2023-10-06 03:30:00
Politics, which is conflictive by nature, has always had a bad press in Argentina. To the annoyance of many, the passions it stimulates divide people. It can cause “rifts” in families and groups of friends. More than a century ago, radicals resisted calling the organization they formed a party because they aspired to represent everyone and not just a part of society. Over time, the Peronists would adopt the same attitude, while others, such as the developmentalists, would rage once morest “the partisanship.” The leaders of the military regimes agreed; To the sound of martial music, they proclaimed their determination to ensure the long-awaited “national unity” by prohibiting politics.
Thus, Javier Milei’s preaching once morest “la caste” is only the most recent manifestation of a phenomenon that has very deep roots. Although he does not claim to be determined to abolish “politics” as such, he implies that he wants to wipe out all those who practice it with the alleged exception of those willing to join his crusade.
As might be predicted, Many members of the political class that Milei despises are trying to save their skin by transforming themselves from champions of “social justice” into champions of the free market.
Despite the flamboyant libertarian, he is becoming the leader of the most opportunistic sector of “the caste” by incorporating into his movement characters who are betting on him winning the fight for power – and the money that usually accompanies it -, which is to finish.
Is it possible to distinguish between politics and politicians? Of course. Speaking ill of politics for assuming that it is incompatible with the degree of unity that every society needs is one thing; criticizing certain politicians, such as the former Buenos Aires Chief of Staff Martín Insaurralde, for what they do is quite another.
Unfortunately, it is undeniable that many, perhaps the majority, are corrupt or, at least, are accustomed to overlooking the corruption of those who fight at their side. Asking that they be duly punished for the crimes of commission or omission that they perpetuate is not attacking democracy but defending it once morest those who are undermining it.
Milei has won the support of regarding a third of the electorate thanks in part to his willingness to propose a drastic alternative to an economic order whose failure might hardly be more obvious, but mainly to his apparent opposition to a perverse political culture that has been taken advantage of by a multitude of unscrupulous individuals, some of whom have become multimillionaires.
The “people’s problems” matter much less to them than the problems they solve by appropriating public goods.
The most notable in this sense have been the Kirchnerists; Those of the masses have become accustomed to claiming corruption, treating it as something merely anecdotal.
Blindly loyal to a boss who has already been sentenced to six years in prison by a court and who has every reason to want to stop other cases that, with exasperating slowness, are being processed, they strive to believe her to be the victim of a vile campaign promoted by her enemies.
The Kirchnerists are not the only ones who are outraged by crimes attributable to their adversaries and celebrate those committed by their colleagues. So do many others.
Members of all the different groups They took advantage of the Buenos Aires “pinata” whose operation came to light following the arrest of a Peronist leader nicknamed “Chocolate.” when he withdrew money from an ATM in La Plata with 48 debit cards supposedly belonging to employees of the provincial Legislature. They were “gnocchi” who had to hand over their salaries to those who had employed them, benefiting only from retirement contributions and payments to a medical plan.
It was regarding of a somewhat rudimentary but quite effective financing system that, presumably, has equivalents in many other provinces and municipalities throughout the country.
The money raised by people like Chocolate and other leaders went into the pockets of Buenos Aires legislators who already legally earned more than nationals without feeling constrained to do anything valuable.
The truth is that very few know who they are or what they are for, since they rarely meet. If the Legislature were closed, the impact on the lives of the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the oversized Province of Buenos Aires would be virtually zero.although it would be a terrible disaster for the politicians themselves who would be forced to find another source of income.
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