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[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

George Monbiot:

This is 1930s-style fascism, with the added twist that Milei is a creature of the Atlas Network, a confederation of rightwing junktanks funded by some of the world's grimmest oligarchs and corporations. What they are getting in Argentina is what they want everywhere. Be warned.

It's always the same story with fascism. It's a front for the interests of the very rich, shutting down opposition, deregulating their predatory activities, handing the control of state assets.

We're not immune. The IEA [Institute of Economic Affairs] is a founder member of the Atlas Network. It attempted a polite British version through its glove puppet, Liz Truss. Now, thanks to our complicit media, it's all over the airwaves, pushing the same agenda for the same interests.

Argentina is a perfect laboratory for the Atlas Network as it was so badly mauled by years of misrule that there was no effective politics to oppose the agenda. The UK is not quite such a basket case, which is why Truss was forced out. But they'll keep trying by other means.

This is why it's essential that Starmer grows a spine between now and the election. Unless he can change social outcomes for the better, and repair much of the damage inflicted by 13 years of Tory misrule, next time round the IEA/Atlas will get everything they want.

Hayek, who inspired the founding of the IEA and Atlas, believed that neoliberalism would stop the resurgence of authoritarian rule. But because his philosophy fitted so well with the demands of oligarchs and corporations, it became authoritarianism's handmaiden.

He was fine with that, as his praise for Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship showed. By then, he had become the darling of the world's richest people, and was happy to follow them wherever they went.

These junktanks are like the spike proteins on a virus. They are the means by which plutocratic power invades the cells of public life and takes over. It's time we developed an immune system.

Amazingly, several people have responded with the claim that Milei is practising "small government". Well, there's one born every minute. Authoritarianism is Big Government with jackboots.

[–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Argentina is a perfect laboratory for the Atlas Network as it was so badly mauled by years of misrule that there was no effective politics to oppose the agenda ~ Hayek, who inspired the founding of the IEA and Atlas, believed that neoliberalism would stop the resurgence of authoritarian rule. But because his philosophy fitted so well with the demands of oligarchs and corporations, it became authoritarianism's handmaiden.

The logic is stunning. The "bad" neoliberals are here and must be stopped! We the "good" neoliberals that utterly failed must be saved! "Basket of deplorables", indeed.