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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm sure this is an important step to get the inflation under control, it will really improve the people's life !

Great use of their time and power.

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

I really hope this is just to appease Trump and get on his good side and he doesn't actually go and attack trans rights

[–] popcornpizza@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

A point some people seem to miss is that this administration is attacking from the bottom. They make it seem like little kids are getting surgeries as soon as they declare they're the opposite gender so no one "reasonable" could be against this ban.

Once this passes and no one objects, and nothing really changes because kids weren't getting surgeries in the first place, they wait a while. Then they'll find some other "issue" and move on to adult trans people.

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Not an expert, but isn't the argentinian president an ultra-liberal? (liberal as the world-definition, not the US-definition)

Could this just be to appease Trump?

[–] popcornpizza@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

He ran a campaign claiming to be ancap libertarian and liberal (as you say, the world definition). However, if one listened closely to what he said and paid attention to what he did, as well as look at the local people he rubbed elbows with, one would understand immediately that he's just a right-wing authoritarian populist.

He has met up with the same people behind Trump from the start, and as soon as he took over last year he pulled the same crap Trump is pulling in the US. He only became bolder now that Trump's term began. That's not appeasement, it's knowing he has Trump backing him in case people here become too fed up with him. Though I have to wonder if Trump would even care.

Edit: Some people here are trying to paint trumpism = peronism as to distance Milei from Trump, but it's bullcrap.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Liberal like Libertarian, actually small government, low inflation, leaving people alone, allegedly.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

That seems extremely un libertarian of him. Wonder how his supporters will spin it as a positive for libertarians

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