▲ 166 ▼ Argentina formally announces it won't join the BRICS alliance in Milei's latest policy shift (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by filoria@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago Is he a good economist, though? Just take a look at how Argentina is faring right now and you can connect the dots to see he's not in any point a good economist, or an economist at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (7 children) Is he a good economist, though? Considering his academic career, he has to be at least well regarded by academia circles. It does not of course preclude he is outright incompetent hack, but it stronly point out that he's established figure in mainstream economics. Of course he wouldn't be first and not the last of "great economists" that run a country into the ground, but just as in case of people like balcerowicz or chicago boys, it's not because incompetence but because dogmatically following utter nonsense and being the pawn to imperialism (to be fair at this point the question of competence stops being relevant). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (6 children) I fully agree that Milei is at best dangerous to Argentina, but the country's economy has been kinda fucked up for a while. Inflation has been mad and growth has been generally negative for at least a decade permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yes, but neoliberal shock therapy is not gonna make it better. If you look at history of neoliberalism, it made everything worse every single time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It looks like I actually replied to the wrong person accidentally. I had meant to post that under Virkkunen's comment rather yours. I do agree with you though permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot -3 points 2 years ago (3 children) But what is going to make it better? The problem is that the election was between Captain Anachrocapitalism and a continuation of Peronist policies which included a lot of government intervention. He was won because he ran against everything the government represented. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent [–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago "The Economy" is about as hard a science as play-dough. It's all just made up bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago Is he a good economist, though? Just take a look at how Argentina is faring right now and you can connect the dots to see he's not in any point a good economist, or an economist at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (7 children) Is he a good economist, though? Considering his academic career, he has to be at least well regarded by academia circles. It does not of course preclude he is outright incompetent hack, but it stronly point out that he's established figure in mainstream economics. Of course he wouldn't be first and not the last of "great economists" that run a country into the ground, but just as in case of people like balcerowicz or chicago boys, it's not because incompetence but because dogmatically following utter nonsense and being the pawn to imperialism (to be fair at this point the question of competence stops being relevant). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (6 children) I fully agree that Milei is at best dangerous to Argentina, but the country's economy has been kinda fucked up for a while. Inflation has been mad and growth has been generally negative for at least a decade permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yes, but neoliberal shock therapy is not gonna make it better. If you look at history of neoliberalism, it made everything worse every single time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It looks like I actually replied to the wrong person accidentally. I had meant to post that under Virkkunen's comment rather yours. I do agree with you though permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot -3 points 2 years ago (3 children) But what is going to make it better? The problem is that the election was between Captain Anachrocapitalism and a continuation of Peronist policies which included a lot of government intervention. He was won because he ran against everything the government represented. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (6 children) I fully agree that Milei is at best dangerous to Argentina, but the country's economy has been kinda fucked up for a while. Inflation has been mad and growth has been generally negative for at least a decade permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yes, but neoliberal shock therapy is not gonna make it better. If you look at history of neoliberalism, it made everything worse every single time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It looks like I actually replied to the wrong person accidentally. I had meant to post that under Virkkunen's comment rather yours. I do agree with you though permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot -3 points 2 years ago (3 children) But what is going to make it better? The problem is that the election was between Captain Anachrocapitalism and a continuation of Peronist policies which included a lot of government intervention. He was won because he ran against everything the government represented. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yes, but neoliberal shock therapy is not gonna make it better. If you look at history of neoliberalism, it made everything worse every single time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It looks like I actually replied to the wrong person accidentally. I had meant to post that under Virkkunen's comment rather yours. I do agree with you though permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot -3 points 2 years ago (3 children) But what is going to make it better? The problem is that the election was between Captain Anachrocapitalism and a continuation of Peronist policies which included a lot of government intervention. He was won because he ran against everything the government represented. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago It looks like I actually replied to the wrong person accidentally. I had meant to post that under Virkkunen's comment rather yours. I do agree with you though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot -3 points 2 years ago (3 children) But what is going to make it better? The problem is that the election was between Captain Anachrocapitalism and a continuation of Peronist policies which included a lot of government intervention. He was won because he ran against everything the government represented. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) But what is going to make it better? Maybe organizing workers into political representation. I know it's not easy, but desperate voting for a fucking ancap just to get a change from bad to much worse is not it, unless someone is accelerationist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) So once you organize, what do you do? What policies do you implement? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They scream for they do not know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago "The Economy" is about as hard a science as play-dough. It's all just made up bullshit. permalink fedilink source parent