Javier Milei vs. big labor

Milei's swift action intended to transform Argentina's floundering economy provoked the country's biggest labor union to call tens of thousands to protest in Buenos Aires against his
libertarian agenda.
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After enacting sweeping reforms in Argentina, President Javier Milei faced a major protest. Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets, hundreds of flights were grounded, and schools and businesses closed in protests to Milei's attempt to fix the troubled South American country.
Milei is the first self-described libertarian head of state in history. To avert economic disaster in a country facing huge deficits and a 160 percent inflation rate that has since spiked to over 211 percent, he told the country, things would likely get worse before they could get better.
In his inauguration address on December 10, Milei acknowledged the daunting challenges ahead. "No government has received a worse inheritance than the one we are receiving. We neither seek nor desire the difficult decisions that must be made in the coming weeks. But unfortunately, we have no choice," he explained.
Ten days into his term, Milei issued a "mega-decree" of more than 300 executive measures. He abolished national rent control, which had caused a 75 percent drop in available apartments in Buenos Aires between 2022 and 2023. He repealed price controls, slashed subsidies, and fired more than 5,000 government employees. He allowed direct competition with Argentina's government-owned airline, which he plans to privatize. And he defied the country's powerful labor unions.
Milei's transformative agenda has encountered resistance, notably from Argentina's largest labor union, the General Confederation of Labor, which represents about one out of every five Argentine workers. The union called for a nationwide strike on January 24, bringing portions of Buenos Aires to a standstill.
Their main reason for protesting? Milei had issued an order ending the automatic withholding of union dues, leaving workers free to opt out of union membership. He also banned government workers in sectors like health and education from striking. While his measures were temporarily suspended by a court ruling, unions are making a show of force so that Milei's agenda doesn't make it through Congress.
Despite the economic challenges and opposition, Milei remains resolute in his pursuit for a freer, less regulated, and less debt-ridden Argentina. Addressing world leaders at the World Economic Forum this January, he said that the Argentina of the future will be based on libertarian principles.
"If measures are adopted that hinder the free functioning of markets, free competition, free price systems, if you hinder trade, if you attack private property the only possible fate is poverty," Milei said.
Yet Milei's main political adversaries aren't Argentina's workers.
As Argentine political economist Marcos Falcone told Reason, Milei's actual adversaries are wealthy Argentines who have benefited from government largesse.
"Milei is going against crony capitalism because he is basically trying to kill the businessmen that have lived off of government support," Falcone said. "We need to move forward. And the people need to be able to profit, you know, not just companies because of regulations and privileges."
In his speech at the Davos conference, Milei encouraged business owners to not be intimidated "by the political class or by the parasites who live off the state."
"You are heroes. You are the creators of the most extraordinary period of prosperity we've ever seen," Milei continued. "Do not surrender to the advance of the state. The state is not the solution. The state is the problem itself."
Milei faces a thicket of regulations and political resistance in Argentina. It won't be easy to carry out Argentina's economic transformation. We'll have to wait and see if he picked the right chainsaw to cut through the challenges ahead.
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[@mannurse7421]

It always makes me chuckle when people call someone a dictator for giving freedom

[@yert5035]

He is against unions.... He is against worker ownership of the means of production. Worker ownership expands democracy to the workplace. Miley is anti freedom. All rightwing ideas are anti human.

[@steamnamebbderinvade__]

though there was plenty of personal freedom in argentina before? NGL, hes doing what needs to be done and should continue that way until debt-to-gdp is %50-%75. If he started making restrictions on forming unions, then its mask off.

[@2playusout]

@@steamnamebbderinvade__ Bro. People were not allowed to buy dollars so they lost to inflation being stuck to the peso, we were tied financially. We were condemned to expensive bad quality national products due to regulations. The quarantine was basically a sanitary dictatorship, everything shut down for 1.5 years, billions were printed to give handouts during all of it. And we had a minister of economy acting as a de facto president, someone we never chose was head of the country the last year. He printed billions towards his campaign, the dirtiest in history. Billions of the same pesos we earn. Now it's not worth sh#t but people were already blaming Milei on his 10th day. Anything after our last goverment will mean more liberty

[@kehindeakiode2865]

I know, right?😂

[@agme8045]

@@steamnamebbderinvade__there was freedom of speech, just like now, what we mean by “freedom” in Milei terms, is the freedom to do business and work more freely, without such a hefty tax burden, without countless pointless regulations that benefit only certain sectors, etc

[@CashewNuts0]

Communists and socialists protesting that they can't live at the expense of everyone else as easily anymore.

[@lostliberty9913]

Filth.

[@734ch3r]

Yup. As always.

[@prototypemusic]

These people don't represent the average Argentine. Not even demographically speaking!

[@734ch3r]

@@prototypemusic really? How do you explain 100 years of socialism? Don't you live in a democracy where the majority of the people decide where things go, hermano?

[@gabe1277]

Incorrect, argentina’s population has always been majorly leftist

[@ElChapoDel8]

I'm Argertinian and believe me when i say that those are not workers. A worker does not have 72 hours to spend on the street making disasters and breaking the law. These are criminals and their mules knowing that their business is ending.

[@uwp4779]

they are getting paid for doing riots, right?

[@leoninocat5070]

Yeah,call the militars!

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

Totalmente de acuerdo hermano! 👏🏻

[@thenetwork12345]

Yeah, that's their problem with Milei they will need to start to work

[@enderclasscraft6411]

No soy argentino pero se hace el chiste de que la mayoría de argentina busca cualquier escusa para no trabajar

[@4547merica-kh2wq]

Praying for your success from 🇺🇸 Make Argentina Great Again! Long live freedom damnit!

[@migueltavernise5620]

Will do it and we will do it dear friend.

[@lefeal9707]

"He's a dictator" For letting you opt out of joining unions, for letting you compete against previously protected businesses, for letting landlords choose how much rent to ask for?

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

"fascism is when people do things i don't like" , you can't convince fools that think he is a dictator even thought is basically the opposite

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

"fascism is when people do things i don't like" , you can't convince fools that think he is a dictator even thought is basically the opposite

[@734ch3r]

Parasites don't like when other people can opt not to give them their money by force.

[@vinculaomega5283]

These people are allergic to freedom, as that also means that they have to take responsibility.

[@kehindeakiode2865]

That just tells you that the protesters are just pawns in someone else's game. No original thought of their own.

[@bassandtrebleclef]

A politician with courage. No wonder it seems so strange. We don't see it often.

[@visitante-pc5zc]

We actually never saw one. No historical records either

[@puertousbmonkey]

Milei balls of steele

[@jeffw8218]

Did you forget about Trump??

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Has Milei even mentioned reducing the budgets of the military and police?? No. True libertarians reduce the military and police funding at least as much as, or best more than, reduction of all other public expenditures. True libertarians _actually_ reduce the punitive-state. No, Milie is not at all an _actual_ libertarian, let alone an ancap.

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

​@@jeffw8218Trump completely failed to drain the swamp.

[@wiseowl179]

Stay the course, Argentina! 🇦🇷 💪 May God keep President Milei guided along the best path for the recovery of this beautiful country🙏

[@d.romero3014]

No. God will not do that.

[@wiseowl179]

@@d.romero3014 you have no idea what God will or won’t do. To say you do is pure arrogance.

[@d.romero3014]

@@wiseowl179 I have a very good idea what God will not do.

[@wiseowl179]

@@d.romero3014 is that so😄

[@d.romero3014]

@@wiseowl179 really.

[@johnpugh3348]

As a Brit i wish him every success in what will not be an easy task. Wished he was British

[@neilboulton9813]

We have already had a greater version than him she was called Margaret Thatcher, so we should looking for someone with her gravitas not looking towards a country that consistently been an economic basket case and this could just be the latest example

[@markbrophy5454]

I wish he were Unitedstatesian.

[@exanimato6586]

The protest was a massive fail and just 40.000 persons assisted, and 96% of the labor force went to work and keep their bussiness running like normal. People understand that hard work is the solution, and not a parasitic state

[@MrPolandball]

Are you talking about the Tea Party movement?

[@exanimato6586]

@@MrPolandball La que? imaginate tomar te, gordown

[@drzerogi]

@@MrPolandball Don't be stupid

[@Eckster]

The fact that you said "assisted" instead of "attended" is all I need to know to be sure this is a comment from a Spanish speaking native, which gives it good weight with regards to this.

[@yert5035]

The solution is worker ownership.

[@jamesmir89]

The balls on this man. I hope he is a success and that Argentina is a success.

[@visitante-pc5zc]

This guy can be relevant worldwide. Maybe we can all start a worldwide rally against socialism

[@HappyAngrySquirrel]

Me too!

[@puertousbmonkey]

Intelligence, honesty and balls of steele . We are so lucky to have Javier

[@edgar11226]

Make Argentina Great Again

[@ololh4xx]

pure titanium ... if not adamantium

[@McMillanScottish]

People expect immediate rewards. These measures will hurt badly for a while, as everything readjusts. Patience is a virtue, as my incredibly-impatient dad used to say, to other impatient people.

[@destruction1928]

How much value do you produce, and how much do you receive in return? Both systems suck; stop pretending otherwise. Both are exploitative; it only changes the master. The system is the same crap.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

He won't live more than 2 years

[@destruction1928]

@@DumbledoreMcCrackenwho wont live more then 2 years?

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

@@destruction1928 Generalissimo Milei

[@destruction1928]

@@DumbledoreMcCrackenDo you want him to die?

[@AwesomeHairo]

I wish the best for him and the people of Argentina. They will pull through.

[@anamericangrizzlybear8315]

The second I saw the Hammer and Sickles flying I knew exactly the kind of people who opposed Milei

[@usarmyveteran177]

I’m saw that too. Communists.

[@ivanzabala7549]

Exactly!! That cancer is metastasizing, and we can’t allow it.

[@markeasley6149]

No communismo! No socialismo!

[@audience2]

Protesters with hammer and sickle flags are the useful idiots that fight to have the policies that keep them poor.

[@Benzknees]

It'd be great if Milei had time to succeed, as it'd become a model for every state overburdened by the leeches of the public sector. But I fear he will be removed or neutered a long time before that.

[@BeauBirkett]

If you understand socialism, none of this is a suprise. Good luck Milei! Love from the UK, I can only hope our own leaders see reason and follow suit

[@faviorodriguez4926]

💪💪💪💪👍👍👍

[@yert5035]

If you support Milei then you don't understand socialism. Socialism is worker ownership. To be against worker ownership is to support theft. Worker ownership expands democracy to the workplace. To be against socialism is to be anti democratic.

[@OnlyKaerius]

Your leaders are pawns of the elites that profit from crony capitalist socialist policies and regulation, which is why things keep getting worse, not better. Why mass immigration only keeps ramping up. Why the state is increasingly totalitarian, increasingly orwellian. Short of a revolution, to fix things, you'll have to vote outside of establishment parties, like Reform UK.

[@phonyugen-kr3pg]

if you truly understand socialism, You would realize that a guy who wants to sell your monetary sovereignty to the fed is a ghoul in sheep's clothing. He's no ron paul, he's a Clinton

[@r.guerreiro140]

If I tell you I was afraid that, if Milei had lost, Argentineans leftists could start to threat the Falklands again in order to force dispersion of British forces and so help Putin and Iran

[@giantslayer9335]

As someone from America, I wish this man only the best. I hope his success becomes an example to the rest of the world.

[@neilboulton9813]

We had a great leader who had the strengh to take on even more powerful unions, Margaret Thatcher, he is just copying her neo liberal playbook. So he knows if he is able to see it through the medicine works. The difference is Argentina is even more of an economic basket case than the UK of the 1970s, which was also part of a strong regional economic block at the time. Also Thatcher as a real patriot would never had lost sovereignty control by giving up one of the oldest and venerable central banks in history the Bank of England.

[@gladysgladys2559]

Argentina is in America! South America

[@2WhiteAndNerdy]

And just like that, rent prices IMMEDIATELY dropped at least 20% in Bueno Aires. 👏👏👏

[@lucianoemmanuelramirez1304]

I´m from argentina and i was working that day as most people were, those protesting werent all workers, most were the right hand of politicians and the opossition. The opossition had Not even 1 Protest and we had the worst inflation of the decade those years.

[@juanozaragoza]

La mayoría si eran laburantes, de dónde sacas que no? Que la dirigencia de la CGT tenga intereses políticos no quita que la enorme mayoría eran trabajadores

[@lucianoemmanuelramirez1304]

@@juanozaragoza aca en santa fe aunque los medios te digan otra cosa, estabamos la mayoria trabajando. vos tenes tu realidad adonde el laburante no trabaja, aca es distinto. Temgo amigos en Buenos Aires adonde tambien estuvieron trabajando. Claro no conozco gente que trabaje para el estado.

[@lucianoemmanuelramirez1304]

@@juanozaragoza Y no es solo la CGt que tiene intereses Politicos, yo creo que la gente , el laburante va a hacer quilombo este año seguro pero todavia es muy pronto. Todavia tiene hasta mitad de año para que se arme quilombo si todo sigue igual

[@juanozaragoza]

Ok, vos lo que estás diciendo es que la mayoría de los trabajadores no fueron a la marcha. Eso no es lo mismo que decir que la mayoría en la marcha no eran trabajadores. Ponele, si hay 100 trabajadores, 20 van a la marcha y 80 se quedan trabajando, tenés que: 1) La mayoría de los trabajadores se quedó trabajando. 2) Todos en la marcha son trabajadores. Una cosa no quita la otra

[@lucianoemmanuelramirez1304]

@@juanozaragoza vos pensas que la mayoria de esos protestantes eran laburantes? a mi me parece que eran sindicalistas que se le unieron otros gremios que estan enjados por el gobierno. Daer, Los Moyano y los de la Uocra no representan a nadie excepto sus intereses

[@Botanica_Gaming]

Big labour protesting that everyone no longer wants to pay all the taxes.

[@puertousbmonkey]

they are all controlled by corrupted polititians . And all Government parasites went there

[@puertousbmonkey]

exactly. yeah... we call them orcs . Government parasites

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Has Milei even mentioned reducing the budgets of the military and police?? No. True libertarians reduce the military and police funding at least as much as, or best more than, reduction of all other public expenditures. True libertarians _actually_ reduce the punitive-state. No, Milie is not at all an _actual_ libertarian, let alone an ancap.

[@Botanica_Gaming]

@@user-wl2xl5hm7k in practice yes. He could be concerned of a coup and wants the military and police and protection. We will see.

[@Eddie_of_the_A_Is_A_Gang]

​@@user-wl2xl5hm7kA smart Libertarian would allow a competitive police market to arise before erasing the State so that the "gang warfare' fear doesn't come true.

[@mustang607]

Honesty is often not a good short term solution, but usually the best long-term solution.

[@matemous_]

The big labour party "CGT" is basically composed by everyone but workers.

[@awatf8244]

If you feel bad about the syndicates, just a reminder that they are billionares thanks to people's taxes.

[@lucianoemmanuelramirez1304]

yes they are. the most corrupt organization in our country after politicians

[@e.q.s.e.e.i.3391]

No sólo eso. Algunos administran planes sociales para los necesitados, pero en el camino se roban un 2% de esas ayudas, y siendo que las ayudas la reciben miles de pobres entonces se están forrando a costa de los que dicen defender.

[@MrPolandball]

Just like libertarians themselves, I bet Ron Paul got a nice mansion with all the doomsday books he sold to gullible morons.

[@user-wl2xl5hm7k]

Has Milei even mentioned reducing the budgets of the military and police?? No. True libertarians reduce the military and police funding at least as much as, or best more than, reduction of all other public expenditures. True libertarians _actually_ reduce the punitive-state. No, Milie is not at all an _actual_ libertarian, let alone an ancap.

[@gabrielangel1127]

@@user-wl2xl5hm7k argentina no tiene ejercito estudia antes de hablar mentiras

[@macsnafu]

Labor unions don't care about the working class! Yes, Milei has an uphill battle against entrenched political interests, and deserves our support.

[@drzerogi]

Yep, they are parasites that only care about lining their own pockets.

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Haha Good work, keep getting your check from bud daddy Bezos

[@macsnafu]

@@alpacaofthemountain8760 Laugh it up Alpaca, the llamas are coming after you.

[@vasilius7041]

What a joke. I wonder who do you work as. Must be the owner of multiple factories or businesses if you think so about unions :)

[@macsnafu]

@@vasilius7041 The unions are the joke. I don't own any businesses, but I know that unions only help some laborers at the expense of the rest of the laborers and the economy as a whole. Like the political class, the unions are using political power to skew the economy, not economic power or incentives. Ask those fat-cat union bosses why they deserve the big bucks for messing up the economy.

[@UserNameAnonymous]

He gives me hope. Maybe one day we'll have a libertarian of our own.

[@dustinabc]

I am so excited for Argentina!!! I have been wanting to visit South America for a long time, and when Milei was elected I decided I would visit Argentina. AND I'M LEAVING FOR MY TRIP TOMORROW! I'm so excited!

[@SamFerree]

"leaving workers free to opt out" "He seems to think workers are the enemy" wut?

[@lostliberty9913]

😂

[@kehindeakiode2865]

He seems to think workers' UNIONS are the enemy. There, fixed it for you.

[@torstenjunker2332]

​@@kehindeakiode2865the problem is not the union it is the system that abuses it. There are good examples of unions working quiet well in other countrys.

[@crookedginger]

@@torstenjunker2332yes other countries but Argentina being its own country Carries its own political issue and financial problems. From the outside looking in milei has taken the responsibility as president to solve these issues and give power to the people over the unions

[@budgroweryt9947]

@@kehindeakiode2865 they are

[@beckacdobanton5584]

Those aren't workers, those are people manipulated by the unions, the unions bosses are multimillionaire who never worked in the private sector. Camioneros (truck drivers) the union boss and sons who are in charge never drove a truck, never work. That's the reality of those mobster in Argentina. Their workers everyday poorest and they everyday richer.

[@yert5035]

So make better unions. Right wingers like milea infiltrate unions to purposefully make them worse to get you to be against workplace democracy. Workers should own the workplace....then we won't need unions.

[@fede77]

Exactly!!

[@jason0870]

Politicians and bureaucrats don't do any actual work... Very similar to my state California and my country the United States. California was once a vibrant state. Today it is in almost total collapse. It is very sad to see. I always vote for my conservative values, unfortunately, it's turned into a uni party here. There are very few to no politicians who follow through with what they say. It has become a race to the bottom. I will be moving out of my lifelong home state this summer. I am fortunate to be able to afford to do this. The weather you always hear about here, ya it is not worth it. There is good weather in better-managed states.

[@pedroferreira4323]

@@yert5035 where do you think the initial capital to make the "workplace" came from? is the concept of investment alien to you?

[@yert5035]

@@pedroferreira4323 where do you think the initial capital spent on slaves came from? It came from past workers that had their labor stolen. Investment only deserves a reasonable return on investment. Other people worked on the business and therefore deserve ownership. Anything less is a form of slavery.

[@MidWestKid5000]

Thousands went to protest, but millions voted for him

[@gambitsheild9814]

The interesting thing is that the same problems that plague Argentina are extremely similar to the ones that plague America.

[@ancapgrandscribe9546]

Leeches are the only mad ones go figure.

[@sekinnnnn1121]

Who are angry? The Peronist party, sindicalist pigs, the Sao Pablo forum, the Spanish goverment, the Bolivian people and goverment, and the Cuban and Venezuelan dictatorships. We are on the right side.

[@divinecomedian2]

Leeches and the sheep who follow them

[@damsen978]

a.k.a people who don't want a job, people who don't want to work because they've been malnourished by the government social plans. A.k.a Leftist Peronists

[@Huszky]

Not only that, unions tend to make it mandatory for workers to go to their acts under threat, this happens to my brother and some friends i went to school with@@divinecomedian2

[@lephinor2458]

I find this offensive to leeches, because at least they can give you health benefits when sucking your blood.

[@chrismiller5198]

He's accused of being a dictator. Like Peron wasn't?

[@shadetouchcatchemall5134]

Neh. Peron was a military man and he went into power by a coup. Sure there re no brainers that say the word dictator 4 free everywhere and we do ve quite a bunch of those.

[@lorenzofalorni3961]

Difference is that he bribed people by printing and borrowing money

[@IAMTRASHMAN267]

LOL I was cracking up listening to that guy. Milei is repealing laws and lessening his own power as the head of the State in Argentina. Yeah, what a dictator.

[@rubenssilva6902]

​@@IAMTRASHMAN267" how dare this FaCIsT try to abolish my state that pays everything for me and leaves the rest to rot?!!?+"

[@JohnnyLouisXIX]

​@@IAMTRASHMAN267*Leftoid logic: more freedom = Dictatorship*

[@nathanapplegate5374]

“Do you see a law that profits one at the expense of everyone else. Irradicate such laws immediately, for they will quickly develop into a system. Those who benefit from such a system will complain bitterly, defending their aquired rights…” - Frederick Bastiate.

[@fraktal9988]

It just shows that a lot of people see democracy as a dominance of political party they support

[@smicksmookety]

These people seem to have no acknowledgement of the fact that their country is absolutely on its death bed.

[@n4ko]

they do. but they keep blaming capitalism and Big industries. Every socialist government we've had in the last 20 years has blamed tax evasion, and the right for every hell that's been developing in this country. universal Health and Education and progressive politics has been enough of a promises to keep a big part of the polulation blinded. we actually have those things but the quality has education and health has been rapidly falling for some time. the national bank is empty and its all for paying for an impossible big state and services that should cost 10 times what they are right now. But people are in this moment too poor to have an honest economy.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

That’s why they’re bringing it back from the brink though? They elected a smart, economical man for bringing back the society of Argentina.

[@smicksmookety]

@@flyingturret208thecannon5 Right, I'm speaking to the people protesting his changes. They seem to think he can wave a wand and make everyone's lives better without making any changes.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

@@smicksmookety Ah, gotcha. Unclear pronouns are always fun.

[@smicksmookety]

@@flyingturret208thecannon5 Your mom's a pronoun.

[@Zieg_Games]

Why were they protesting? The WEF told them to…

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

Of 46 million argentines, only 6 million are employed in the private sector. Massively cutting government is going to make most of them into enemies no matter what. Because their economic situation has gotten so bad that most people now mostly live off the state. To an uninformed citizen, it feel like taking ground away from beneath their feet. It doesn't feel good. And of course there are significant incentives of the previous governments and their cronies to propagandise the working class into a perpetual state of rage. After all, any person who is told that Milei is a shill for corporations and then hears Milei actually talk about what he thinks about large corporations is going to start questioning what they heard. The cronies can't allow that questioning. Their power hinges on it.

[@torstimyle1355]

Foolishness

[@visitante-pc5zc]

@abcdef-ms9mb only 6? Damn. No wonder argentina has been doing badly. Too many people parasiting

[@renatonigro]

@@abcdef-ms9mb WHAT???? That's insane!! How big is the work force in the country?

[@Kuvantor]

@@abcdef-ms9mb and yet less than 1% participated...

[@szililolabu]

The fact that he is the head of state and declares that the state is the problem, tells me what a principled man he is.

[@rollietyler9366]

I'm happy to live in the same time like Milei. I wanna see my country growing... like never seen

[@fernandogarcia-wq1qm]

cuando escriban la historia! nosotros estabamos ahi! jjaja para bien o para mal! viva la libertad¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Americaone1]

The State and the parasites who live off of it are the problem......a leader like Milei only come around every hundred years....courage and honesty....i love this President 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@axeman2638]

but it's the bank not the state that is the parasite, the state is just the enforcement arm of the bank, and this clown won't change that.

[@neilboulton9813]

I think you will find he just copying Margaret Thatchers playbook on privatisation of state assets and taking on the vested interests of unions. He even named checked her in his Wall Street Journal interview, ironic when she was the one who fought sections of her cabinet to take back the Falklands. So you can remove the 100 years comment as this man will prove he is not fit to lace her shoes, hope I'm wrong. However the one key difference is Thatcher was a patriot and knew her histotical economics and would never have given up Sterling with the Bank of England being one of the oldest and most venerable Central Banks in history. No serious country gives up its own currency and pegs it to another. The Euro still has fundamental structual issues, but creating a brand new currency with its own Central Bank linked to the largest and richest economic area on the planet is still very different for those countries that chose that path.

[@trey1531]

Good on Milei! rent control makes housing more expensive

[@visitante-pc5zc]

Not in the mind of a socialist

[@jeremycash1990]

Which is exactly why they do it.

[@MrPolandball]

Yeah, as if housing isn’t already expensive without rent control anyways. Just ask Miami real estate.

[@Eddie_of_the_A_Is_A_Gang]

​@@MrPolandballRent control, zoning laws, regulatory laws, all lower offer and increases cost.

[@Swaaaat1]

Rent already went down at leats 10% just by his DNU alone.

[@tonycj7860]

He said it perfectly, "the state isn't the solution, it's the PROBLEM".

[@atomiccandyboy5756]

Thanks for bring the change of Argentina to more people, la estamos pasando re mal pero estamos asi desde hace mas de 70 años y era hora que nos digan la verdad sin filtros. Force for those who seek wealth for thier nation and for your country fight, work and advanced through any mean you can do ❤

[@zonked1200]

Right, a dictator, because he's removing bad laws that restrict freedom. Pretty much the definition of a dictator. ROFL. Sometimes the claims people make make me laugh.

[@OsioPandaPeludo]

A lot of those laws were aprobbed by a real dictator, Videla

[@playthegame7445]

easy to see why Argentina has fallen so much with these NPCs around

[@gamingbtc]

These low wage government employees who are all getting fired don't have the IQ to comprehend the situation. Not surprising they are protesting.

[@1968CudaGuy]

With a "Dictator" like Milei running Argentina you might get inflation under control, reconstitute your oil and gas industries, have affordable housing again, and raise the standard of living for all Argentinians.. Won't that be a crying shame?...

[@EliZeusYT]

Im Argentinian and i can say these people are ignorant people , sadly they dont like work but instead receive help of the government without doing nothing, Argentinian work culture is dying, this man is the only hope we have

[@pattiannepascual]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 May God protect this man,give him strength and all he needs to overcome the socialist demons.

[@MrPolandball]

I think cloning dogs is demonic but oh well.

[@torstenjunker2332]

No they are demons? You guys are crazy.

[@Svensk7119]

Amen. Lord, thank you for this man.

[@MRKIKE44]

​@@torstenjunker2332yes they are, look what they are doing now in argentina when milei is trying to do his job

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

It's like withdrawal, we're being fed painkillers by the state and it will hurt when they end - but more painkillers will just keep making things worse and inhibit growth.

[@RickFidelisReed]

For the love of the people of Argentina, LORD give wisdom, discernment, and protection to President Milel.

[@jdbnomad]

Viva Javier Milei!!!

[@felixjohnson3874]

Viva la libertad carajo*

[@user-jt2cf9hx6f]

Unions NEVER represent the best interests of their members. The leadership ALWAYS has an agenda that helps the leadership first. That more people don't see the sleight of hand is disappointing, but I hope Milei can roll back all the mandates, and more people will see that a free market is better for everyone.

[@colinyoung3685]

Indeed, rational self interest is just as applicable to collectives as individuals, a fact collectivists fail to appreciate. Thus unions priority will naturally shift to self preservation rather than the wellbeing of its members.

[@earlysda]

Yes to freedom!

[@BicycleFunk]

As opposed to having zero bargaining power, your comment is absurd. If you had no union, you would have no say other than your boss actually caring enough to keep you on to meet your demands - chances are they really aren't paying attention to you and will not care when you leave. A union gives you a clear process for negotiating which considers both the interest of the membership and the employer since you wouldn't have a job if they failed. The only other viable model for an adequate power balance is worker owned businesses. Asking for better working conditions is not viable without a union. This all said, you have the freedumb to be a total idiot and work against your own interests.

[@richhornie7000]

I love freedom except freedom for labors to organize and merge their bargaining powers. Each laborers should bargain alone against these mega corporations. That's what we call fair.

[@richhornie7000]

@@BicycleFunk freedom to starve to death and be unemployed or be corporate drone for the rest of your life. Oh boy do we all want that freedom.

[@Robot-Overlord]

Imagine the "economic disaster" if we removed the subsidies on corn.

[@dinagarcia1390]

The most annoying thing is that a large part of the picketers are not even Argentinian. And the villas in Buenos Aires are mostly occupied by foreigners.

[@risingbull84]

I absolutely adore President Milei! Almost everything he's doing, has pledged to do, or will be doing is correct; and the same is true for what he says, quite articulately, in his speeches. "The state is the enemy" (potentially), which it is! It's about time someone stood up to the modern socialist ideologues who have gradually eroded freedom in the West! I also loved his speech at the annual World Economic Forum! I believe Argentina's new movement - Milei's Classical Liberal/Libertarian movement - could potentially spread to Western nations, and then the globalists would go running with their tale between their legs, like the cowards we know they are!

[@faviorodriguez4926]

💪💪💪💪💪💜💜💜💜👍👍👍👍

[@ems735]

Gracias por tu apoyo..... Viva la libertad carajooo...🇦🇷💪

[@sanskaarkulkarni1036]

Libertarians are literally globalists though. They advocate for free trade, no tariffs and no preferences for domestic firms over foreign firms.

[@francisjo3]

Show the world how it's done, Milei!

[@prfesrfrink]

I have hope for him and his beautiful country. God bless him and Argentina.

[@rdl8878]

He was honest and open about what he was going to do. So why are people surprised. The unions don’t work for members.

[@ZeroToPatrick]

Protect him at all costs

[@libertyoverbondage]

He's Jewish, so he's safe, really safe.

[@agme8045]

@@libertyoverbondagehe isn’t actually Jewish, he practices Judaism, but he is not Jewish himself, not ethnically nor a convert.

[@spybreak23]

It's always the people with Labor in their name who have nothing but time to hang out and complain/protest instead of... you know... doing Labor. Anyone I know who is productive hates these people.

[@lamontwolverton8959]

GM is a great example, lazy union worker, their quality sucks

[@wendylam3768]

He got the toughest job. It is next to impossible, but I TRULY hope he can succeed!! God bless Milei! God bless Argentina!!

[@theinngu5560]

Thank you for your great courage and integrity JM…...may the greedy, corrupt or fearful come to understand that the only way forward is honesty, integrity and being willing to forbear hardship in the short term for the long term benefit of all.

[@georgewaters8592]

The Unions are the reason that country is in the shape its in. The new president if allowed to follow his vision will turn the country around, and achieve greatness once the measures to be put in place start working.

[@puertousbmonkey]

yeah... we call them orcs . Government parasites

[@BalloonBoy101]

In the long run his measures will work, in the short run a lot of people are going to suffer

[@pagatryx5451]

@@BalloonBoy101 That's how these things work. The pursuit of immediate gains is what kills these developing countries and is what is ruining most developed countries.

[@risingbull84]

I believe this man is a hero, not only to Argentina, but quite possibly to the entire world! I believe history will verify this!

[@Blackhwk13]

I'm supporting Argentina. I really hope this can make a big difference. Bukele in El Salvador and Milei in Argentina. Maybe this could be the start of a better Latin America overall. Such beautiful cultures don't deserve these corrupt leaders who have been taking advantage of the common people for all these years

[@chainbreakerchannel7446]

I hope and pray Millie maintains the courage and determination to guide Argentina to a more prosperous country, I hope he has trustworthy advisors by his side that won’t stab him in the back

[@duuurs]

Viva Millei! Viva libertad!

[@Svensk7119]

Amen. De acuerdo. Amen.

[@pablopenasco4254]

The people protesting are waiving the Soviet hammer and sickle flag! What fools would march under that banner?

[@pajdotomi]

communists? They are fools so communists

[@PrezVeto]

Leftists. 😂

[@whtkngofc]

Even Che Guevara, really shows how stupid these people are to display the image of a dead warlord to support their cause.

[@lucasreales]

In Argentina we call them "Orcs"

[@vinculaomega5283]

​@@lucasreales Are they of the Isengard or Mordor variety? Not that it matters, just curious.

[@TwoHemiViewer]

Please watch this short film. " A man lives in a society where citizens police each other with their mobile phones". | Utopia

[@user-cu5qv1oi9m]

As an American in Buenoes Aires right now its crazy to see this inflation. In one month the items I get from the grocery store have almost doubled. If i was an Argentinian I would be furious. As a traveler just passing through i hope Millie turns things around for them.

[@donald347]

Commies gonna com

[@frostriver8686]

They’re escaping socialism. And, according to Stalin, communism is the goal of socialism. This man is a libertarian. Educate yourself somewhere other than MSM

[@Mike_Rogge]

I believe he is referring to the protestors.@@frostriver8686

[@LMacNeill]

@@frostriver8686 I think you misread his comment. I believe he was referring to the ones who were protesting Milei's presidency.

[@frostriver8686]

@@LMacNeill perhaps… thanks.

[@puertousbmonkey]

​@@frostriver8686protestors .. government pasacites ... commies

[@Outofbox11]

People wants change for the better. People want better things. People want better life. But people doesn't want the work that goes with it.

[@dr.floridaman4805]

Liar! Every person on this earth will work towards betterment of their situation. It is the government that takes over 50% of your earnings. It's the government that wants nice things but doesn't want to work for it.

[@floboboman]

The United States needs a leader like him. What a breath of fresh air. I hope he succeeds in his vision

[@user-jy5mg6xe6p]

Javier is very encouraging. Glad to watch this all play out from America, best of luck to Argentina.

