Javier Milei: Madman? Or savior?

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[@lefthand4943]

The union for ports or what don't like toilete and any automation.

[@michaelgreenway9851]

‘Reason’ and ‘journalism’ is a non-sequitur.

[@diongenoud5663]

More biased journalism, just what the world needs 🎉

[@BravaShow]

There is a version from a more capitalist perspective than this one. This report seems to have been made by the Peronist opposition.

[@GeryTrader]

I didn’t

[@puertousbmonkey]

As Milei always says: " what is the difference between a mad man and a genius ? - Success "

[@alexanderx33]

Success according to who though? If it's the person themselves, that may not affect whether they are a madman or a genius from a third person perspective. If you have the option of making a man powerful, virtuous, or to think critically, the best of those options it to make him think critically.

[@puertousbmonkey]

@alexanderx33 according to economic functions. He turned them around and had been steady since 11 months consecutive

[@eriklondon2946]

@@puertousbmonkey Yep it is still early, but I hope he has enough runway for the people to actually see the benefits of freeing the economy and people from socialism for them to understand that it was libertarianism that enabled it.

[@ramonroman4363]

@puertousbmonke---What economic genius, in one year, turns 54% of the Argentinians into poverty? Do you and he call this success?

[@roberttuss5349]

@@alexanderx33 You're way overthinking this. It's meant to be metaphorical.

[@Paetaor]

Not a chainsaw to the economy. A chainsaw to the state.

[@eriklondon2946]

...To cut the economy and people free from the burden of the totalitarian socialist state.

[@ramonroman4363]

@Paetaor----You see, sir, you also are an ignorant in economy. During all his screaming for years and insulting to anybody that didn't agree with him, if he just, as a president of Argentina, wants to eliminate the state, as he preached for years and years, well, now that he is president the only thing that he has to do to eliminate the state, as he wanted and preached, HE JUST HAS TO STOPTHE COLLECTION OF TAXES AND PRESTO, THE STATE IS RIP AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA DISAPPEARS.

[@eriklondon2946]

Yup I am glad that he is offering them a chance without being dragged down for the last 100 years. Freedom to innovate and create and add new businesses with a much smaller State.

[@ramonroman4363]

@@eriklondon2946-----This is what I ask to all the ignorant people like you that talk about a SMALLER STATE. What does it mean to you a smaller state? Now, All the democratic countries of the world have states that have enormous benefits for their citizens and this is the result of the collection of taxes, and if you find out, most of the citizens of Europe don't mind paying high taxes to enjoy the state benefits, and the state, any democratic state, functions simply because the people want, with their votes and taxes, these kind of states. You eliminate the taxes, like this guy milei preached and promised for years and years, well, you eliminate the state and this is a fact. Name one democratic country in the world that has the social and economic characteristic that this madman wants for Argentina.

[@miguelmorales4633]

@ramonroman4363 I'll name one state with the highest inflation in the world after decades of your ignorant populism: ARGENTINA. I will also name one country with the highest currency value growth in the last year: ARGENTINA. To say that Milei wants the complete destruction of Argentina is idiocy. Obviously those who live off the state and those who steal through corruption hate the chainsaw. Which are you, tax lover?

[@jsg9575]

I have a lot of Argentinian friends and family. Even the ones that hated what he was doing and who he is now have started saying things are actually getting much better....literally all of them

[@silcar2300]

True

[@Federuberti]

Traeme a esos giles y que le pasen guita a mi viejo jubilado y a todos los que estan empobreciendose a pasos acelerados

[@Rob-me8vp]

@@Federubertihow can they get poorer then they already were with an inflation rate out of control.

[@1978hugogaston]

​@@Federuberticon la INFLACION del 230% que dejó MASSA,ALVERSO y KRETINA que pretendías?.... DEJARON un BANCO CENTRAL con -12000 MIL MILLONES DE DÓLARES y DEUDAS con Importadores por 50 mil MILLONES!! DEFICIT del 15 % de PBI, POBREZA del 50% ,3000 VILLAS MISERIAS repartidas por toda la ARGENTINA!! CORRUPCION,INSEGURIDAD, NARCOTRAFICO....ESTO USTEDES no lo VEIAN?... CINICOS, MENTIROSOS, CORRUPTOS eso es lo que SON!

[@Giulia-Parravicini]

@@FederubertiDecile a Cristinita que devuelva todo lo que afanó incluyendo vaciar el Anses y que pague ella la gente que jubiló sin aportes, robándole a quienes si aportaron. Capaz a tu viejo le robaron aportes para regalárselo a otros cual Robin Hood con guita ajena, sumado a todo lo que se chorearon. Lastima que la guita no crezca en los arboles y lo de la maquinita no funciona!

[@WINGS-0F-FREEDOM]

Today (December 2024) the Milei positive results are increasing. His image is better then when he was elected. He's definitely saving Argentina.

[@FacuVega17]

Absolutely my friend.

[@genribereznitskyy2207]

VLLC

[@R_Alexander029]

I'm Mexican and have friends in Argentina who were so affected by inflation, they wanted to leave Argentina (before Milei). One thing is for certain, things were definitely not working well before Milei.

[@joly1007]

​@@R_Alexander029Soy argentina y las cosas antes de milei eran un desastre. Todo el tiempo te cambiaban las reglas del juego, no podías ahorrar, había. Mucha corrupción por todos lados, era un desastre total

[@feruproger3335]

Totalmente, soy argentino y lo vote y lo haria mil veces, siempre dijo la verdad y siempre hablo con datos. eso convence a cualquiera que tenga dos dedos en la frente.

[@homewall744]

The problem is people who prefer liberty aren't violent, while the people who prefer government forced unity are fully violent.

[@dancing4bears]

Correction: ...the people who prefer government and tyranny are fully comfortable with telling others to enforce their will with violence.

[@SunTingWong]

@@dancing4bearstyranny is government minus accountability

[@osopolar3740]

In Argentina it's different, that's why Milei won, libertarians here are conservative, and we are willing to give our lives for freedom

[@handyman2233]

​@@osopolar3740You guys are more American than us Americans.

[@firemedic7917]

Just like the democrats in the US. They accuse us conservatives of being everything they are. Violent, aggressive, destructive and corrupt.

[@James-lt3so]

Argentina is leading the world philosophically in a way that makes even the most freedom loving Americans jealous

[@Edward-op3yc]

El Salvador put every gang member they could find in jail with no possibility of parole. El Salvador is the second safest country in the western hemisphere behind Canada

[@eriklondon2946]

@@Edward-op3yc Yes, I am not as sure about his economic policies, but El Salvador, like much middle and south Americas has pretty extreme violence and corruption. So most probably appreciate it, but who knows what he thinks economically.

[@ramonroman4363]

@James-lt3so---You are an ignorant. What has a shock therapy to do with philosophy? It is quite sure that you don't read or know much of what is happening in the world.

[@firemedic7917]

While their economy collapses.

[@ramonroman4363]

@James-lt3so----What has philosophy to do with economy? Yes, the US with its freedom allows as much violence as the people wants and this moment the US has more than two million people in jail and everyday if keeps on increasing. I responded to your educated opinion but it disappeared, so, I put this again.

[@santiagoravotti5508]

60% of argentines support Milei after the economic adjustments and crackdowns on violence, narcos and corruption. That is even a higher % than the one that voted for him. The people is by his side. We put him in charge to do exactly this. Our voices are being heard, more than ever.

[@etchalaco9971]

People voted for him because he promised that the political elite would pay for the adjustment.

[@DannieRay23]

I'm from Chile, and if I had a dollar everytime I read "exactamente lo que voté" from an argentinian... We need someone like him over here

[@SkoomaCat]

​@@DannieRay23 exactamente lo q deberian votar

[@law-abiding-criminal]

Afuera!!!🎉

[@larryc1616]

Viva 53%Poverty rate record high🎉

[@Shoutinthewind]

The Trump of South America if Trump were a genius and a libertarian…

[@AndyJarman]

To the flaccid muddle headed sycophants anything that addresses problems that doesn't involve throwing more tax dollars at a problem is "Trump". Trump is currently advocating tariffs, can you imagine Milei advocating taxes on imports! The commentator in this video is unaware how trapped his own thinking is in the "borrow more to pay the bills" central command economy set of ideas. I wish Milei luck, I don't believe an alcoholic can get sober on his own resolve, but I'm not about to advocate a strong man. South America has had too many for too long.

[@jcalas]

Trump is the Kirchner of USA

[@barbadolid5170]

Indeed. Trump is far from being a libertarian, but he is not a woke socialist either

[@GueroMexicanGT]

As a Trump supporter Milei is indeed way superior to Trump.

[@ticktockbam]

​@Machoman50taThere's basically no way around that tbh. I still struggle to understand why that happens tho.

[@felipesuarez5041]

He is obviously a Madman. He needs to be kind of crazy to go against the stablishment and reduce public spending, even though that dimishes his own power and popularity. But his priority really is Making Argentina Great Again, not his own benefit.

[@theScotian24]

He is exactly what the Doctor prescribed.

[@1dering1]

He is both gaining power and popularity. He always said what was going to happen and as many times before, he was right.

[@sovietdepetrogrado6560]

Error. Bajar el gasto público no disminuye su popularidad, es más, desde que comenzó a gobernar su popularidad se mantuvo intacta y asta a crecido según algunas encuestas, parece que la gestión de Milei está dejando satisfechos a los votantes de sus opositores y a los neutrales.

[@josearriola7070]

​@@1dering1 bullshit. He didn't say that the "jubilados" will pay for it, or that he will generate unemployment and that poverty will keep on growing.

[@kuno5134]

His popularity even went up. Won with 55% and popularity was close to 60% last time. He told people what he would do, and he is doing exactly that, and people support him. Don't mind that 40% that voted for the ones that were 20 years in government and didn't fix anything.

[@maurobatt]

One of the better videos by foreign media, but already pretty behind. Things move really fast, and this is the reality of about 6 months ago. The inflation panorama is clearer, new challenges are being tackled and the conversation is going elsewhere already. But a million times better than videos by Deutsche Welle, France 24, etc.

[@agustintaito2758]

Im agree with this guy statement. Im from argentina and things are gettin actualy better! Next year i will have my own house. Years ago was imposible due to fucked up goverments we had.

[@srta.carlota696]

True, this is one of the best foreign reports I've seen.

[@openlink9958]

​@@agustintaito2758wow, a house owner on Argentina, thats pretty good

[@415spitfire]

if he makes leftist cry, he is doing well

[@albertoizquierdo7896]

Le odian como a la peste. Le temen. En Latinoamerica el liberalismo siempre tuvo muy mala prensa. Se han dado cuenta de que MIlei va a cambiar esa percepcion.

[@Muskiehunter4841]

As a libertarian myself, I see Javier as my hero. I’m excited for the Argentinian people since I know this will make their lives better in the long run.

[@theScotian24]

I like Milei and his AFUERA policies are amazing, but as another commentor said, he has no plans on ever reducing police or military spending, and that, my friend, is no Libertarian. Libertarians are brain dead anyway.

[@ramonroman4363]

@Muskiehunter484----Yes, yes, yes, life, in the long run, will definitely be better for all the Argentinians that survive the hunger and the poverty brought by this economic "genius".

[@jaydunbar7538]

@@ramonroman4363 world history is very clear that socialism in all forms starves the people, freedom feeds them.

[@PlzNo25]

@@ramonroman4363the poverty was brought by its decadent system. Hyperinflation was avoided for now, but they have a deadline on debt coming up next year, if credit improves for Argentina they may be able to refinance. If demand for pesos and dollars adjusts they may be able to abolish the central bank without risk. Incomes have been gaining on inflation for the 2nd half of the year, there’s growth, poverty decreasing, even cut off corrupt middlemen that took money from welfare programs (so more money now actually gets to the intended people), crime has been going down, housing became more affordable, tariffs removed so now Argentinians can import for much less. So much corruption has been exposed and ended, Argentina is expected to grow significantly even with only current reforms and inflation is going to 0% The first 3 months were the toughest, now there’s mostly good news constantly.

[@AndyJarman]

Good luck Argentina, the world is watching with hope in its heart.

[@DAWN001]

Big fan of Milei. Learning Spanish now and will definitely visit Argentina as soon as I am fluent enough. Probably will invest there as well, once I know more about the options.

[@belthesheep3550]

Depending on where you go you may not need to learn particularly much spanish, Argentina has a good english literacy rate. Greetings from Tucumán!

[@silcar2300]

You will be welcome. Many Americans are coming.

[@ultratronger]

@@belthesheep3550 son inchequeables esos datos, paras a cualquier persona por la calle y no te saben decir una oracion, se enseña re mal el ingles, verbo to be 6 años seguidos en la secundaria

[@belthesheep3550]

@@ultratronger Y como dije depende donde vayas, aca donde yo vivo de verdad que es raro encontrar pibes que hablen bien ingles pero hay unos cuantos, o sea digamos yo soy un ejemplo.

[@alejandrorojas-2025]

Ty brother ty i am from argentina im alx ty for your coment

[@jorgeluisgimenez9837]

Excellent documentary. although it needed some more interviews with milei´s supporters who are not activist, like middle class or poor people, most of them support milei now. And as time goes on, there are almost no protests left. Everything feels much more stable now, optimism is growing more and more.

[@Mancuernasgratis]

Verdadero, abrazo

[@automatemefirst]

Wikipedia has a special section just to explain how the Perón’s were not influenced by fascists, so that makes me feel that maybe they were.

[@jhonwicked253]

You know they have their hands dirty when there's an editorial team always ready to erase any changes that have to do with Peronism.

[@angellestat2730]

wikipedia on Argentine politics, is all managed by socialist, it is impossible to add corrections no matter how many sources or evidence you have in your favor. Peron is the worst thing that happen to Argentina. We went from being a top 5 PBI per capita to 80. With all incentives backwards, for all those who want to work and progress, the worst penalties, and for those who want to steal and live for nothing, all the benefits.

[@etchalaco9971]

@@angellestat2730 the landed aristocracy was rich, not Argentina and there was no labor movement until Peron.

[@angellestat2730]

​@@etchalaco9971 all Europeans that arrive to argentina where in a 90% poor. What are you talking about? They all keep coming because they had more opportunities to growth here than in their respective countries. The same happen in USA at that time (both countries with liberal constitutions). Now.. a test for you. Name 1 country in the whole world, that applying socialism over at least 10 years (low index on economic freedom) did well, or name 1 country that applying capitalism (high economic freedom) over 10 years did poorly. You would not find a single case in the 190 countries in the world of those cases. All 190 cases show with huge evidence that economic freedom is the main cause of economy growth, reducing poverty and better quality of life in general. Use any economic freedom index you want.

[@ticktockbam]

You mean Wikipedia, the people's dictionary, where basically anyone with an account can edit articles and promote a certain ideology as long as they have the most amount of people willing to edit an article a certain way, is biased? Color me shocked.

[@michaellowe3665]

As an American watching this, I kind of feel like a French peasant under Louis the XVI watching America's founding fathers show the world a better way of running a government.

[@redpillmatrix4086]

Milei is a BRILLIANT economist!

[@az8557]

2nd best worldwide

[@Federuberti]

Milei is full of crap

[@larengalive]

@@Federuberti Buen argumento I N U T I L

[@zzzzzzz7268]

@@Federuberti lmao, the left is full of crap. They manage to turn a rich country into a miserable land with no borders, no safety, and narcos everywhere. Your statement is so pathetic.

[@Gsa774]

😂😂😂ignorante​@@Federuberti

[@gastonsalinas3009]

I'm argentinian and I live in my country, I voted for him, and I can tell on his first year as our president that he's a savior for sure, Viva la Libertad Carajo!

[@larryc1616]

Are you among the 53% in poverty?

[@FacuVega17]

​@@larryc1616 Bajo del 57% del gobierno anterior, a 49% y en bajada.

[@andybass840]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alyssondasilva4484]

27:47 He was not calling her "Mister" President. He used "Señora" (Mrs. or Madam). In Spanish, as in Portuguese, the gender is often indicated by the ending of the word, "a" for feminine, "o" for masculine. But some words are neutral and don't need to change the ending because they can be used to refer to men and women, some feminists decided it would be a good idea to change the language and use "a" in the ending of words that don't have gender inflection. That happened in Brazil as well, as we had almost 8 years of a female left wing president.

[@baytep9148]

thanks, that explains that bit!

[@Aijan100]

There aren’t many videos on Javier Milei’s Argentina that deliver an objective picture of Milei’s reforms. Thank you for highlighting this important theme.

[@ReasonTV]

We are glad you enjoyed! Thank you for watching.

[@snek9558]

Seriously though you're a news company and comparing melie to trump isn't news it could only serve to hurt his image or possibly bolster libertarianism in the Republican party but both aren't good because all that will do is dilute the actual average actual intelligence of the party as a whole which just serves to make it a subsection of Republicanism​@@ReasonTV

[@sc-micro-nerd]

As an argentinian I tell you this is not objective. Suffer how inflation takes away 15, 20 or 30% of your salary year after year cause public deficit. The idea of viable continuation policies are presented but not explained. Nirvana falacy

[@iankclark]

@@sc-micro-nerd at least it's a valiant effort. What's your proposal?

[@sc-micro-nerd]

@@iankclark Perhaps I did not explained myself correctly, my english is not very good. What I'm trying to say is that Milei policies are working. And there's no debate on returning to opposition on power because they are presenting proven failed policies. Economic suffering leaves a mark that is difficult to forget, peronism will not return in the near future.

[@Abstrakt_YT]

MAKE ARGENTINA GREAT AGAIN

[@larryc1616]

The only time Argentina was great was under neoliberalism. El Loco Cry for Argentina 😢

[@noeliajaime7656]

I can tell you this: He is NOT a madman. He's kind, intelligent and a scholar. Best President we've ever had bar none.❤

[@Marco-yv1fo]

Weee need more Milei

[@juanps2721]

in his own words: the difference between a madman and a genius is success

[@bsmithhammer]

Can someone be a 'savior' without being at least somewhat of a madman? I don't really think Argentina has a choice at this point. Most people don't realize just how dire things had become with the Argentinian economy, and how chronic the problems were.

[@theScotian24]

A sane man doesnt strap up and take on the most powerful people on the planet. And thats why a mad man always emerges to deal with these problems.

[@ysaaclora4622]

El 56% de la gente vive de planes sociales, decir "la mayoría no sabe de economía" no es broma.

[@mojus2890]

Jesus was considered mad.

[@RGIF]

27:46 He's not an idiot, You can't translate that way. That translation is simply incorrect, "Presidente" has no gender, she is asserting a gender on the word "Presidente". He says "Señora" which means "Woman," and he complains because she wants to obligatorily add a gender to a genderless word (In English what she says can be translated as "Mrs Mrspresident") Add Mr or Mrs, it is a bad translation, in any case HE is referring correctly (in English using Mrs)

[@roberttuss5349]

Soy Americano e digo, "hace Argentina gran otra vez!"

[@matiasmanitto2393]

Y después lo hará para resto de América🫡

[@miguels.b.2749]

*estadounidense

[@CornPopPomade]

@@miguels.b.2749yes, Americans live in the United States.

[@miguels.b.2749]

@@CornPopPomade in Spanish is "estadounidense". If you say "americano" then you're talking about someone from the Americas.

[@NicanorVillanueva8]

sos estadounidense

[@johnb3341]

Reason TV. With that title? Milei is a hero. A patriot. He's the only hope for Argentina. And others should copy him. Viva la libertad carajo!

[@elduquecaradura1468]

Argentine here: maybe it is the fact that I am 30 years old but I always saw my country in misery, extreme poverty and hyperinflation/default debt crisis every 10-20 years, maybe is that primitive part of my brain that knows that a man can change for good the course of his nation. Is it he? He would be capable of changing the self-destructive course that my nation has taken ever since a century ago even with a whole system of corrupts and addicts to that corruption opposing? This is a chance for the argentines to redeem ourselves and take out place in the big world we left behind in favor of those corrupt politicians placed us out? Or we are damned, even by his failure or the success of the corrupts of the past who grab to their power like ticks desperate to suck the blood remaining on the workers will sunk us again in a crisis comparable to 1989 or 2001? Who knows, I don't know, I have never seen something like this in my life, and inability to see what lies ahead (before it was easy because it was easy to predict what the corrupt politicians would do) makes me have a slight shimmer of hope, even a small one.

[@James-lt3so]

If you guys keep a libertarian government in power for 10+ years you will be the richest country in South America by a mile. ¡Viva la libertad, carajo!

[@etchalaco9971]

@@James-lt3so there is no such a thing as a libertarian government. That is an oxymoron.

[@kraKowD]

@@etchalaco9971 Yeah, there is, see gilded age america, or America in general before FDR.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

@@etchalaco9971 the closest would be a classical liberal goverment, but a goverment in an anarchocapitalist society would be incredibely cut from it's powers to do any shit, so I guess that's the most realistic outcome

[@Fl0yd]

@@etchalaco9971 Milei said, we only can vogue for a minarchist kind of government in this reality.

[@hnhl2770]

Quite reasonable, but you keep repeating the myth that Milei "promised to dollarize". He never did that. His promise was to liberalize the currency market so people can choose which currency they use, and to abolish the central bank, eventually, to prevent future governments from undoing that. He has also repeatedly explained the reason why he can't just yet lift the exchange lock ("cepo cambiario") is that he needs to, firstly, reign in inflation, and secondly to achieve sustained budget surpluses. He already managed to eliminate the gap between the official and the free market exchange rate, which is huge. That's another relatively minor thing you got wrong, by the way. You said that this caused "an increase of the prices of imported goods", which is simply false: those imported goods only increased in terms of the official exchange rate. But the TRUE market price was paid in free market dollars. All Milei did was to unmask the difference, so the real prices paid become visibly close to the "official" ones.

[@storeycris]

He is a genius. Brought down tremendous inflation to nothing in a year. He is cutting down on govt spending and govt corruption. He is eliminating drug gangs in the Bukele fashion. Workers are refusing to strike under their union leaders. He is lowering taxes and opening up markets.

[@N-V-ME_313]

Block the roads and you don't get your social plan payments. 😂 Suddenly protests came to a halt.

[@andressousa9006]

it was actually more than that, aregntina's past left presidents, gave social organizations, the power to manage social payments. What does that mean? the many, social organizations were paid a lump sum by the goverment to cover the social plans of X's amount of people, so, the social organizations charged a % to those people to give them the help, under threat of losing the payment if they didnt comply, more than that, it was a requisite by them, to extort people in to going to protestsl blocking the roads if not, they were penalized with giving them less money or taking them out of the list of payment completely if they didnt comply, So thats why those ONG were constantly blocking streets demanding more money, the more money the gov gave them the more money they could pocket and the more people they could extort. So Milei's goverment said... no more, social paymets will have an increase, and further more, the people receiving social goverment payments wont have to go anywere to get it, they will get them directly the 100% of the payment. There, the social organizations living out of extorting people were finished.

[@N-V-ME_313]

@andressousa9006 your educated response is appreciated. Thank you

[@paulomannheim]

I'm not that worried about Argentina's future and the reason is simple: freedom works! As an anarcho-capitalist I've believed for many years that freedom, both social and economical, is the basis for a prosperous society. Either Argentina's experiment will prove this for once and for all, or I guess I will have to update my mental model of the world. Let's see in the next years what it will be.

[@etchalaco9971]

but there is government in Argentina man. What anarchy are you referring to? That does not exist. Milei is pure limited government, that's all. That is classical liberalism and nothing more.

[@paulomannheim]

@@etchalaco9971 where did I write there is anarchy in Argentina? I just wrote that freedom works and, since theiy are going in the direction of more freedom, I think they will have a great future.

[@faviorodriguez4926]

💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

You have to *always anti-endorse* both duopoly parties after running in one of their primaries: Bernie Sanders made a fatal mistake. Ron Paul did it correctly both times he ran for president.

[@ILoveLibertyJustice]

Melei is Argentina’s Savior just like Bukele is El Salvador’s Savior. These two are currently the envy of many countries people around the world.

[@HenryThree]

There is certainly a symbolic similarity between the two, but they are ultimately very different leaders. Not only are there some drastic differences between their political/economic philosophies, but the particular crises plaguing their respective nations were also of a very different nature, with Argentina's being primarily economic and El Salvador's being primarily related to gang violence.

[@carlosquinto1383]

has Bukele increased freedom in his country?

[@Mortiel]

​@@HenryThree Agreed. I see so many people praising Bukele... I will praise him when he succeeds at bringing the gangs under control _and then_ rolls back all the authoritarian controls he needed to use in order to get that done. That will be the measure of a truly great leader: Giving up power.

[@yewo.m]

​@@Mortiel exactly 👏

[@Destruction52]

Nearly a year he took office, I can say for the first time that I take proud on my vote and Milei as a character, he is indeed a madman, a madman of the economy, he has the necessary conviction to change things, we had many "normal" people on office and they lead us to inflation, poverty and restrictions on our freedom. I know that on 2027 I will vote for him again, no doubt, he is the only one I believe. Everyday I get good news, he created a whole ministery just for de-regulation of the economy, just imagine that, that the state is so large that you need to assign a minister to chainsaw the state every day, minister Sturzenegger litterally posts on X every day what has been chunk down from the state. VLLC!

[@J0shM0nster]

Comparing Milei to Trump is insulting to Milei.

[@osopolar3740]

Milei is a libertarian who believes in the freedom of individuals. Trump is a corporatist who loves the state

[@Giulia-Parravicini]

@@osopolar3740Milei is a fake Libertarian. For example, he is against abortion. A real Libertarian would not tell you what you can you with your body.

[@NgaBalkan]

@@osopolar3740lol no, he is a constitutionalist. Big difference

[@NgaBalkan]

Biden is a corporatist

[@professorhal8098]

Corporatist? You mean the same Corporatists that were part of the 2020 coalition to oust him?

[@blublum7916]

This was so well done! Thank you for posting this. I hope Argentina becomes better, I'd love to visit.

[@ReasonTV]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

[@pablonudelman6463]

Excellent documentary. The cinematography is impressive. You can tell that a lot of effort and time went into making it. And how cool that you managed to get an interview with the presidential spokesman.

[@ReasonTV]

We are glad you enjoyed it! We had this documentary in production for a long time and are very excited to share it with all of you now.

[@toji_killua97]

¡Viva la libertad, carajo!

[@lourdesrojas6689]

Milei es el producto de un país que estaba en la ruina y no había opción ! Morían a balazos o a cuchilladas!… espero que al final de este gobierno Argentina sea el país más rico del mundo. Milei se va a reelegir las veces que sea necesario para lograr que Argentina sea una potencia. Espero verlo.

[@MegaRayland]

For those wondering about the girl complaining about the price of transportation, until Milei came the Federal Government there SUBSIDIZED public transportation for the capital city of the country exclusively. Prices have gone up because the Milei government has been phasing out those subsidies and allowing prices to, for the first time, reach real market values.

[@galileo-s.i.7641]

Un hombre honorable! Visionario, valiente y temeroso de Dios. Una bendición para su pueblo!

[@MrKangdon]

How good were those young fellers! The future is bright in Argentina. Viva la libertad Carajo!

[@G00GleIsACr33p]

Scaring the unions must he's doing something right.

[@marm317]

Milei es lo mejor que le paso a Argentina! Lo votaria 1000 veces. Un hombre honesto y con una valentia increible! Se enfrenta a todas las mafias!

[@LogicalMesss]

Great documentary! Keep up the coverage of this please!

[@ReasonTV]

Thank you for watching! Glad that you enjoyed it.

[@danteromano6142]

Fantastic job! Great documentary! Argentina will be great again!

[@ReasonTV]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@pabloferreyrayt]

The Best president in argentina history.....

[@rji5377]

As a libertarian myself. This man is a hero

[@robertodetree1049]

Madman? Savior?: both. Wonderful!👍

[@neo6982]

He is the best President that we have!

[@Dreliotf]

15:35 Actually, the car wasn't from a pro-Milei TV station. It belonged to a radio station that's critical of him. But the protesters were so aggressive they were damaging everything in sight, including the radio car. The reporters arrived early to cover the protests and got caught in the middle of the chaos when things escalated.

[@uen-hub]

lol

[@RoyMetalHead]

he world needed a Javier Milei, and just in time

[@mrkaratedo]

🦁VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!🦁

[@BobbleheadHomestead]

This was very well done. Thank you.

[@N192K001]

Freaking awesome work, Reason! Finding more objective info on Pres. Milei isn't always easy, with some praising him to the high heavens & so many more demonizing him Hell. (I'm a 1st-gen Filipino-American in the U.S. who's had discover 1st-hand and struggle with this since 2016 with Pres.'s Duterte & Trump onward. So, this has pushed me to re-look at my perspectives on world-leaders and look for different perspective on whichever heads-of-state praised/bashed on media.) That said, I appreciate this level-headed documentary, showing his pros & cons, successes & mistakes, praises by supporters & criticisms by critics, etc. Keep up the good work!

[@ReasonTV]

Thank you for your support! And thanks for watching!

[@faviorodriguez4926]

💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mrkaratedo]

🦁VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!🦁

[@TheUltimateCamper]

Absolutamente lo que voté. Absolutely what i voted for. VLLC Viva Milei!

[@tysonbrown1277]

Milei is a legend.

[@EstebanCatarinella]

Nos estamos convirtiendo en el faro del mundo! Viva la libertad! Abrazo.

[@raetselspass1]

¡Viva la libertad, carajo! ❤

[@SenshiT]

Milei will be economy Nobel and Argentina will become a wealthy country as it was 1 century ago. Mind my words.

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

A free market most closely mirrors natural selection. Natural selection produces miracles. What does communism produce?

[@theScotian24]

Thats a very strong point. Ima keep it stored on the ol hardrive.

[@RDesai_indiancapitalist]

Famine

[@Lone-Lee]

Hunger and poverty as far as I know..

[@etchalaco9971]

Free market produces monopoly and extreme inequality though.

[@RDesai_indiancapitalist]

@etchalaco9971 thing you are saying belongs to regulated markets or cronyism. Really free market allows emergenge of new firms ,unlike making it hard for them to survive due to regulations

[@BatallaCull]

Soy de Argentina y esta haciendo mas de lo que prometió VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJOOO

[@wunderkind-7724]

He is my hero and I fully expect him to succeed if parliament does not get in his way.

[@thatsjohn3938]

Ex government employees protesting

[@Lopfff]

My Argentinian inspiration is Borges. But Milei is a close second. I think I’m going to adopt Javier Milei’s look. The hair. The sideburns. The glasses. The leather jacket. The chainsaw. Would this not be a good look for me????!!!!

[@gussmoon1111]

Absolutely

[@FellTheSky]

As an Argentinian, I say SAVIOR.

[@robc1996]

The difference between a madman and a savior is success (Milei)

[@santids1]

Excellent video but has fallen behind. Argentina's reality moves extremely quickly and things today are much better than they were 6 months ago

[@whyjnot420]

Every time I hear someone call him something to the effect of "Argentina's Trump" I can only think "I wish Trump was actually like him".

[@martinegomelskic2280]

Very good documentary, objective. That ending, seeing those young boys looking at those "protesters" as if they were from the past, says a lot.

[@ReasonTV]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mrkaratedo]

🦁VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!🦁

[@frankyvelandia1886]

Long live liberty, damn it !!!!

[@LaparaTheTucoro]

Viva por fin nuestro continente empieza a liberarse gracias milei gracias trump bukele abinader

[@cushin72]

AVE MILLER...

[@qwazsx1775]

VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJOOOOOOO

[@marcusmoonstein242]

The Argentinian economy was always going to get worse before it gets better. Lets hope they don't lose hope and give up before the real benefits start to appear.

[@silcar2300]

Exactly!

[@jhonwicked253]

Thankfully, economy is already recovering, if little by little. The hyper inflation bomb has been dissarmed (though we gotta prepare for next year's debt deadlines), poverty went from 55% to 49%, credit interest is lowering heck, even the breach between official and black market dollars is at a minimum. As many others have said, optimism in a brighter future is gaining terrain, we just gotta hope it only grows from here on out.

