Mr Milei’s rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede.
Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”.
The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising inflation and an economy in crisis on peoples’ minds.
Mr Milei’s proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change…
I think this one pretty much nails it.
I like this list a lot. I’m actually going to bookmark it.
From that article:
Which of those 14 typical features you see in Milei’s movement to call it fascism? Because I see none, honestly.
Edit: Grammar errors.
That list is literally peronismo
Indeed. And they pretend to hold any position of moral authority while defending Kirchnerism.
you see none? Maybe open your fucking eyes
From the get go, it’s a populist figure that rails against the left (so he’s a traditionalist attacking “modern depravity”)
He campaigned hard on financial inequality and frustration
Not so bad, right?
Not so good either. I’d say that is approaching this point:
Which again is fine given the context, but it doesn’t stop there.
Next we have,
Which leans towards
And
Especially since
And lastly:
Would seem to fall under this point
Especially since it doesn’t end there:
So between the two of them there appears to be plenty of fascistic bullshit to go around. None, my ass; no shit he ain’t Mussolini but his whole campaign reeks of fascism regardless
Thanks for saving me the work.