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First, the title is very misleading. A candidate which proposes dollarization has won, unexpectedly, the primary elections (not even the main elections yet). He
by dysoco 3y ago
First, the title is very misleading. A candidate which proposes dollarization has won, unexpectedly, the primary elections (not even the main elections yet). He will have to win again in October and the numbers are very close between the 3 main parties, however it is for sure a possibility that he (Milei) wins.
Even if he wins, he doesn't have a lot of support from the senate or congress to pass laws since he's a more "independent" candidate separate from the two main parties, he also has no governors on his side. So, it will be very difficult for him to actually accomplish anything, let alone something so significant.
Even if he can, I believe he actually said it's a 35-year plan to sort of bring Argentina back into tracks, so he might not even actually dollarize.
Now, on a more general note, his win was very unexpected, he was sort of regarded as a joke not too long ago but apparently amassed a good number of followers, some of which are libertarian but most I believe are just fed up with inflation and insecurity.
Personally, I believe he is really not fit for presidency, moreover, he claims to be "libertarian" however he's very conservative on social issues, already claimed he's going to hold a plebiscite to prohibit abortions, he's against sex education in schools because he claims it's "perverse", he's a climate change denier and his vice-president is a denier of the 70s Argentinian dictatorship as well. I believe him to be a potentially dangerous candidate were him to reach power. I know many people in HN will disagree because most Argentinians in this website sympathize with him.