The biggest obstacle to that pipe dream of his, has always been not so much political - but the obvious fact that Argentina has 40 trillion pesos in deposits, plus 6 trillion in cash.

There is no way in hell he can find the dollars needed to compensate everyone for all that - unless (he believes) he can force businesses and families to burn through all those pesos themselves.

And the only way to accomplish that, is through a hyperinflation/depression.

I doubt he'll last long enough to impose his dollarization delusion - but one thing's certain: this mega-crisis he's inflicting on them, will take years to recover from.

Something Argentines are used to by now, at least.