2023-08-25 03:30:00
The so-called “primal therapy” was invented by psychologists convinced that it is good for mental health to let off steam from time to time by screaming wildly. They say that it serves to release repressed emotions, although, of course, it is better that those who are so disposed isolate themselves before starting to howl.
Well, almost two weeks ago, More than seven million Argentines accompanied the mystical guru Javier Mileia character who assures us that he receives messages from his cloned dogs and dead thinkers, to express the frustration they feel in the face of the unhappy situation in the country and the bleak future that it offers them. Although they did it silently in the dark room, they produced such a loud noise that it might be heard in all the capitals of the world.
The amazing popularity of Milei can be attributed to her willingness to shower insults on almost every other politician. She treats them like filthy criminals who have ruined a country that, she insists, should logically be among the most prosperous and dynamic on the planet. For painfully obvious reasons, many, many agree with what he says. And, like him, they want Argentina to free itself definitively from the “caste” that has dominated it since the beginning of the last century.
Unfortunately, there is not much reason to believe that Milei is the right person to lead the change that more than half of the population seems to be demanding.
For their proposals to become reality, they would not only have to deprive “the caste” – the one who, In addition to professional politicians, it includes trade unionists and members of a host of corporate organizations that are in one way or another linked to the state. -, of the privileges that it has accumulated, but also blow up the national Constitution, which would mean the end of the democracy we know.
If a hypothetical President Milei were to hurry up, he would immediately unleash chaos by giving the “social” movements concrete pretexts to fill the streets with blood, as certain Kirchnerists prophesied; if he tried to move cautiously, he would soon be captured by political militants who will remain in the places they occupy, as they did when reformist governments, both military and civilian, were in power.
The rudimentary “primal cry” that the libertarian represents cannot be the basis of an effective government program.
Chopping up with a chainsaw what is already disintegrating under the weight of circumstances would make the construction of order even more difficult. capable of taking advantage of the material and human advantages that, despite everything, Argentina still retains.
In view of the fact that it is feasible, although not at all certain, that by the end of the year Milei will be consecrated as the President of the Republic, those who broadly share his enthusiasm for economic liberalism will have to try to discipline him; if it caused a phenomenal disaster, the electorate would not give them another chance to carry out the changes they deem necessary.
Doing so will not be entirely easy. Aware of the political danger posed by Mauricio Macri’s efforts to incorporate him into a broader project than that of Libertad Avanza, Milei treats the candidate of Together for Change, Patricia Bullrich, as a “socialist” of “montonero” originwithout worrying that the main beneficiary of his feverish attacks on his liberal rival is Sergio Massa.
The Peronist will do well to appear as a rational leader determined to keep a lunatic determined to dismantle everything at bay. without really knowing how or what to replace it with.
Although it would be difficult to exaggerate the seriousness of the damage to the country that Kirchnerism has caused, it is not inconceivable that the electorate would opt for an antidote that is equally toxic.
There are those who believe that, in order to prevent such a catastrophe, it would be necessary to help provide structures to the movement headed by Milei, but since doing so prematurely would hurt Bullrich’s prospects, it is unlikely that the leaders of Together for Change will do so.
However, if they choose to emphasize that, when it comes to redirecting the economy, the candidate has a lot in common with Milei, they will greatly anger the “doves” of the coalition that internally supported Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, which would further weaken more to a group that has not yet recovered from the trauma caused by the defeat of Macri in 2019 following a management that, in the opinion of Milei and others, was a failure due to pressure from their radical partners and supporters of Elisa Carrió .
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