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> "Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better" The subtext here seems to be that if the Trumpian right underst
by kerkeslager 2y ago
> "Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better"
The subtext here seems to be that if the Trumpian right understood Milei, they would not idolize him.
On the contrary, I believe that the Trumpian right understands Milei just fine: they're on board with his ideologies.
- vpribish 2y agoI agree with what you say, but it's funny that I can't tell if we have the same reasoning :) Their supporters don't know or care much about economics but sure like a brash-sounding contrarian strongman leader who appeals to their insecurities. They don't mind a touch of the 'ascism since the leopard surly won't be coming for their sort of face.
- kerkeslager 2y agoThat's about my reasoning, yeah.
- Barrin92 2y agoThat's impossible to square. As the article points out, his drastic spending cuts and embrace of free trade are basically the radical opposite of where the US is going. Protectionism and industrial policy seem to now be consensus. Milei is the closest thing the world has gotten to Milton Friedman style politics in the last few decades and the American right now looks more like what in Britain or Canada you'd call a Red Tory, i.e. paternalistic conservatism. People like Michael Lind who try to give this an intellectual underpinning are explicit critics of libertarianism.
- kerkeslager 2y agoNeither one of them follows an economic ideology: the only ideology either cares about is power. The oligarchies in the respective nations want different things, hence the surface differences you point out.