Posted to the CW2 list as an example of how a country slides into socialist tyranny.
Many lessons applicable to America's near future may be learned from studying the cases of Venezuela, and now Argentina.
Sounds a lot like what has happened here.
The Wife and I have followed this guy’s tips for survivng economic downturns, Sad to see it’s almost hopeless.
Posted to the CW2 list as an example of how a country slides into socialist tyranny.
Many lessons applicable to America's near future may be learned from studying the cases of Venezuela, and now Argentina.
Read tonite.
Kirchner?
Leftovers from the run-away Nazis?
“Personality Cult”
Ping for later, depressing reading.
And those there are, in large part, unable to stop the slide into oblivion, or unwilling to take the extreme measures required to.
Ferfal sure paints a different picure than what the drive-bys are telling us. Thanks for posting!
What I saw discouraged me, and I wouldn't dare, especially since Ms Kirchner has been reelected, buy anything there. I speak Spanish, as does my Austrian wife, so culturally, there was a lot to like. Pre-collapse, Argentina was, just like many latin American countries, rich and poor, no in-between. I imagine it still is.
There were some stupendous buys there as far as real-estate goes, and though the people were extremely friendly to Americans, I decided when Ms. Kirchner began to seize bank funds for various government projects, the writing was on the wall.
It's a shame. Their agriculture exports are booming, the only saving grace, and no one has lent them money, so a default will not be a large one.
The Argentinians have experienced nothing but authoritarian leadership throughout their history. Their culture has survived only because misery unites them. They have never experienced true capitalism, only crony, quasi-free markets and despotism. The fact that we Americans have experienced prosperity through free markets makes us different in important ways. For this reason I find it difficult to equate our situation with theirs, at any point in our history. Even now.
Huh? Unless the seed and fertilizer companies have come up with new breeds of soy, I had always understood that soybeans revitalized the soil because it is a legume that can take nitrogen from the air. Essentially after planting corn for a couple of years you rotate to soybeans to give the land a year off.
If he's talking about high-intensity chemical farming of soybeans, he's right, but it's the method, not the plant, that is the problem. No-till farming with soybeans replaces nitrogen and leaves the root masses and much of the green matter for decomposition. Farmers in Latin America had grown milpas of corn, beans, and squash (together) for over a thousand years with relatively little soil depletion.
Thanks for posting this. I believe many people still think that we would be immune from such as this happening here. In particular if we elect a ‘conservative’ president in 2012. However much is already in place. The wheels are in motion and have been for a long time conservative president or not. It will take great united energy to battle the forces at work. To preserve our culture, heritage and nation. Not the PC crap that we constantly see from the left and also from many on the right. I agree with the poster above that our social cohesion is weakening to the point of there being little if any at all left at least in the national sense. We certainly have a hard time uniting on much even on the so called right side of the aisle. Our whole societal structure is under attack and by and large under control of Marxist/liberal doctrine and I’m not sure we have the backbone anymore to fight it. We must unite on our forefathers, our common culture, heritage and blood. Without it we are just a shell.
This woman's husband won with less than a quarter of the vote 3 elections ago before she succeeded him again this time.
These folks are Peronistas basically, left wing Nationalists
hard to figure except it ain't good
problem with Argentina is where we are headed ..though I think racially we will be more Brasil...Argentina is far less Africoid with almost no pure AmerIndians
but they both are largess cultures supported by a minority of earners...but here is the kicker...government largess there is not a cell phone and decent care and air condiditoning sitting on yer ass collecting entitlements like her
it's just barely living ...or squatting
The goal is a civil society with the rule of law and real respect for individual civil and property rights.
Democracy is merely the mechanism that has on average been the most successful at creating and maintaining such a society.
IOW, don't confuse means with ends. It is not impossible to imagine an absolute monarchy that effectively meets these ends, or a true democracy that doesn't. In fact, we're well into experiencing this.
Facepalm...
btw...I highly recommend Suicide of a Superpower if you don’t already have it
btw...I highly recommend Suicide of a Superpower if you don’t already have it