He's a moron

With all the populist snake charm of a Bolsonaro.

However, his opponent was the guy in charge of the economy. It'd be like voting for a fire chief when structure fires were increasing exponentially. People were willing to try something different, even if it ended up being Latin Boris Johnson.

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He has forgotten more about economics than you’ll ever know - airborneirish 2024-01-18 14:53:35
- Never thought I'd see someone defending Javier Milei - ravenium 2024-01-18 14:55:24
  - I think if you read my post again and consider what I wrote - airborneirish 2024-01-18 15:45:52
    - You seemed to be suggesting that I was dismissing BI - ravenium 2024-01-18 16:22:20
      - I wish them the best, but I am not sanguine. - BeijingIrish 2024-01-18 17:48:48
        Nine defaults, which includes 3 over the last 2 decades - DBCooper 2024-01-18 18:12:31
        Argentina had a bigger per capita GNP than the US until 1932 - BeijingIrish 2024-01-18 19:33:33
The regime before him helped perpetuate triple digit - krudler 2024-01-18 14:46:10
- My understanding is Lula has done fine - AquinasDomer 2024-01-18 16:15:10
  - I do a lot of work there, the spending leading to outsized - krudler 2024-01-18 16:57:49
    - Bolsonaro and Milei are different characters as well - AquinasDomer 2024-01-18 17:15:05
      - Agreed. I think Milei is serious about his plans for - krudler 2024-01-18 20:08:21
- I don't think populism is much better - ravenium 2024-01-18 14:54:43
  - the idea that the people know better, and they usually don't - BeijingIrish 2024-01-18 15:11:37
    - Indeed - TJK1998 2024-01-18 15:26:15
      - I didn't mean it quite that complexly - ravenium 2024-01-18 15:58:17
        Re: your penultimate paragraph, I agree. * - TJK1998 2024-01-18 16:18:30
  - Plenty of human degradation has been caused - krudler 2024-01-18 14:58:22
    - Oh, undoubtedly - ravenium 2024-01-18 16:06:59
      - As our previous idiot of a president taught us… - four pillars 2024-01-18 20:46:50
      - Fair enough. I can respect that. Cheers. * * - krudler 2024-01-18 16:13:07