#meneme

[kickassclefable]

[elbiotipo]

Something worth noting is that the constitutions of many Latin American countries were based in the US constitution, which was at the time seen as an example of a liberal republic. So yes, indeed, Argentina once had an electoral college for example.

And indeed that electoral college and restrictive voting laws (the República Conservadora of 1853-1916~) was used to suppress popular will (something like 1% of the population could vote). After the reforms by the UCR, universal male suffrage was achieved, the electoral college always voted proportionally to the popular vote (unlike the US where it's a winner takes all system), though afterwards there was decades of coups so there weren't many elections. Woman suffrage came with Perón and Evita, as well as the 1949 constitution that enshrined worker's and social rights (later repealed by the military dictatorship, though worker's rights are still guaranteed explicitly by the current constitution)

It was with the 1994 constitution when we finally stopped that stupid system and went directly with the popular vote. In any case, as I said, the electoral college voted proportionally to the popular vote so it was more redudant than anything. (I understand, though my knowledge there is limited, that Brazil and other countries had a similar history)

This all happened because like most constitutions, the Argentine constitution has been reformed multiple times. It started mostly as a copy of the US constitution which was a model at the time, but situations changed. Worker's rights, women's right, indigenous rights, environmental rights, changes to the procedure of state, the defense against our history of coups. Many things changed (and indeed the constitution and I argue the whole political system is overdue for a change) and they did by long popular struggle.

The United States remains the only country in the world with an electoral college. Many archaic and unequal things like the all powerful supreme court or the strange voting system in the United States simply aren't found in other such democracies because they changed. It's strange to pretend the United States is a paramount of democracy because their own model of democracy is actually very obsolete, and in fact doesn't even approach the ongoing developments in popular sovereignity in countries like China (which I don't have time to write about but they're very interesting) or indeed, other "average" democracies in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the rest of the world. And yet democracies in general are having a hard time in responding to the needs of the people (which is natural given the state of class conflict) and there are some that are particularily ossified and not a model for anyone, such as the US and the UK. If you attempt to study or measure "democracy" by their standards, you're doomed to failure.

In the coming decades new ways of concieving the state and the "res publica" will emerge. From an outsider's perspective, the liberal capitalist model of the United States is hopelessly outdated and those who cling to it (like our own Milei) are walking fossils. There is a future for democracy but it will be very different from what we know.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

My advisor preferring wine with his pizza 🤝 me preferring a capuccino with mine

People staring at either of us in disgust and disbelief (apparently pizza and beer are an indissoluble marriage (?))

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved]

todo el mundo sabe del tropo de que no hay negros en argentina pero el otro día vi a uno decir que en argentina no hay musulmanes TUVIMOS UN PRESIDENTE SIRIO

[prontaentrega]

How did toy production work in Argentina before the 90s? Would love to read the cool things you've found!

I didn't find out anything really deep or complex lol but i was always curious about the way Strawberry Shortcake gets localized in Latin America- she's known as Frutillita in some countries which i always found odd because strawberries are only called frutillas in argentina, uruguay and maybe some other bordering countries. Latin American translations are usually made in a "neutral" spanish more influenced by México and northern latin american countries, so having a foreign cartoon character named like the local word for strawberry was weird.

But whatever the point is i found out before the 90s the way foreign toy lines worked here is that Argentinian toy manufacturers bought the rights to produce toys for a certain franchise and then made their own products independently from the og ones, so Argentina had its very own My Little Pony or Strawberry Shortcake lines with their own original characters and concepts and products. thus Frutillita, argentinian strawberry shortcake.

This is nothing new or particularily exciting, a lot of countries still do this (especially big producers like Japan) but as a child of post-2001 Argentina (Whole economic crisis around free-market reforms and national companies being sold to the 1st world. You know how it is) this was all very insane to me. Like if you wanna buy a Licensed doll or toy in here that shit's gonna be 1. imported and therefore 2. in dollar prices which means that e.g. a basic monster high doll costs like half of my salary

On an entirely superficial level i'm mad we aren't getting cheaper, nationally-made, localized monster high lines with our own original argentinian monster high characters. But there's also the whole political and economical angle to it. It's kinda unexplainable to someone in the 1st world but it makes me sad thinking about the industries we lost... obviously there's still dolls and toys being produced and made in Argentina but there was so much more before the 90s (You Know) it's so sad looking back at it. Not only talking about toys obviously

This is less about toy production in particular and more about national industry in general but it was all fueled by me wanting a monster high doll really really bad. but you know how it is

[wachi-delectrico]

Ya empezamos. Ayer a un compañero de laburo de mis viejos le quisieron dar una trompada adentro del laburo por llevar puesta ropa con el logo de la entidad pública para la que trabaja y diciéndole que es un planero etc

[mantecol]

ya voté y me afane para mi carpeta de recortes

[pinkestpurple]

I love that instead of look up why Zephrah is Ojai (idk where ojai even is) i star making headcanons about bells hells being Argentinos

[irish-coffee97]

Irish Coffee #17 (23-3-97)

Secuencias de sueño, un clasico del duo Trillo/Meglia! (English translation under the cut)

Dream secuences, a Trillo/Meglia classic!

