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Argentina Elects Javier Milei who falsely calls climate change a socialist plot| Javier Milei gana la presidencia de Argentina que falsame considera que el cambio climático es una artimaña socialista (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago

Yeah ... This how humanity is going to out. Instead of rallying together to save ourselves from a changing environment, wealthy corporate interests will just manipulate everything to get conservative right wing nut jobs in power to avoid having to do anything about changing global behavior.

We're going to sacrifice our future existence to protect the wealth of a few hundred people, who will all last just a little bit longer before all of humanity fizzles out.

This is our great filter ... Human greed ... and it looks like we won't be able to get past it.

[–] Argongas@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

Yikes, good luck Argentina.

[–] sonori 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love that he got elected on the promise of economic shock therapy, becuse it just worked so well in Russia and the other post Soviet states./s

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

It won't work for sure. That said, with the rich continually robbing people left and right by hording the last bits of wealth on this planet, desperate people do desperate things. For the time everyone's mostly still sticking to the Democratic mode of trying to solve that issue, but I wouldn't give it much longer before that option starts running out for some folks.

Milei has a very, very steep hill to climb, a world economic system that's less interested in helping him out, and a Congress that's not exactly weighing in his favor. He is very much two or three steps away from civil unrest in his country. Lots of luck to him, maybe he's thinking he'll be able to fake till he makes it or something.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Has Argentina ever functioned as a sensible country because I can't think of a single time in recent history that I've ever heard a positive thing about Argentina.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Their food's fantastic. That's a positive thing.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They won the last world cup.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago

They then proceeded to spout racist slurs on social media, so I wouldn't say that it was a good thing

[–] MenKlash@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

VLLC!

[–] AEMarling@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Solarpunk needs to assure people we have the technology to make a good life, otherwise people will indulge in denial in the face of climate disasters and elect fascists.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with him. I mean , like any other subjects that is used for political propaganda. Because to be honest of of politicians don’t give a fuck about climate.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

We're actually starting to see movement on decarbonization in the US and EU right now. Not fast enough, and we need the rest of the world on board.