[WheelsAtLarge]

I wonder why he thinks Milei is going to bring continued change over time? Argentina's economy has been a mess as long as I can remember, decades and decades. Why is Milei so different that's he's willing to move there? He must really see a change he can exploit.

[zulux]

"four types of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina." -Simon Kuznet.

[rbanffy]

Argentina is, indeed, quite puzzling. They shouldn’t be a mess, and they should vote better, but, yet, they never get to have a stable period of progress.

[culi]

Maybe this will help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coups_in_Argentina

There are only two countries in the entire South America that DO NOT have the experience of having a democratically elected leader overthrown in a US-backed coup.

[rich_sasha]

Ironically, to complete the pattern, the US has just established a (hereditary?) dictatorship in it's own green land. Via elections.

[culi]

Not picking up what you're referencing. Care to expand?

[red-iron-pine]

trump tax rulings

[culi]

oh "green land" not "greenland". Got it

[rbanffy]

> There are only two countries in the entire South America

I am Brazilian and I can’t remember which countries you are talking about. I would expect none.

[culi]

Colombia and Suriname