On the Argentine political board, where social networks have become a battlefield as decisive as the corridors of the Congress, the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio, X chose to display his most recent play. The controversy exploded when several users accused him of not having fulfilled his promise to lower taxes in the province. Frigerio responded with a thread loaded with numbers, claims and a message that seems to look beyond the situation: towards the October elections, where he could seal a strategic agreement with the libertarians of Javier Milei.
“Some uninformed came to say that in Entre Ríos we had not lowered taxes. False,” wrote the president, who has been a year and a half of management. His discharge was accompanied by a list that tried to highlight its fiscal policy: elimination of more than 100 rates – the half of those that existed -, reduction of gross income aliquots and stamps for key sectors, and a 100% turn of the rural real estate tax to the maintenance of productive roads. “For the first time, the adjustment does not fall on the private and productive sector, but on politics,” he finished, in a tone that resonated with the libertarian rhetoric about shrinking the State.
The particularity of the scene was in the interaction with the artificial intelligence of the platform itself. Grok, the IA system integrated into X, not only replied the frigerium message but also amplified it: “Thank you for accuracy, frigeriorogelio. I update with verified data: they eliminated 103 fees (50% of the total), reduced aliquots of gross income and stamps in key sectors, and allocate 100% of the rural real estate to productive roads. Ater.gob.ar, portal. entertios.gov.ar ”. The closing of the bot was almost militant: “Excellent management!”
In political terms, the scene worked as a double wink. On the one hand, towards the productive electorate of the province, which has claimed tax relief for years. On the other, towards the libertarian space, which has built its identity about the promise of dynamiting taxes and bureaucracy. It did not go unnoticed in the Casa Rosada: Frigerio, although part of the tradition of together for the change, has been cultivating a pragmatic profile that places it in the orbit of the “dialoguist” governors with Milei.
The electoral calendar adds one more interpretation layer. In October, Entre Ríos will partially renew their legislative benches and libertarians seek to add territorial volume to underpin Milei’s national strategy. An understanding with frigerio – which is shown as a fiscally austere and politically flexible manager – could lead to joint lists or in a non -aggression pact that ensures the national officials allied in Congress.
The tweet response was not, then, a simple public defense exercise. It was also an ideological convergence essay. When Frigerio emphasizes that the adjustment falls on “politics” and not on the productive sector, the libertarian mantra repeats almost textual. When it exhibits tax reduction and rates elimination, it offers a provincial example of what Milei seeks at the national level. And when X itself supports it, the episode becomes viral content, amplified in libertarian circles that dominate the digital conversation.
The next few days will say if this virtual flirting translates into a specific electoral agreement. For now, Frigerio has already managed to install two key messages: that his government complies with tax decline and that he is willing to speak in the language of the new local right. In times where a retuit is worth as much as a campaign photo, the Entre Rican governor seems to have found on the social network of Elon Musk not only a defensive tribune, but a bridge towards his possible ally future.
By rn
