He took office in December, so this is entirely the fault of Peronism and doesn't have anything to do with Milei yet.
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One of the things Faux News did to build up Trump was to show the unemployment rate when Trump had 100 days in office and compare it with Obama. Obama came in after the 2008 meltdown and had [apx] 10% unemployment at 100 days. Trump came in after eight years of Obama and had [apx] 4%.
Yeah, people love to look at who's in the White/Pink House and think everything since the day he took office was single-handedly caused by him.
In my experience, Conservatives usually don't do anything to improve the income levels of working class people.
There are other options than laissez-faire capitalism or communism.
Tbf, Milei isn't a conservative, he's a genuine AnCap, which is somehow even more pathetic. He's tearing down everything in general, rather than trying to entrench Capitalist Power via fascism.
Not saying this won't lead to fascism, there's a large chance it does, but rather than moving directly towards fascism, Miley is moving directly towards destruction of government, which will likely result in an acceleration of Capitalism to fascism.
Edit: conservativism is terrible, but grouping AnCaps in with conservatives is like saying aspens are oak trees. Both are unique brands of stupid, but one of em has a MAGA hat and the other has a gadsden flag tattooed to their ass. Recognizing the differences between types of reactionary is useful.
If I was Argentinian, I'd move to Patagonia and be a wildman.
In January. March is happening now, Argentina just went back to school, well, at least those who could afford it.
Why does their president's haircut make him look like a 1980's film star
If you're talking about his hair, you're not discussing his policies. He's derailing the dialogue before it can happen, and all he has to do is deliberately look like an idiot.
"Haha, jokes on them. I only wear this haircut to look stupid ironically!"
Ah yes, the "Boris Johnson gambit"
I read somewhere (sorry no sauce but it seemed informed) that it's a deliberate choice by him to appeal to working class boomers or something. Did you all know that a medium channeled his deceased dog which in turn told him to run for president?
Because he has 1980’s economic policy.
Thatcherism works everybody
You mean Peronism?
Nah, Milei is not peronist.
And Milei didn't cause this. He was in office maybe a month at this point? And the poverty rate had already rapidly risen from 40% to 50% in the six months prior under Fernández.
49% but yes
I know it doesn't work like that but I think it's mildly interesting
- 57% of Argentina population is 25MM people
- 12% of USA pop (amount who live in poverty) is 38MM people
The issue is a lot harder to ignore when the person to your right and the person to your left is starving to death.
Yeah, it doesn’t matter that the U.S. has more people living in poverty as what matters is the relative amount of the total population.
I know you know, but thought I’d say it just in case someone else didn’t get why you said “it doesn’t work this way”
You're right from a hard-statistical point of view, but from a casual, layman conversation I think it is, as I said, mildly interesting.
It definitely is interesting :)
Why is that interesting?
why is anything interesting? It just is.
Because the US has several million more people living below a certain level of income, experiencing a daily misery but it's somewhat excusable because the ratio is smaller.
I dont know the metrics, but I assume poverty means different things in each country. I would think poverty in a second world country means that people are at a state where they have a hard time getting enough food.
I would grant that even if the metrics were measured largely the same way you could argue or even observe that experience would be meaningfully different in some ways.
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