11-22-2023, 09:36 PM
Sure thing. My friend has worked in senior positions in the energy industry for decades. Mostly in S. America, but in the US as well. He lives in Florida, but still votes in Argentina.
He sees how the US press is calling him "far right" so that was his first remark to me. He said that in the US left and right mean something different. Here, both parties agree with capitalism (lol - yeah right! I didn't correct him) but in his country, there are full on socialists and anyone mentioning the free market is considered far right. The socialists there, according to him, are still opposed to private ownership of property. And anyone who thinks private property should be acceptable is cast as a greedy capitalist pig.
He said that Americans have no concept of dictatorship, but his country wasn't able to even vote until he was in his 20's (early 1980's).
I should note that my friend is smart and very successful. He knows economics, including Austrian. However, he considers the Austrian model a little too simplistic for the modern world. I didn't spend time discussing that much. We talked about Milei a few months ago when he first popped up on our radar. Back then, he didn't think Milei had a chance (which kinda colored my view on it as well). Now, though, he's hopeful that he's successful. I told him I was shocked that TPTB would allow Milei to win, and he said that Argentina is too small for them to even care about. I told him with their copper, manganese and lithium deposits, they WILL care.
We'll see... was a good conversation. I'll check in with him from time to time to check on things.
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