2023-09-08 04:00:00
An unexpected criticism came from the very center of the liberal market against the candidate of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Mileysince the magazine The Economist warned that the presidential candidate represents “a risk to democracy“.
That influential outlet said that Milei is rather “an eccentric academic than a presidential hopeful“, and believer of “conspiracy theories” and a “climate change skeptic.”
“Javier Milei would represent a danger to democracy in Argentina“, titled the British weekly one of the opening notes of the edition that came out this Friday.
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Along these lines, he said that “despite his neoliberal credentials, the presidential candidate has a authoritarian vein“.
The Economist is a magazine on economics, politics and globalization issues that has been published in London since 1843. It militates in favor of the free market and the liberal cause.
From this point of view, the economic philosophy defended by the publication should coincide with that of Milei. However, the publication harshly criticized the candidate’s proposals and also his profile.
“When he talks about his political philosophy, Milei has the air more of an eccentric academic than a presidential hopeful.“, Shooting.
Likewise, he said that although he says he accepts “the restrictions of real life”, in an interview that lasted almost three hours, the candidate defined himself as philosophically in anarcho-capitalism and in practice a “minarchist”, “a softer current of libertarian anarchism in which the The sole function of the state is to provide citizens with the army, police, and courts to to enforce property rights. He says that creating such a limited state would take decades.”
In the interview, he says that the share of public spending in the gross product would drop by 15 points, would reach fiscal balance in the first year and that the system of transfers and social benefits would change: that while the poorest would not take away social assistance , the public education system would be replaced by a voucher system so that families can choose a private alternative.
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The article mentions the dollarization as its main economic proposal (he points out that there are 5 alternatives) and raises doubts not only about its implementation but also about how it would reduce the weight of the public sector.
In this sense, he also says that “it is a skeptic about climate change“.
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On Milei’s character, The Economist makes a concise judgment: “The next President will surely have to go to the IMF, and this is the kind of delicate diplomatic task for which Milei clearly lacks the right temperament. Her closest adviser seems to be her sister He says incendiary things about his opponents. He suggested that a former presidential aide should be beheaded“.
The Economist notes that Milei is “Jair Bolsonaro fanatica former populist president of Brazil who copied some of the Donald Trump’s Undemocratic Tactics. seems to believe in Conspiracy theories about electoral fraud in Brazil and, what is more worrying, in your country. Despite being first in the primaries of Argentina, affirms that they “stolen” 5% of the votes“.
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The weekly also talks about his presidential running mate, victoria villaruel.
“His running mate, a former lawyer for soldiers accused of atrocities during the Argentine military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, highlights the crimes of the leftist guerrillas who fought against the junta, rather than the bloodier acts of the junta itself“, says the newspaper. Milei says that “both parties committed crimes”, a statement that defenders of civil liberties do not find reassuring.
“Intemperate, reckless and flamboyant: little about Milei suggests she’s the savior Argentina needs“warns the publication.
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