#argentina election

[sneakygreenbean]

shit, wait, what the hell is happening in Argentina??????

[rulimaquina]

As much as I fucking despise Milei and everything he represents, the opposition's news channels jumping straight to easily disprovable fake news the moment he was confirmed to be elected was such a fucking dumbass move on their part. Them fabricating an Elon Musk tweet and a Donald Trump tweet, when neither of these assholes posted ANYTHING about Milei the day of the election, is both low and unnecessary cause just two weeks ago there were Brazilian news covering that Bolsonaro supporters came to Argentina to show their support of Milei. This man is awful and there are awful people who did show him support, there's literally no need to make that shit up with "bigger" names like Trump and Musk.

[rashmeerl]

[im-adrienne]

Ew, Jesus, gross.

[abatcow]

Trying to ignore that, in the pre-elections of my country, a sexist, homophobic man who believes in the legal bearing of arms, who wants to make abortion illegal again, who says that global warming is an invention of socialism, who wants to privatize schools and public health and who wants to dollarize our economy (and that I think wants to fuck his sister) is winning. I want to unlive myself

[gabzilla-z]

Nunca un dia aburrido en este pais

[beneaththemasks]

Hi there. I never really do this kind of thing here but I need you to stop for a second and read what's about to happen in my country Argentina because this will also affect many of you.

This man in the picture is Javier Milei, a libertarian political candidate running for the presidential elections taking place this october

Argentina is not anywhere close to being a powerful country and much less an influential one. In fact we've been slowly becoming a U.S colony during the last couple of years which has really impoverished us. However, even if this man's victory won't affect the world's economy I'm sure it'll affect at least more than one of you as individuals.

In case you didn't know, Argentina is one of the very few countries that offers free and public access to both healthcare and education to both residents and non-residents. And that also includes universities.

This country is home to a very large percentage of foreigners that come every year in hopes of getting access to free education because they can't afford to pay for it back in their homelands.

Evey year hundreds of foreign students get degrees in a field of their interest here that allows them to find a job anywhere in the world, including our own country. To be honest many people hate this because, well, racism and xenophobia. But personally, it makes me very proud and hopeful that my country can guarantee this human right to so many people FROM ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Sadly, this very man Javier Milei has openly stated that he wants to abolish free access to education for everyone (among many other human rights violations) if he wins this year's elections.

I'm very sad because of yesterday's first round of elections results in which he came out first place. I'm scared that he might win the last round and become our president. And more than anything I don't want my country to loose so many of the things and rights our people fought so hard to obtain.

PLEASE LET THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOW THE FACE OF THIS MAN AND WHY HE SHOULD BE DESPISED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD.

[one-with-the-waves]

Argentina just entered the worst timeline. We have a fascist as president now and my heart is broken tbh

Idek what to expect right now... 40 years of democracy and now this happens. It's sad.

[mapsontheweb]

Final results of the Argentinian 2023 General Election of October 22. Going to runoffs in November 19.

[threecapybarasinatrenchcoat]

It's ridiculous how history repeated itself, the exact thing that happened in argentina last year just happened in the US.

But nevertheless, we are still here, and this whole thing can still be fixed. I'm not from nor in the US, but I can share the thought that helps me when I see what's going on in my own country.

These circumstances can feel so hopeless, but the world won't end just yet. It can still be fixed, but for that there must be as many people to help fix it as possible. Keep going, if anything out of spite. Don't let them kill you, neither literally nor emotionally. Don't let them win.

Lean on your community. Lean on your loved ones that support you. It can still be fixed, I promise

[dani-r]

Ok, mutuals, can you pray to whatever gods you believe in for Argentina? Please and thank you.

[lulumoy13]

les comparto un artículo de una revista que está muy interesante acerca de lo que sucedió ayer con el ballotage y las cosas que se vienen [o podrían venir] porque ahora sólo queda tener un poco de esperanza. Aunque da bronca que siempre vamos a ser les mismes que pongamos el pecho a las balas.

[altumvidetur]

Hablando aquí desde Brasil, sufrimos pero sobrevivimos. El pueblo argentino es más fuerte que el fascismo!

[theanarchistscookbook]

[anniegetyourbubblegum]

I keep seeing posts from people in the US debating whether to vote for Biden in their upcoming elections to stop Trump from winning again or to punish the democrats for aiding Israel in the genocide of Palestine.

I'm argentinian and as far as I'm concerned, you should vote for whichever candidate you think will benefit you more, because you're from the US and that's all it's good for. The rest of the world will continue to suffer at your hands no matter what. Let me explain.

Democrats and republicans are not a representation of left and right wing politics: both parties are on the right side of the spectrum, only the GOP is more honest about it.

Republicans, as right wing parties do, run on promises of austerity, reducing taxes and being tough on crime. Democrats run promising to use tax money to ease your life: affordable healthcare, education and housing, all guaranteed so you can live the life of a first world citizen.

And then, they don't deliver.

You still have school shootings, massive incarceration, corruption in all levels of government, and the poorest pay a higher proportion of taxes than the richest. Healthcare, education and housing are extremely expensive and often require people to get into heavy debt to afford to have their most basic needs met, and that's only possible if you have good credit.

It's a reductive analysis for the sake of brevity, but you get the gist. The point is that having you be poor and afraid is the goal: it's a feature, not a bug.

You want to go to college? You need to buy a house? You want to start a family? Well, the military complex needs bodies! The US has far too many enemies to their way of life, so they'll need people to defend it! In exchange, they'll "guarantee" just enough money that you won't be destitute.

The US spends the most amount of money on their military in the world, by a long shot. To justify spending that kind of money, you HAVE to have wars. To have wars, you need enemies.

So, you get propaganda. "Muslims are extremists and hate our way of life." "Latin americans want to come to our country and steal our jobs." "China and Russia are communist countries that are waiting to destroy us." And you gobble it up.

You love it so much. It's in your news, in your videogames, in your movies and TV series and comic books. So, when they ask you to fight, you go running! You'll get some money out of it and you'll get to live your life the way you were promised. Sure, PTSD from the horrors is a given, but there's pills for that! And award winning movies about how difficult it is to go to war! It's all covered.

So the small, poor countries that you invade lose their money, natural resources, and their sovereignty but HEY, you brought democracy there! And the US is protected from this many enemies! Mission accomplished, right?

Well, as a citizen of a third world country whose current president is an insane pawn of the GOP, I'd like to say fuck you. He was placed so that the US could take our recently discovered lithium, and you'll get it. Enjoy your shitty iPhone 5000 I guess. It'll come at the small price of the hunger of my countrymen, but since Twitter user dan91883719 says argentinians all descend from escaped nazis, I guess it's alright.

Israel has killed Palestinians and illegally expanded its borders for over 70 years. Both democrats and republicans have sent aid and weapons to make this possible. It's in the US best interests to have conflict in the Middle East and have an ally control the area. Israel is a feature, not a bug.

And those of you who vote blue? You're trapped. Even if you know it's shit, you're unable to organize. Instead of rallying to form a new party, or a at least get a better candidate, you keep voting bad instead of worse and pat yourselves on the back for a job well done. Democrats are well aware of this and that's why they run on platforms that promise to make your life better and then sit back and say "our hands are tied" when you lose rights.

So, if you're still doubting it, vote for whoever the fuck you want. The war machine that you call 'country' won't stop no matter who's president, because those who hold the real power are already getting exactly what they want from it. Your suffering as US citizens is just as planned as the suffering of those who live outside of it.

TL,DR: Vote for whichever candidate you feel will defend your interests best. Lord knows it won't make a lick of difference for the rest of the world, because both political parties have the same plans when it comes to foreign policy.

[abatcow]

Thank you to everyone who is sending love and support to Argentina, I really appreciate it and it's lifting my spirits. Gracias a todos los que están mandando amor y apoyo, en especial a mis hermanos y hermanas Brasileros y Latinos en general, los amo mucho.