Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoArgentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as presidentwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansworldnews@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up10external-linkArgentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as presidentwww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansworldnews@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI predict that Argentinians are going to like this even less in the long run than the stuff the Peronists have gotten up to
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI assume that, just like with trump, they won’t admit that they were bamboozled and will just double down with the crazy.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoMost likely. That seems to be the pattern.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI can get the annoyance with how the economy has been… but jeez, what is the real solution here? I can’t see much of anything positive coming out of this.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI think the only silver lining will (hopefully) be a whiplash reaction once the authoritarian populists fuck things up enough.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIt’s been a slow one in the UK, at least the US had a four-year load of nonsense to deal with before finding reality again.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoFor real - our electoral systems are utterly fucked, but sometimes yours makes ours look like a damn tea party
I predict that Argentinians are going to like this even less in the long run than the stuff the Peronists have gotten up to
I assume that, just like with trump, they won’t admit that they were bamboozled and will just double down with the crazy.
Most likely. That seems to be the pattern.
I can get the annoyance with how the economy has been… but jeez, what is the real solution here? I can’t see much of anything positive coming out of this.
I think the only silver lining will (hopefully) be a whiplash reaction once the authoritarian populists fuck things up enough.
It’s been a slow one in the UK, at least the US had a four-year load of nonsense to deal with before finding reality again.
For real - our electoral systems are utterly fucked, but sometimes yours makes ours look like a damn tea party