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Thousands protest as hunger grows amid Argentine austerity (www.france24.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

Wow, so poverty percentages were 0 before this government?

No, wait, they had 49% poverty by November 2023.

And you tell me that after all these changes to reduce spend, it went up by 8%? I would have expected it to reach 90% to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Can you ppl just block the milei cult members? Stop trying to argue with these kids

[+] [email protected] -42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You write like a maniac. Like someone standing on a street corner, screaming about conspiracies at anyone unfortunate enough to pass by.

Nobody is going to pay attention when you're blasting messages with all caps, minimal punctuation, and long strings of emoji. Most will simply ignore you and move on. Many will downvote on their way past.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't even know what "ZURDOSDEEM" means.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Do you know what inflation means?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's why you shouldnt comment here... It's his Entire campaign...

The fact of the matter is that for twenty years the leftish have ruined the economy and sold all ports to China. Not less as SEVEN defaults of the entire country. Government bonds trade higher as before but still under 50% of real value. The peso has gotten yearly inflation of OVER ONE HUNDRED PERCENT each year for a decade. That kills a country.

Milei is a religious fool, Trump fan and soccer god. All bad things.

BUT HE'S FIXING TWNETY YEARS OF EXTREME LEFT WING POLITICS.

They literally gave the country to the poor and to China!

REALLY, NOBODY HERE SHOULD COMMENT IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ZURDOS DE MIERDA MEANS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They literally gave the country to the poor

Clutches pearls tighter

You say that like it's a bad thing.

The reason you're getting down voted hard. Is because you speak passionately and confidently about things you have no clue about. In one breath denouncing a fascist while embracing a fascist. Blaming the poor (always wrong) who are every bit the victim you are. If not more so. Shouting down people trying to warn you of what policies and ideals will lead to from experience. Using bullshit excuses like them not understanding Spanish Argentinian slang means that they should not comment. Though the one thing you might get a slight pass on is incorrect usage of left and right. Your left, neoliberals that they were. Are no more left than the neoliberals in the United States. Who are solidly right wing as a group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Oh, beautiful pizza,
How you fill my heart with joy!
Your cheesy goodness,
Your savory sauce,
I can’t get enough of you.
Oh, beautiful pizza,
You are my comfort food.

Friday night, Pizza night.
The smell of warm dough
And melting mozzarella
Fills the air.
Gathered with loved ones
Around a steaming pie,
There’s no better way
To end the week.

A slice of heaven
In every bite.
Each ingredient
A perfect harmony
Of flavors and textures.
A simple pleasure
That never gets old.
Pizza, my forever love.

The perfect slice
Is an art form.
A crisp crust
With just the right chew,
Topped with flavors
That dance on the tongue.
When I find it,
I savor each bite
As if it were made for me alone.

I’m pizza dreamin’,
Always craving
That perfect pie.
No matter the time,
No matter the place,
My mind wanders
To that cheesy goodness.
Pizza, my love,
You’re always on my mind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Paid shills? On lemmy? Do you even know what that means?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, it's because you seem angry and unreasonable

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"When we hit rock bottom, we will bounce back," he said.

Or maybe you'll just go splat.

[+] [email protected] -16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why so negative?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because shock therapy has been done before, and the west is effectively at war with the result right now. Argentina might not be as bad but it's easy to assume when looking at the history of the policy that it makes everything worse except for foreign and local elites.

[+] [email protected] -34 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Argentina has been bankrupt defaulted 7 SEVEN times.

They had over a decade of MORE AS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INFLATION EACH YEAR.

This guy fixed it in one month by not overspending and bringing the peso to a level that is more in stroke with reality.

But the extreme leftish here on lemmy won't ever admit their zurdosdeemmmmmm fcked the country AND MANY OTHERS LIKE IT! for so long.

It's a pity that in developed countries you shouldnt vote right and in developing countries you shouldn't vote left. Both are abused by criminals and narcos and dictators

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Argentine inflation is at 211.4% , the highest it's ever been in 32 years. The value of the Peso is about where it would be if it's existing downward trend had continued. Go check it, he's barely made a difference to it's value. I'm sure Milei's PR team is hard at work making up these claims but please fact check them because they're obviously BS.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

fixed

He didn't fix shit. If course he had a surplus, because he stopped spending for a period of time, But that doesn't mean the economy will be able to handle in the mid term.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

This guy fixed it in one month

Did he?

Since he took office in December, Milei has slashed public spending, winning the approval of the International Monetary Fund and securing a budget surplus for the first time in 12 years in a country whose previous governments oversaw rampant inflation and multiple fiscal crises.

However, annual inflation has still risen to 254 percent, the price of bus tickets has more than tripled, and the government has frozen crucial aid to soup kitchens that have ever more mouths to feed.>

What did he fix?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Both are abused by criminals and narcos and dictators

Everything is subsumed and used by those hungry for power, and with the means to solidify it. That doesn't mean that the content of their claimed political thought doesn't have meaning, or that we can never conclude anything about humanity or its ideologies from looking at history, understanding theory, analyzing culture, power ...

Maybe understand why people here seem 'extreme' left, instead of just writing nonsensical, and obviously bad faith or confused arguments.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mate, a populist fascist is a populist fascist in sud America, Greenland or in the US. You don't need to live in the country to see how trump, bolsonaro, duterte or milei are just shit human beings that prey on poor and ignorant people. That's what populists do, we have seen it a million times in the past and since you mention education, that's the only hope that people learn critical skills and stop voting for these assholes ( or better even, they hang them upside down)

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The last twenty years is what has brought us TODAY. his results will be visible IN THE FUTURE. NOT TODAY.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The last twentyONE years is what brought us to TODAY.

-- 1934. A disgruntled German referring to Hitler's ascent to power

Again, you are the one who mentioned education. That's the only thing we can use to prevent making the same mistake over and over.

Had someone handled Hitler and miles (Bolsonaro, Berlusconi.. the list is long and incredibly reperitive) the way they need to be treated we wouldn't repeat the same pricey mistake over and over. And south America should have learnt a thing or two about fascist dictators by now.

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