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The answers are suprisingly easy. And the people to blame are obvious. There's little nuance to be had and no "historical context" is needed beyond "it's been f
by mixedCase 4y ago
The answers are suprisingly easy. And the people to blame are obvious. There's little nuance to be had and no "historical context" is needed beyond "it's been fucked for a while because spending has been fucked for a while".
If you want to choose to believe that this is an "us vs greedy capitalists/the opposition/whatever" problem, that Argentina's problem is highly complex, multi-layered, too hard to deal with, and that the devil is in the details like the government tells people to believe on the TV, don't be surprised or angry by the results.
I've also never implied the solution is to let "some businessmen" run the country, and in fact implied that clearly not to be the case with my statement on Macri's government. Argentina is in such a dire state of emergency that it matters none if it's a right-wing, left-wing or whatever kind of government that's running the show because given basic competent human beings willing to fix the country that kind of "detail" only matters once you have surplus money to expend and you have to decide what to do with it. There's only one way out of this and it's to fix the budget by cutting spending to reasonable levels in one go, do away with inflationary practices, and make it possible for productive people to produce without having to worry about arcane tax rules. And again, tax-wise it's not so much the tax rate that matters (although in the short term it does, because Argentina has fucked over investors time and again and needs to do a lot to seduce money back in) as it is the amount and complexity of the tax system that leads people to evade them.
There are many political situations where information is scarce and there's room for honest discussion. In this one, there is none. I just hope that the only person stating basic truths over there looking and acting like a clown doesn't ruin your chances of not becoming another Venezuela.
- the_af 4y ago> The answers are suprisingly easy. And the people to blame are obvious. There's little nuance to be had and no "historical context" is needed beyond "it's been fucked for a while because spending has been fucked for a while". I obviously disagree with this. Whatever else our differences are, I don't think anyone thinks "the answers are surprisingly easy". > There are many political situations where information is scarce and there's room for honest discussion. In this one, there is none. I... well, I'm glad you have this level of certainty that you think there's no room for honest discussion. > I just hope that the only person stating basic truths over there looking and acting like a clown doesn't ruin your chances of not becoming another Venezuela. I'm afraid I know who you are talking about. "Basic truths" :facepalm: