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Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president
(www.reuters.com)
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Javier Milei is:
Against abortion (except when mother's life is in danger)
Against sex-ed and wants to eliminate it (says it deforms people's minds)
Denies climate change (says it's an invention of socialism)
Anti-vax (But got vaxxed in Nov 2021 because otherwise he would not be able to work in other countries)
Wants to fuse the departments of Social Development, Health and Education into a single department of Human Capital.
In favor of Austrian school of economics - Wants to remove the central bank
Adopt the US dollar
Homosexuality is a personal choice and compares it to zoophilia
In favor of drug legalization and to opening up immigration as long as it doesn't cost the State.
In favor of people paying for sex
In favor of gun ownership without governmental limitations
Wants to freeze relationships with China, Russia, Brazil because they're communists.
Wants to align with the US, particularly Trump's party.
Against the Pope because he represents evil on Earth, and because it promotes communism which goes against the holy scriptures.
In favor of animal cloning
In favor of organ selling
Good luck Argentina
Excuse me does he think zoophilia is a personal choice?
And yeah good luck Argentina. I’m sure you’ll have positive results from this
I don't think they mean that as in "is up to the person but overall okay" but more so as in "is something that isn't determined by anything other than conscious decision making"
Actually no, he does mean it in a sense such as: "the government shouldn't interfere in people's life projects. If you want to be with a man or a woman that's your right. Heck even if you wanted to be with an elefant that's fine with me as long as you have the elefant's consent"
Here's the actual source: https://youtube.com/shorts/FZp6zbQ-goE
Even the video caption misrepresents his words imho. You can turn on translated captions.
As I said in another post, Milei is in the bottom right quadrant of the political compass. It's a big mistake to directly compare him to neo conservatism.
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