That ought to do the trick!
I guess if your population gets cynical and apathetic enough, democracy becomes a means of entertainment rather than governance.
But Milei do not offer such solutions. And if you watch the political debates and his proposal hi uses a lot of technical terms.
But Massa lost?
Argentinians have decent schools and universities (compared to other countries in the region), the capital has a decent transportation system, they have free healthcare, etc. All of these things are keeping a country that's falling apart still somewhat together and Milei has openly said he's going to do away with all of these.
How is that going to improve the situation in Argentina? I'm not sure slashing public education and healthcare is good for the country. People are extremely poor, what are they going to do when they can no longer afford medical care, just die?
Argentina definitely needs to become more fiscally responsible, but if anything, this shouldn't mean getting rid of their free healthcare and education; that's a difficult equation to put together for sure. But that's why they need responsible leaders capable of truly discerning what matters from what doesn't. I believe Milei is just going to plunge Argentina further into chaos.
It's not clear that Argentina can afford the kind of social services you're talking about. Liberalization will be painful but then things will get better.
If all goes well, perhaps in the future we'll be able to compare this transition to Chile under Pinochet, minus a bloody coup and associated political repression. Or maybe Milei will drop the ball.
A lot of the policies we implement today won't bloom until 10, 20 years in the future. If you make education worse today; you won't notice tomorrow. You'll start noticing in a generation.
And a big part of Chile's "economic miracle" can be traced to China's development (as China is actually Chile's biggest economic partner) [1]. Chile is now a days fully trapped with an economy that does nothing but extract resources without any kind of development at all. The so called middle-income trap. And this is generating huge friction in the country. If it all goes well, I don't hope for Argentina to become more like Chile; as I believe Chile is on a downward spiral (much like most of the rest of the region). What they should be looking at are economic models similar to what's happening in Asia.
Chile is not a good example to follow.
Also, do people not know who Milei is? He's openly in favor of organ-selling and also considers the selling of children a possibility. He literally has a medium on hire that he uses to communicate with his deceased dog (whom he has cloned) and believes that his sister is the literal Messiah. This is *not* someone you would want running any country. He's clinically insane and I'm not exaggerating.
[1] https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/pinochets-economic-policy-is-v...
Dollarization and liberalization might be. We'll see.
Has this ever worked anywhere to take an empoverished country out of their miserable situation?
Also, this completely ignores the context of the region. South American history is littered with examples of politicians that promised easy solutions to deep, complex issues.
I don't know if Milei will succeed but his recipe for success (liberalization) is correct. No one is claiming that it's easy.
And I really hope you are not using Chile under Pinochet as a good example of anything.
Pinochet was a fascist. Do you seriously feel okay endorsing his aims and goals?
Wikipedia says Argentina is currently 47th on the HDI scale and 66th on the GDP (PPP) Per Capita. Failed currency or not it can get a lot worse. Not saying it will or will not, just that objectively Argentina isn't that bad even with the semi-permanent crisis.
Slicing the state to zero as part of the shock therapy economics did not stop inflation nor it helped recesdion in Eastern European ex-Soviet countries in 1990s.