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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 135 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not really back luck of you voted him in but still funny nonetheless.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago

LeopardsAteTheirFaces?

They're getting exactly what they have voted, so.the meme should be scumbag Steve: votes for 🍊🌮 cries for bailouts when 🍊🌮 enacts promised policies.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Can we get another meme for money going directly to WWII Nazis and their descendants?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 85 points 11 months ago
[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 43 points 11 months ago

Milei—whom Trump has previously dubbed his “favorite president”—was the first foreign leader to meet the president after his victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Argentine's radical reforms have been viewed as the inspiration for Elon Musk during his time as symbolic chief of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

I am not surprised one bit, because all I knew about Milei was him being a complete fucking dumbass. So the orange rapist and the ketamine addict liking him seems natural.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (9 children)
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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Country chooses communist system: US sanctions them, destroys economy and points to it saying "see communism doesn't work!!"

Country chooses right wing asinine system: system collapses due to its own failures annnnnd the US rushes to save it...

...

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Argentina has been an economic basket case for decades. The short reign of Allende and the ensuing coup is not the reason for it. Millei‘s radical measures cut down on the rampant inflation but caused other issues. Argentina needing a bailout is a regular occurence.

You can go back to Peron‘s economic policies in the 1950s as the starting point for things going wrong, if you like. Deindustrialization in the 1970s was another major blow. The international debt of Argentina is mindboggling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Argentina

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Allende was in Chile. Wtf are you talking about?

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Allende was Chilean, not Argentinian.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

This is called the Japanese Miricle.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

Remember when he first took power and all the usual suspects of newspapers (NYT, WaPo, etc) were touting his spending cuts as reinvigorating the Argentinian economy? They tried to push the US austerity measures using that as an example. Shocked it didn’t worked out like they said. (Well not that shocked).

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, the right wing libertarian economic policies that have never worked before didnt work this time? I am shocked.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Argentina and bad economic policies have been a iconic duo for decades.

[–] richieadler@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, let's not discuss US role on those policies...

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At the end of the day they still chose that policy.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you what the school of the America's is?

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes and Im wondering why you would be bringing that up in a discussion about economic policy since it is completely unrelated to what was taught there.

[–] richieadler@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You believe they're unrelated, you live in a fantasy realm.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

No I know they are unrelated. The School of the Americas is not teaching economics. They teach “counter insurgency” and other military tactics because it is run by the US military.

it’s clownish to suggest this has anything to do with the school of the Americas especially since nobody in Milleli’s economic team attended it.

It’s fucking weird to think Argentinians did not choose the policy they actively voted for. Argentinians have the ability to decide things for themselves and it is insulting to suggest everyone just follows the whims of Americans.

[–] richieadler@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, let's ignore US State Department pressures and decades of indoctrination.

The US are a scourge on the world, accept it and stop defending their policies.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Instead you want us all to be so ignorant as to presume no nation has a role in choosing what policy they follow but instead does what the USA tells them?

[–] richieadler@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You wouldn't understand the role of political indoctrination because you live in Indoctrination Central.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you’re just trying to ignore that Argentinians willing adopted bad policy all on their own and want to be able to blame America rather than accept that Argentinians willingly chose bad policy.

It’s fucking weird that anyone isn’t blaming the Argentinian electorate as there’s no evidence that the elections were rigged by outside forces.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait until the US needs help...

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 8 points 11 months ago

The Treasury Secretary was asked "What if NYC needs a bail out?" and replied "Drop dead."

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

chainsaw, what a choice of word lmao musk looked like a fucking loon when he received the chainsaw on stage

"this is the chainsaw for democracy. Chainsaw"

"yahhhhhhhhhh"

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 12 points 11 months ago

Who needs affordable healthcare when we can give a dumbass $20 billion 🧐

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (10 children)

It needs a revolution, not US help.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

It needs a revolution, yes, but it's also important that people see what happens under unregulated capitalism.

I'm actually thinking that what's currently happening in both Argentine and the US is a good thing because it very visually demonstrates what happens when the system does not work for the people. It is only by example that the masses will learn.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean, like marxist one?

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yes please.

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[–] gigachad@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago

It now needs US Help Argentina took a chainsaw to its economy. It now needs US Help. A chainsaw

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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