https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/argentina-president-javier-milei-cuts-culture-ministry-1234689693/
Javier Milei, newly elected president of Argentina, has signed a sweeping decree that will cut the number of Argentinian ministries by more than half, consolidating the ministries of Health, Labor,…
His face creeps me out so much. I usually try to attack the policies and not the person but it is just too much for me.
It’s like if Jason Bateman was cast in an oddball version of Batman where the Penguin was actually Isaac Asimov.
Every time a post about this guy comes up people start commenting like they know anything about Argentine politics.
The previous party (and only other option) was paying off IMF’s debt with money lended from China. There were printing money like there is no tomorrow. There were tight controls on the prices of everything. All while spending like crazy. Basically, they took all the money they could from every possible way.
Argentina needs drastic reforms and costs cutting. No wonder US and the IMF are applauding Milei’s plan.
More people ITT should get their first word asses up for a bit and take a look at the reality of our country instead of blindly hating on the new right winger. He is far from perfect, but also he’s the best we can produce, period.
Choosing the lesser evil is a reality for Argentinians.
I am curious about you saying he is a fascist. Why exactly? Look up that definition before answering.
But again, what would you know speaking from your comfortable first world chair. The guy is not great by any means, I even would agree with you that he is not “ok”. But he is the best we’ve got. The other side is worse, nothing we can do about it.
But he is the best we’ve got.
Ok. How about we meet here again in 2 years and see where you stand then?
No wonder US and the IMF are applauding Milei’s plan.
This is very much not a good thing in my book. The IMF has a historical record of always recommending austerity policies that always fail to let the country staying afloat.
The fuck? Where have you been hiding and getting news for all he's trying to do? He's as far away from fascism as the Earth is old.
He's got some very...questionable positions and some things I absolutely disagree with, but fascism is most definitely not something he's associated with. In fact, I'd argue he's as anti-fascist as it gets.
Fascism needs four things: Ultranationalism, Authoritarian Rule, Violent opression of your opposition and economic protectionism. All four things are as far away from his positions as it gets.
Yes, he's very conservative on some issues and has a pretty far right stance on others, but he's doing the complete opposite to repress different opinions. He's opening the country up, he's for same aex marriage and so on. I don't agree about having to privatize everything and I think it's a very bad idea, but that's not fascism.
His political allies are Trump and Bolsnaro GTFO here with this blind bootlicking bullshit.
Getting downvoted just for asking for some civil discussion... I'm getting some "good" old-fashioned reddit vibes here.
Yeah, I've noticed Lemmy has started to be less tolerant of different ideas/opinions lately. Not a fan of that.
We need open discussions and disagreements, and being as civil as possible helps to facilitate that. Otherwise things devolve, some become afraid to voice their thoughts, and trolls thrive off of the attention.
It's super important that we try to remember there is another person on the other side (even I fail at this at times, but we need to keep trying!)
We need open discussions and disagreements, and being as civil as possible helps to facilitate that.
Yes, but I also want nothing to do with a community that platforms fascists.
You brought up a good point and tarnished it with an insult.
He may not a fascist but he's certainly far-right and he allies with fascists.
FFS, just because he's adopted some anti-socialist stances that align with Trump and Bolsonaro, he's a political ally? God, i wish the world was that easy and black and white. Get some fucking political education, all you clowns that upvoted this shit.
Nothing like sleep walking right into another Videla, you're as oblivious to it as any of these MAGAtards here in the states, I hope you head down to the clue store to buy yourself a clue before Milei starts sending people to the camps or declares himself dictator for life.
TLDR:
The Ministry of Culture (and a few more: Social Development, Education, Women, Labor) will all get merged into a new one called Ministry of Human Capital.
Ministry of Human Capital
Did they have a contest to find the most inhuman, corpo-speak name possible or did they start with "Ministry of Human Chattel" and decide to tone it down slightly?
You don't need a competition when you have an oxymoron like an anarco capitalist at the helm. They are naturals.
This feels like it's going to end up as Anarcho-Capitalisms Cuba. Touted as proof that it works by supporters and as proof it doesn't work by detractors. I hope the Argentinian people come out of this ahead, or at the very least not even worse off.
Hard to be much worse off than over half the population living in poverty and using the black market to get basic things. In Europe and the United States, the black market is where criminals sell drugs. In Argentina, the black market is where everybody sells everything. Drugs or not.
I don't know about that. Capitalism with minor restrictions and major corruption are largely to blame for it. Taking away minor restrictions and just leaving the capitalism and corruption to their own devices, really only can end one way.
Yeah, I know, which is why I fully understand chosing this guy over literally their prior finance minister. It's pretty much "change nothing and hope it improves" vs "blow it all up and hope his ideas work half as well as he thinks they will".
If I remember correct, the saying is something like an idiot does the same things over and over again and expects different results. Sometimes you just have to blow something up and start again.
On the chopping block is the Argentine Ministry of Culture, along with the ministries of Health, Labor, Social Development, and Education
Feel like leading with the Mjnistry of Culture being cut over anyone of these to be odd.
Source appears to be called 'Art News', so they probably have a particular interest in arts and culture.
lol dude is that was he looks like? Jesus what is it with electing the weirdest looking cunts on the planet?
In Argentina, photographers usually try to get the most unflattering pictures of politicians so they can sell them to newspapers ideologically opposed to said politicians.
That's not what's happening here. He really does look like that. You should see what he looks like when he's posing for a picture. 
Probably better than many think. While privatizing critical infrastructure is a very bad thing to do (and I think education is one of those infrastructures), other things are in dire need of reforms in Argentina.
The correct response to having shot yourself in the foot is not to start shooting yourself in the leg instead.
Argentina has problems, but these are not the solutions to these problems. Not at all.
The catch is privatization make profit a priority.
Sure, the previous government was corrupt but wasn’t infected with the infinite growth cancer.