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Escurumbele

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9. They are both VERY, VERY bad, but you are right, the new guy is even worst.
Mon Nov 20, 2023, 12:14 AM
Nov 2023

But that is how Democracies fail, the so called Democratic leaders who gain power, some of them are crooks (a lot of them in South America ARE crooks), or they just forget about the people and do not do things to enhance their lives, so when a demagogue comes alone they fall for their rhetoric and promises, and sometimes its even worst, the population comes to the conclusion that the so called Democratic "leaders" are never going to make their lives better, that corruption will continue to go rampant by those in power, so even though they know the demagogue, or "socialist who will turn into a communist/dictator" is up to not good, but guess what, he will also screw those who screwed them, so why not vote for the crazy guy? And of course, there are those who buy the rhetoric thinking that, finally, someone who speaks my language, someone who will take care of me and my family by providing opportunities, so they go and vote for the crazy not knowing that their lives are actually going to get much worst. And that is what MAGAts don't understand either, because the SOB is no different than Kim Jun Un, Putin, and the crazy guy who just won in Argentina.

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Electing a Chaos Clown, always a bad idea. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #1
+1 peppertree Nov 2023 #4
They are both VERY, VERY bad, but you are right, the new guy is even worst. Escurumbele Nov 2023 #9
CNN on Milei's views progree Nov 2023 #2
Excellent link peppertree Nov 2023 #6
Thanks 😊 I'm glad you posted first in LBN. I was thinking of alerting you once I saw the headline progree Nov 2023 #17
You're very thoughtful. Thank you. peppertree Nov 2023 #18
Well another country that will go down the tubes and I will never visit kimbutgar Nov 2023 #3
Sad but very true peppertree Nov 2023 #5
the problem with these stupid asshole voters Skittles Nov 2023 #22
He's a performance politician just like Trump. ificandream Nov 2023 #7
And wouldn't you know it, Roger Stone was advising him too. peppertree Nov 2023 #8
"Populist" orangecrush Nov 2023 #10
Exactly. He's anything but. peppertree Nov 2023 #11
Exactly what Trump wants to do orangecrush Nov 2023 #23
No doubt about it peppertree Nov 2023 #24
If you had asked me a year ago whether a guy who praised Margaret Thatcher Recursion Nov 2023 #12
But then - people down there don't care about the Falklands like they used to (which is a good thing) peppertree Nov 2023 #14
Praising Thatcher is nothing Polybius Nov 2023 #21
Trump, Boris Johnson, Milei... Keystone Kops, without being funny at all. I'm afraid Argentina doesn't yet know chia Nov 2023 #13
Well said - although real fascists are probably only a third of those who voted for him peppertree Nov 2023 #15
Johnson looks sane compared to this guy and Trump Polybius Nov 2023 #20
It was a combination of corporate backing, and discontent over Fernandez's inability to turn things around peppertree Nov 2023 #25
I hate that word "populist." It's so confusing. ananda Nov 2023 #16
Well said - especially in this case, since he's anything but peppertree Nov 2023 #19
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