[@DAWN001]

@@jhonwicked253happy to hear that. I’m hoping Argentina will rise back up to become one of the most prosperous countries in the world again 👏

[@mrkaratedo]

🦁VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!🦁

[@andresdelgado1194]

Viva La Libertad Carajo!!!!!

[@gustavoguti27]

Argentinian here. I dont like Milei but the alternative was way worse. What he's doing its working

[@ocarrier3918]

I’ve noticed that lots of people who didn’t like Milei…worship him today.

[@carlomazzi4345]

Well you should love him he is the only Argentine president who loves his country and is doing the best to bring Argentina out of the economic chaos caused by the corrupt ex kirchnerists/Peronists who destroyed Argentina they robbed billions from the Argentine state and should be locked in Jail ! The world views Milei as an absolute legend a masterclass president and an example to the world! You should be very proud of your president and I hope you contribute to a new Argentina! MORE LIONS AND LESS SHEEP! VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!🦁 GENERAL SAN MARTIN WOULD BE REJOICING NOW!

[@SenshiT]

@@ocarrier3918 cause you can doubt the guy but you cant doubt the results

[@diegomaradroga3245]

​@@ocarrier3918su popularidad crece. Además no existe actualmente competencia para el, ya que el ex presidente está siendo juzgado por violencia a su pareja, robo, corrupto, etc. La otra socialista Cristina también está por ir presa, y otra oposición también está por ir preso por robo jaja

[@デミアン-m6g]

A savior, next question.

[@santiagovalentin3738]

THANKS MILEI ❤️💜

[@erick-gmz]

There are many things in this video exaggerating things in the negative sense. Specifically the negative sense around the public sector layoffs. You need to have lived in Argentina long enough to understand how ridiculous it was that SO MANY people worked in the public sector

[@dankdark9275]

He is the chosen one, hug.

[@Martinzho]

He is both, you must be a madman if you are going against corruption in the current establishment, you must be a madman to do great things

[@murray9807]

Things about Milei this video gets wrong: - Milei doesn't want to end the peso, just allow for people to negotiate with whatever currency they want, including the peso. - Milei doesn't want to end with public college, he just isn't giving them any more money and demanding for them to show their accounting because they're bloated and want to see where the money is going - It's worth mentioning that the jets purchased won't start to have to be paid for until 2026

[@benjafranklin5996]

This was surprisingly unbiased good job!

[@ReasonTV]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

[@charlesw7397]

Those who are protesting for socialism and promoting Che Guevera are crazy. Socialism in South American countries especially had a very, very poor track record especially in modern times. I think those people would regret electing a socialist after a year or two once they realize they're going to be Venezuela 2.0 with a dictator they now have to overthrow lol I hope for Argentina's sake, Milei does a great job and the movement outlives his term

[@faustosar6151]

Milei: libertarian genius.

[@andresdelgado1194]

Im with Milei 1000%

[@puertousbmonkey]

If you are going against all the stablishment you need balls os steel as Milei's

[@lensk555]

The first year was critical for the rebirth of a free Argentina. We´ve made it. They know that there´s no turning back now. Exactly what I voted for!

[@charactersmoreorthree]

I'd rather Trump be a Milei of North America.

[@maik5201]

Excellent video. Ill watch it later. AVE MILLER

[@1998LeonSKennedy]

"The only difference between a madman and a genius. It's the success"

[@juaniburioni]

VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!!

[@princekalender2154]

Absolute madman, absolutely heroic for Argentina.

[@manuli3730]

Amigos de La Razón tv, los felicito. Hasta ahora el mejor documental en ingles de la situación política de Argentina.

[@HirohitoSheenaManda]

The greatest Documentary❤

[@ReasonTV]

Thank you for watching!

[@Carlos-g5u9t]

Im Argentinian. This is extremely outdated.

[@lightreign8021]

Explain . How is it dated?

[@farfa2937]

@@lightreign8021 Most of the metrics they show are after 6 months of government. This tuesday Dec 10th marks the year. Most economic metrics are doing much better than 6 months ago, and there's good estimation for economic growth and poverty drops by year's end and even more so next year. Although we're still hanging on the next election to pass by congress more easily, the outlook is much more optimistic now.

[@lightreign8021]

@@farfa2937 awesome, glad to hear. I wish everyone the best. 🫡. I overheard a leftist American who was headed down there to an apartment he owns who was trying to make it all sound terrible without giving any specifics. I’m convinced he is only worried he wouldn’t be getting his exorbitant fee for renting it as an airBnB. Also, if the economy gets better the supply of desperate young men would drop and I assume that seriously impacts his dating strategy.

[@VeniVidiVid]

Milei gives me hope.

[@thatsjohn3938]

He is a Brilliant Sane Realist.

[@frankyvelandia1886]

Long live librerty, damn it !!!!

[@mrkaratedo]

🦁VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!!🦁