Oddbean new post about login | logout I don't know what idea there is of communism in here, but I have never heard in the last 40 years of argentine history a president say that they are against private property or that the means of production belong to the state. We have been a capitalist country for 213 years and we will continue to be my friend.
I’m an American, so I only know what I hear from others, but it seems very apparent to me that the incumbent Argentine government is socialist, with the most generous description.
Mmm I think we could say it's a Keynesian capitalism or a welfare state, but socialism is something else, my friend. Argentina is the land of the free, here you can do or say whatever you want and no one is going to deny it. You can buy what you want or do what you want with your money, even if it's not the best money. No one censors or persecutes you. Whenever you want, we are waiting for you with Wine & Asado (BBQ).
The land of the free? No hay high taxes and infinite government expending in the land of the free amigo mio.
And I never agreed with high taxes and endless state spending as well. But I believe that freedom it's something bigger. Like the freedom to choose a different system of government today without anyone denying it to you. Among other things.
What about the corruption? What about the freedom to work and own without your money loosing it value? What about the freedom to open business without excessive regulation? What about the nationalization of pension funds, airlines and the YPF (oil).?? And the attacks to the press? Are you actually free when the value of your property and the entire economy depends on the regime in charge?
It's just that I agree on almost everything. Corruption must be punished, money must maintain its value, it must not be complex to do business. In the experience here, the nationalization of the oil company YPF was due to the purchase of its shares as a private business. In particular, his previous manager was not good. With the flag carrier airline they are managed as a private business as well. Now I share that they must be profitable or have a meaning, otherwise they do not make sense to maintain them, like any private business. In any case, we would be talking about market rules. In Argentina there are still private pensions you are free to choose them if you want, in my case I have half private half public because of my work. As for the attacks on the press, I really don't know what you're talking about. Here everyone can say and do what they want Here everyone can say and do whatever they please. In fact, in the last 4 years there have been many fabricated cases between the judiciary and the corrupt press that led to a vice president almost being shot in the head and then tried in a trial where the prosecutor and the judge were close friends and in fact played together on the same neighborhood soccer team. Something unheard of in the entire history of the judiciary given that it goes against the legitimate process. Finally, yes, Argentina must agree on a long-term state policy.
Es q el socialismo fracasó, y ya no existe como tal, es contrario a la naturaleza humana. Ha mutado y ahora está en esa agenda 2030, wokismo, apocalipsis climática, género, estatismo y el keynesianismo es su forma, izquierda indefida.
No soy pardirario del Keynesianismo, pero creo que si Keynes estaría vivo y le diríamos socialista o comunista se reiría mucho, hehehe 😅
Esto son solo political gimmicks… el socialismo sigue fracasando como sistema político, pero se reafirma como el sistema para el control social y enriquecimiento personal.