In a corner of the ring is javier milei52, who describes himself as a former tantric sex coach, outsider anarcho-capitalist and favorite in the next presidential elections of Argentina. In the other, his compatriot the Pope Francisco86-year-old world champion of the poor, repeatedly ridiculed by Argentina’s likely next president as “a fucking communist” and “the representative of evil on Earth” for promoting the doctrine of “social justice” to help the disadvantaged.
This is how the British newspaper describes Guardian the bid between the right-wing populist and the “communist” pontiff, a that will turn into war if the first one wins the elections. A political unknown until 2020, Milei has vowed to wage a “cultural battle” to transform Argentina into a libertarian paradise where capitalist efficiency replaces welfare, and taxes are cut to a minimum.
Pope
From Rome, the Pope Francisco has expressed serious concern about the rise of “such callous policies. “The extreme right is always reconstructed, it is the triumph of selfishness over communitarianism”, he said in a television interview in March, when asked about the upcoming elections in Argentina. In words that seemed to refer to Milei, the Pope added: “I am terrified of the saviors of the nation without a history of political party.”
“The Pope’s doctrine of social justice is synonymous with theft for Milei’s Freedom Advances party, because it depends on tax revenues, ”reviewed The Guardian. “Jesus did not pay taxes,” Milei once tweeted, tagging the Pope’s official account.
opponents
Milei has trolled Francisco with repetitive tweets, calling him a “communist jerk”, “piece of shit” and accusing the pontiff of “preaching communism to the world”. According to John Grabois, the former presidential candidate of Union for the Fatherland close to the pontiff, Milei is a “false prophet” who leveraged his rise in the terrible economic crisis in Argentina. “With inflation above 115% plus a 25% drop in the purchasing power of informal workers in the last seven years, voters would have to possess impossible political maturity to vote again for those who have so completely failed them.” explained the social referent to the Observer of Guardian.
“Voters disenchanted with both Together for Change, and with the Peronism in office, have migrated en masse to the newcomer Milei,” the British newspaper highlights. “The piper’s music sounds sweet For those who have lost all hope. But it makes no sense to blame the voters or the piper himself, we have to address the mistakes made by those of us who have a humanist conception of politics,” he said. Grabois.
Dialectics
In her victory speech after the August 13 primary, a tousled-haired Milei vowed the disappearance of government benefits because they are “based on that atrocity that says where there is a need, a right is born, your maximum expression being that aberration called social justice”.
“Humanist is not a term that can be applied to Milei’s economy. In addition to legalizing the sale of bodily organs, his pointed agenda calls for blowing up the Central Bank, abolishing Argentina’s free public education system and dismantling free public health services. Milei is also fearlessly entering territory anti-woke saying he will reinstate the ban on abortionlegalized in 2020, will close the ministry for women, gender and diversity, as well as the science ministries,” The Guardian reviewed.
Milei is aware of the probability that his preaching spawned violent street protests. “I am going to put the leaders of those who throw stones in jail and if they surround the Casa Rosada they are going to have to take me out dead,” she recently remarked.
Visit
He Pope Francisco He had confirmed a month ago that his visit to Argentina “is on the agenda” after the presidential elections. “Right now I only think of Argentina… and maybe Uruguay. There have already been several attempts before, but the elections frustrated the visit”, declared the Holy Father.
Francisco, recently operated on a hernia, He is already thinking about the epilogue of his papacy. And the view to our country is a debt. One that could remain unsettled if Milei wins the election. Although in the Vatican they do not rule out that the trip will materialize anyway, with a presence in different parts of the interior, in a challenge to the libertarian.
“What happens if an unstable country is governed by an unstable leader?” the NEWS journalist asked. Juan Gonzalezauthor of Milei’s biography “Crazy”, in dialogue with the Observer. “I am concerned that he will actually try to impose his unworkable economic theories that will further devastate the economy and spark violent social unrest.” Concerns that Francisco shares.
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