{"id":86498,"date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86498"},"modified":"2023-11-20T08:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:57:16","slug":"dont-cry-for-milei-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86498","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Cry For Milei, Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Don Surber notes, suddenly everyone’s an expert on Argentina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll come back to that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libertarian-Conservative Javier Milei crushed his center-left opponent, showing Argentina’s crushing dissatisfaction with over a decade of center-to-far-left politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Left is, predictably, unhappy<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA radical libertarian and admirer of Donald Trump rode a wave of voter rage to win Argentina\u2019s presidency on Sunday, crushing the political establishment and bringing the sharpest turn to the right in four decades of democracy in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJavier Milei, a 53-year-old far-right economist and former television pundit with no governing experience, claimed nearly 56% of the vote in a stunning upset over Sergio Massa, the center-left economy minister who has struggled to resolve the country\u2019s worst economic crisis in two decades. Even before the official results had been announced Sunday night, Massa acknowledged defeat and congratulated Milei on his win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump also congratulated Milei. \u2018I am very proud of you,\u2019 Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. \u2018You will turn your Country around and Make Argentina Great Again!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Don Surber’s response – “don’t anoint him yet, but the vote matters more than the candidate – isn’t wrong at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he adds: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don\u2019t recall Argentina being great before but diplomacy requires a certain suspension of reality. It\u2019s the 1970s chant of I\u2019m OK, You\u2019re OK updated for international relations. I\u2019m Great Again, You\u2019re Great Again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Thing is, Argentina was, <\/em>if not “great”, at least doing really, really well not that terribly long ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reminder that Argentina was once one of the richest nations on Earth and a rival of the U.S. – hence the well-known phrase, "as rich as an Argentine".

Incredible facts about the Argentinian economy in the early 20th century:

\u2705 As rich as the U.S. per capita at the turn of the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/yaZCABDWQO<\/a><\/p>— The Culturist (@the_culturist_) November 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>