allende and the ensuing coup is not the reason for it. Millei‘s radical measures cut down on the rampant inflation but caused other issues. Argentina needing a bailout is a regular occurence.

      You can go back to Peron‘s economic policies in the 1950s as the starting point for things going wrong, if you like. Deindustrialization in the 1970s was another major blow. The international debt of Argentina is mindboggling.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Argentina

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    Remember when he first took power and all the usual suspects of newspapers (NYT, WaPo, etc) were touting his spending cuts as reinvigorating the Argentinian economy? They tried to push the US austerity measures using that as an example. Shocked it didn’t worked out like they said. (Well not that shocked).

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              12 days ago

              Yes and Im wondering why you would be bringing that up in a discussion about economic policy since it is completely unrelated to what was taught there.

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                  No I know they are unrelated. The School of the Americas is not teaching economics. They teach “counter insurgency” and other military tactics because it is run by the US military.

                  it’s clownish to suggest this has anything to do with the school of the Americas especially since nobody in Milleli’s economic team attended it.

                  It’s fucking weird to think Argentinians did not choose the policy they actively voted for. Argentinians have the ability to decide things for themselves and it is insulting to suggest everyone just follows the whims of Americans.

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            Yeah, let’s ignore US State Department pressures and decades of indoctrination.

            The US are a scourge on the world, accept it and stop defending their policies.

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              Instead you want us all to be so ignorant as to presume no nation has a role in choosing what policy they follow but instead does what the USA tells them?

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                  I think you’re just trying to ignore that Argentinians willing adopted bad policy all on their own and want to be able to blame America rather than accept that Argentinians willingly chose bad policy.

                  It’s fucking weird that anyone isn’t blaming the Argentinian electorate as there’s no evidence that the elections were rigged by outside forces.

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              Look up Argentinian economic history. They usually went against US policies, favoring strict regulation, protectionist economic policies, big social services, high state spending, etc. .

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    chainsaw, what a choice of word lmao musk looked like a fucking loon when he received the chainsaw on stage

    “this is the chainsaw for democracy. Chainsaw”

    “yahhhhhhhhhh”

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      It needs a revolution, yes, but it’s also important that people see what happens under unregulated capitalism.

      I’m actually thinking that what’s currently happening in both Argentine and the US is a good thing because it very visually demonstrates what happens when the system does not work for the people. It is only by example that the masses will learn.

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        Oh no, I guess we should just roll over and let the fascists win then. Flawless logic there buddy, really glad you took the time to type that out.

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            The heritage foundation is the force behind project 2025. The president of the heritage foundation said the takeover of America would be bloodless if the left allows it to be.

            So what’s the third option?

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    15 days ago

    It now needs US Help Argentina took a chainsaw to its economy. It now needs US Help. A chainsaw