Never mind that the Argentinian presidential election was conducted with little fanfare, without months of early voting and Taylor Swift concerts urging young people to get mail ballots turned in, and perhaps most near and dear to the hearts of concerned Americans – without counting stalling out and restarting in the most corrupt parts of Buenos Aires as the nation slept, with results broadcast in a propagandizing fashion for several days until the desired end state was achieved.
This time – for the first time in what seems like ages – the populist tidal wave could not be stopped. Argentina has a new president, and his name is Javier Milei.
Milei is a bit eccentric, to say the least. I have no issue with that and believe that eccentricity and uniqueness make for not only better drinking buddies, but greater historical legends. This guy, a libertarian-minded populist, wants to get rid of everything and crush the nation-destroying leftist culture everywhere he finds it:
This article is not intended to focus on Milei, but rather on the global impact of his election in the coming year. I encourage all readers to watch Tucker Carlson’s excellent interview with Milei for greater insight into what drives the man, and his vision for Argentina.
Here are three takeaways I believe will impact the Western world in the wake of Milei’s blowout victory - which many people were worried over given last year’s Brazilian quasi-election and the preceding round that saw Milei in a distant second place, in jeopardy of not amassing a majority in Sunday’s election.
I. Forest Fires Begin with a Single Spark
Since the 2020 American quasi-election, the world of politics and elections has dealt worldwide lovers of freedom one bloody blow after another. Just two weeks ago, American patriots dealt with another wet blanket of quasi-elections wondering what, if anything, could be done to get beyond this seemingly immovable object of nontransparent elections. Business Insider, describing Carlson’s interview with Milei, seems less than thrilled at the global ramifications surrounding Milei’s election:
In the interview, Milei echoed the rhetoric of former US President Donald Trump, questioning the climate crisis, urging right-wingers to wage culture wars with liberals, and pledging to cut government spending to reduce Argentina’s spiking inflation.
Wait – it’s now right-wing to slash wasteful government spending? What does that make Bill Clinton, who gutted the military budget? People in Argentina can barely afford to eat, but there are more special interest departments in the nation’s government, which Milei has promised to eliminate, than can possibly be counted or needed. Milei hardly fits the mold of a right-wing evangelical one may find in the American South, but rather that of a business-minded TV personality (where have we seen this before?) tired of seeing the everyday man and woman suffer while those in power grow richer and even more powerful at the expense of national interests.
Of course, anyone who doesn’t put their national identity upon the altar of diversity, inclusion, climate change, refugee resettlement, virus mitigation, and population control is branded far right. These labels are as useless as the cyber storage capacity used to house mainstream media articles. Milei’s election has put the global political vanguard on high alert and at the ready against so-called conspiracy theories that are blamed for elevating populist outsiders into positions of great power.
II. Global Populism is Here to Stay
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