[@kylelaw7210]

What is best for the long run is usually not popular.

[@zoricazorica5752]

I hope this brave and clever man succeeds for the sake of humanity Liberty and freedom damn it

[@streamdungeon5166]

I really like how unbiased this video was. You present the facts without praising or condemning any side.

[@thomasfyfield6756]

It was obviously going to be painful, very painful. History will tell the story, not the corporate media of today, representing the voice of the wealthy and powerful.

[@kapsig10]

Need him here 🇺🇸

[@crissd8283]

It is so easy to grow government. It is nearly impossible to shrink it. He is going for the nearly impossible. I wish him the best of luck.

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

Its a drug habit, feels good in the short run, hurts to quit but its a disaster to continue. Welfare - not even once.

[@rebelgordo2339]

If he keeps up the hard work i will be ditching my Australian passport for a Argentinian one 🎉

[@bobteo813]

Every newly elected govt in Argentina...it has become a norm. Millie is in line with every measures to bring Argentinas economy comes back to life in the shortest span as possible...indeed there will be pressures but pushing on towards this difficult road is the only way out to economic prosperity...the results are showing in his first quarter of implementation...inflation figures keep dropping and USDollar reserves increasing. Any trade payment will be made in USDollars.

[@TheoTungsten]

He was an economics professor for over 20 years before he got into politics. He likely knows what he’s doing.

[@kirkjohnson6638]

Milei is a Godsend to the people of Argentina. I hope they appreciate the gift they have been given.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on Kirk!! Poor Chile tried this free Milei economy and now poor Chile only 58th richest country in the world! Good luck Argentina you are poor the top 60th richest country in the world!!

[@johnburn872]

This guy is the goat. I hope he can achieve what his vision is

[@justamutt5294]

wish we had him in the u.s. as prez

[@albertj3421]

Odd that that local chant of hope and change dries up when the masses realize that real hope and real change only come through real sacrifice.

[@rothbardfreedom]

02:00 - If you voted for Milei for more socialism, I think you don't know how to speak Spanish

[@annaewickham]

Seriously!!

[@hoosierdaddy1469]

most citizens abhor freedom as they don't like to be responsible for their actions.

[@anoopg7006]

They are just too used to socialist economic system

[@silentbob3204]

i'm brazilian and i hope that Javier Milei to be an example for all of Latin America

[@bernardinodasilva8571]

Well , who don't expect that opposition?

[@howardkearney7989]

Really hoping for their success! This would send a message to USA politicians.

[@milo8425]

Milei vs big labor: "Afuera!"

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

HOORAY !!

[@bassault]

Jesus, what a legend. I hope it goes well.

[@OpinionFactChecker]

The people have been oppressed for so long, freedom scares them!

[@jameslee5237]

This guy is a hero. I hope he can make his vision a reality long enough for people to realize they’ve been blinded by the false promise of socialism

[@JasonCTillmann]

Thank you for the excellent reporting on this captivating issue.

[@Alex_FRD]

I've never heard the term "Big labor" and the first thing I see is a hammer and sickle. That's all I need.

[@WinstonEdgoose]

That young lady saying he does not hold back by cutting government services .... she seems oblivious to the fact that there is no money!

[@N4GUZZ]

One the few places that show Milei by his true colors not warping reality to justify their needs. I happy that everyone has there eyes in Argentina. This is the next world cup and Mieli is taking the "10" Jersey for a spin. Like we did with France. We win by the hair or we eat mud. But i believe in him. Since the first time i saw him in animales sueltos he destroyed my mind understanding that we can't make resources infinit, that there finite and that someone has to pay them. Something of common sense but school indoctrinates you to think 1+1 is fish. I understood that everything i was thought a lie. The teach to enslave yourself 8hs, 6 times a week to get a shity pension that there's a possibility that you'll die before you get to use it and instead of teaching you to be a entrepreneur and put your business. Everything does the same. If i had to spend lees i could do more. Les bureaucracy. Les big sate. Les helding my hand. Let me be free! Viva la libertad carajo!!!!🦁🇦🇷🦁🇦🇷🦁🇦🇷🦁

[@ShellshockDM187]

Javier Milei vs Socialists/labour unions is basically the Doom Slayer vs all Demons.

[@30035XD]

Including the chainsaw.

[@wafikojulio9028]

and here i thought that regulations were meant to prevent companies from profiting out of the working class

[@kinan6746]

I wish the new president and Argentina the best. I hope he can deliver on his promises so that the country can rejuvenate itself.

[@atlascormac6273]

I love the people who can't see that they are going bankrupt and when someone says "we need to spend less" they call him a fascist.

[@Cha4k]

"I want my free handouts even if it means the money is worth nothing"

[@MrPhilbillydeluxe]

Canadian here, looking at moving into Argentina now

[@christopher9727]

Don't follow the worldly trends follow Jesus Christ today There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Boerikoe]

A brave LEADER, instead of the slimy politicians... Stay Strong Javier Milei !!