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[–] 157 points 2 years ago (4 children)

✅ Roaring 20s ✅ Pandemic ✅ Fascism on the rise around the world ✅ Multiple regional conflicts

Oh boy Ive seen this one before!

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Only this time, the countries falling to fascism generally have nukes, so now there's ultimately no way to stop them.

    And people don't want to listen and reject them en masse.

    So evil is winning.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't like where this is going...

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Relax, we still haven’t seen a ton of assassinations yet

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  • [–] 120 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Well, you guys voted for fascism. Now you’ve got it.

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    [–] 111 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Average self-proclaimed libertarian

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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I feel like Argentina is in for a rough ride. Meili is a buffoon, and dangerously ignorant.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can confirm. It's our own Trump / Bolsonaro.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Remember when that emu bit Bolsonaro? Good times.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They voted for this. There's a lot of idiots in Argentina and they're about to get what they asked for

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Only about half of them did, the other half shouldn't have to suffer because they're in the same country as the idiots.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Except that's how democracy works

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yes, it's how it works. But that doesn't mean everyone in a country deserves what's going to happen to them if a slim majority of them makes the 'wrong' choice in an election.

    Also note that the political class didn't help themselves by having the finance minister be the guy that ran against him. Voting for the same guy that was in charge during the hyperinflation period was probably not a very attractive prospect for many.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And here I thought libertarians hailed themselves as freedom absolutists.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    they do. right now they're upset because prison or bullet violates their freedom to choose how they punish other people for using freedom incorrectly. the moderates are outside waving gadsden flags and chanting "prison or bullet OR FIRE OR FLAYING OR DROWNING". Because freedom.

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  • [+] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Fascists gonna fascist..

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    “The state is not going to pay for the use of the security forces; organizations that have legal status will have to pay or individuals will have to bear the cost,” Bullrich said.

    Can they pay in Pesos? 'cause they can probably do that instead of burning it in their hearth.

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] [B] 10 points 2 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Human rights activists in Argentina have expressed consternation over new security guidelines to crack down on an anticipated wave of protests after the incoming government of libertarian president Javier Milei devalued the country’s currency by more than 50%.

    The aim of the new rules is to prevent a traditional form of protest known as piquete, in which demonstrators blockade city roads and highways for hours, days – and sometimes even weeks at a time.

    “Under the promise of order [the government] seeks to suppress public protest against the effects of official measures,” said the Centre of Legal Studies (CELS) in a statement.

    “The measures attack the right to protest and criminalize those who demonstrate and persecute social and political organizations.”Leftist legislator and former presidential candidate Myriam Bregman said on X (formerly Twitter): “What Bullrich announced is absolutely unconstitutional … The right to protest is the first of all rights.” José Luis Espert, a legislator with Milei’s party, Liberty Advances, replied with a three-word phrase: “Prison or bullet.”The new protocol empowers police at train and bus stations to seize face masks, sticks or other elements they consider could be used in a demonstration.

    In this way, it criminalizes mothers and fathers who demand better conditions for their families and excludes those in charge of their care,” said the CELS in its statement.Television newscaster Mario Massaccesi of the TN news channel recalled that Bullrich herself blockaded downtown streets in Buenos Aires when protesting against Covid lockdowns.

    “What authority does she have now to tell others they can’t protest?” asked the newscaster.Protests are expected in response to the massive wage cuts and transport and tariff hikes announced as part of Milei’s “chainsaw” economic programme.


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