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[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

Why did you elect this turd, Argentina?

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Because he wasn't the other guys. He just works with them and is less mentally stable. Win win right?

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 35 points 10 months ago

The "not like the other guys" gives us leaders like Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, Bolsonaro, and now this Milei guy...

[-] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Upholding the status quo increases the desirability of "not like the other guys". Politicians who campaign on hope and change only to deliver more of the same are equally culpable.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Yep, they're part of the reason we can't have nice things. The people who keep them unnecessarily busy, stressed, and ignorant are the biggest part. But they help still. Not understanding candidates or platforms.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

But Viktor has been the "other guys" for over a decade now, but thanks to eliminating two-round, minimum-turnout elections and gerrymandering, he's been virtually uncontested and can spin everything whichever way he wants. The Fidesz of 2010 is very different than what the Fidesz of 1998 was.

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

In the now Fidesz controlled media, he still is. If something goes wrong, it's either foreign or opposition party interference, if they don't cover it up with other controversies (like the Gábor Kaleta incident with the cHIld ProTeCtiOn act).

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