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[–] MamboGator 260 points 6 months ago (50 children)

Argentina is about to become the latest case study that libertarians refuse to acknowledge when you tell them their policies don't work.

[–] DeadHorseX 40 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (16 children)

I'm not a libertarian, I'm a social democrat.

The last century has been a total and unmitigated disaster for Argentina. The two options Argentinians had in this election were:

  1. More of the same by the guy who oversaw inflation reaching 160% (100% chance of things getting worse)
  2. A total wild card (99.9% chance of things getting worse)

Unsurprisingly, they went for the latter. I don't think anti-libertarians get to gloat in this context, given it's the Argentinian establishment which has overseen one of the most remarkable examples of total state-collapse and economic failure in modern history.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't actually know anything. But casually to me it looked like a choice between 160% chance of it getting worse and a 300% chance of getting worse. And it's not very surprising at all in these circumstances many go for the latter for all sorts of reasons (and delusions). But I don't actually know anything.

[–] DeadHorseX 1 points 6 months ago

You should probably read at least a little about Argentina's recent history before commenting then...

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