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70 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 12h \ on: My Direct Account on the Situation in Argentina under Milei's Government Politics_And_Law
One of the biggest concerns with Trump's similar efforts to reduce the bureaucracy is how easily the Democrats can reinstate it when they next get into power.
What kinds of steps are being taken to make sure these changes don't get reversed the second Milei is out of office?
Very good question. First of all, whoever has the majority, dictates the rules. No strong-worded, bolded, underscored, all-caps written rule can do anything to avoid being overwritten by a faction that has the support of the majority. So, there's only one possible real long-term solution: to ensure the support of the majority around Milei's reforms.
A majority educated on Milei's ideas will always penalize those who vote against the tenets. That strategy Milei calls "Principle of Revelation", by which he ensures that those who go against the will of the people are always publicly exposed. That permanent threat of negative electoral impact has allowed him to garner the votes of the opposition to pass his reforms, in despite of having a minority in the senate. And when they don't, people reacts furiously, specially the youth, which is an asset Milei also ponders to his advantage, for they are the future majority. A ticking bomb for the opposition.
To keep that strategy going, Milei knows, and states, that the "cultural battle" must be fought eternally, so that people never again let themselves fall on the hypnosis of socialist irrationality. To that effect he permanently delivers speeches, and has assembled a team of ideological referents, with the aim to expand it. One such initiatives is the "Lighthouse Foundation". He has also always been a supporter of the "Students For Liberty" foundation.
Of course, layers of legal obstruction are being crafted to attempt to slow down an attempt to revert the reforms. But ultimately the democratic majority is the only way to ensure they're respected long-term, and to that effect, people must be educated to support the reforms themselves, not just the middleman in the senate who does.
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It's very fortunate then that Milei is an articulate speaker who actually understands what he's talking about.
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I did not expect this much from him. We actually braced ourselves for the worse. A common meme among the youth in twitter is "this is much more than what I voted for" with an image of Goku on the background. Imagine if that's the kids. Two more years of keeping this path straight and it will be irreversible.
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