Our hero prepares himself to face the vampire candidate. Why does he need the tanker truck that the clone of the president is looking for? We'll have to wait to know it because everyone has fallen asleep.

It's a brand new dawn in this Buenos Aires so close to the 2000s. It's sunday and almost everyone is sleeping and dreaming

Mary: And now you're one of us, Irish Coffee. Welcome to the truth.

Irish: No... No...

Clarita: No... no... NO!

Gino: and me, your ex-boyfriend... do you remember in 1991 when I took your hand at the theatre, right? I want you to be that simple neighborhood girl you used to be before my friend Irish perverted you, turning you into the queen of strip-tease. If you do, you can count on me again and I'll take you to watch that movie about Maria Juana starring Madonna.

~~~~

Julio Barbaro: ...and with this union, the greatness of our homeland is guaranteed...

Chacho Alvarez: ...and the definitive decline of a goverment uncaring of the pains of society.

Menem: No... Oh God!! No... No...

~~

Clone Menem: And here's the family's idiot, since it's a clone, who cares... doing the dirty work. Cleaning a tanker truck, those used to clean cesspits, to then fill with clean water, puaj! While I give my back and get myself all filthy, everyone else is sleeping like little angels. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him. It's decided! I'll vote for the pensioners' party!

Wakefulness and sleepness are so devalued in this end of the millenium that no one smiles awake or sleeping in the dethroned queen of silver.

Next Sunday: It stinks of garlic!

Indeed a Meijide, Alvarez and Duahlde allyship (called Alianza) was brewing, I'm not sure how much of a prediction this is or just reporting on possible future events but Julio Barbaro wasn't part of this final union... that didn't really last.

Also these are heavily caricaturizes political figures from before I was born so hopefully the identification done by my older family members is accurate ;P

[adribosch-fan]

Generar caos y más caos, el único plan del kirchnerismo de aquí a octubre

En un miércoles caliente, el kirchnerismo y la izquierda buscarán el caos y el conflicto adentro y fuera del Congreso. por Marcelo Duclos El kirchnerismo y sus aliados se lanzó a una tarea concreta en la mañana de hoy: enloquecer a Martín Menem. (X) Si Argentina tuviera una oposición razonable, hoy habría un escenario predecible. Tendría lugar una sesión más de la Cámara de Diputados, se…

[elbiotipo]

Estaba por decir "será Elon Musk el Cavallo de EEUU" pero Domingo Cavallo duró casi una década entre varias presidencias cagando al país con su agenda neoliberal corrupta. Elon está haciendo un speedrun pero solamente en tiempo le falta mucho para llegar a ser tan nefasto y destructivo como Cavallo.

[ttimekeepsrollingby]

Dictadura sangrienta

Con impulso de los medios hegemónicos y complicidad de los jueces y corporaciones, el gobierno se convierte en tiranía ilegal. Feroz represión a ciudadanos. Trampas en el Congreso. Un hato de reventados Ataque a la población

[procrastinating-falcon]

That was… more fun that I thought it’d be, actually.

[revindicatedbyhistory-moved]

menem fucked up because he had a chance to install islamic values in argentina and he didnt

[cinemedios]

'Algo Tiene Que Cambiar': Existencialismo y Crítica Inteligente

Cada vez estamos cerca de ver a Alan Sutton y Las Criaturitas de la Ansiedad en vivo en el Lunario del Auditorio Nacional, por lo que ahora repasamos el álbum gracias al que llegan a nuestro país.

Cada vez estamos cerca de ver a Alan Sutton y Las Criaturitas de la Ansiedad en vivo en el Lunario del Auditorio Nacional, por lo que ahora repasamos el álbum gracias al que llegan a nuestro país. Reseña Musical | ‘Algo Tiene Que Cambiar’ Coleccionando varios de los temas con los que se volvieron virales a lo largo de 2021 y 2022, ‘Algo Tiene Que Cambiar’ es un álbum bisagra en la historia de…

[wachi-delectrico]

Ojalá poder estar tranquilo después de las elecciones pero onda, mis viejos y mi novio son todos empleados estatales, así que,