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Argentina has direct elections of the president, multiple political parties, and mandatory voting. How does that make them a "non-free country"? If anything tha
by adjwilli 14y ago
Argentina has direct elections of the president, multiple political parties, and mandatory voting. How does that make them a "non-free country"? If anything that makes Argentines more free than citizen of the United States.
Also what is your criteria for a hard currency vs a soft currency? It seems weird to group the US Dollar and Euro with gold and put the Argentine Peso in a separate group.
- JumpCrisscross 14y agoA hard currency is a globally traded currency expected to serve as a reliable store of value. The Argentine peso isn't widely enough traded, not to mention subject to devaluation, to even remotely qualify as a hard currency.
- forgottenpaswrd 14y agoI won't consider mandatory voting, someone forcing you to vote, freedom at all. I was in Argentina the last election, I saw buses of poor people that were given bocadillos and $10 with instructions of who they should vote. Argentina is going downhill. I know, I have family there.
- wslh 14y agoI think you can't differentiate between political theory and realpolitik. Having elections don't make a country free. We can argue infinitely about the same on other places but Argentina has a long history of constraining individual freedom and policies against productive companies