alestevens Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Milei's government keeps behaving like a dictatorship, now having jailed people during protests that they are going to judge for sedition. Last wednesday, the Senate was discussing the Omnibus Bill (a law that pretty much wants to change our entire system all at once), and people were protesting for it not to be approved outside Congress. During the discussions, chaos ensued and police repression started, with people being jailed, and protestors being called terrorists by the President's Office. Among these people that were jailed unfairly, there are students, teachers, street vendors and people who were just passing by, who were chased down the streets for no reason with the excuse that cars were burned during the protests. Go figure, not one single person involved in said burnings was jailed despite doing it right next to the police and on live television. You wonder why? They did it themselves to justify the aftermath on what was pretty much a very calm protest. Street vendor jailed when he was putting his stuff in his car: Teacher jailed after crossing a street: Homeless man that was asking for money close to where the incidents happened also jailed: Someone that was just coming out of the subway gate and standing there also jailed: This should be an international scandal, but for some reason it is not. 16 people, university students and teachers among them, are still detained for no reason after almost a week, and about to be taken to regular jail with actual convicted criminals. A disaster not seen since the worst moments of our national history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyride Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Crazy conflicts with neighbor countries like Chile as well as public feuds with Lali… b-b-but the economy! this administration is absolutely tragic. Economic growth based on the cut of subsidies is all his supporters have on their defens, and they're not gonna be long term. Nepotism, nazi-like mindset, deep ties with other radical right-wing governments/"leaders"… I'm so sorry for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) Not very libertarian of him huh... or is it exactly what right-wing libertarianism embodies? Edited June 18 by Suilen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alestevens Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 3 minutes ago, Suilen said: Not very libertarian of him huh... or is it exactly what right-wing libertarianism embodies? He claims to be a libertarian, but in practice his government is more of a far-right affair. Very little of his decisions, both economic and social, have anything to do with actual libertarianism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 5 minutes ago, alestevens said: He claims to be a libertarian, but in practice his government is more of a far-right affair. Very little of his decisions, both economic and social, have anything to do with actual libertarianism. Yeah, but a lot of hype around his win was based on the fact that Argentina would get the first libertarian government in the world and prove that it's viable, but so far he's been discrediting its ideas, which is awful for both the citizens, who bear the brunt of his policies, and those who pinned their hopes on him (the latter will live, being outside the country). Though you still get some people who cheer on him in certain libertarian circles, and it makes me think that the rot and the misunderstanding of what libertarianism is run deeper than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyldChyld Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 15 minutes ago, alestevens said: He claims to be a libertarian, but in practice his government is more of a far-right affair. Very little of his decisions, both economic and social, have anything to do with actual libertarianism. Weirdly, the libertarian I know absolutely loves his far right stuff. Oh wait, that's not weird at all. It's just the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimulus Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, Suilen said: Not very libertarian of him huh... or is it exactly what right-wing libertarianism embodies? Jailing protesters and bystanders on public land is not libertarian, not even right-wing libertarian. The venn diagram of Trump supporters and Milei supporters is like a circle. Edited June 18 by Stimulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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