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Posted on 02/27/2014 5:49:54 PM PST by Kartographer
A bon mot doing the rounds in post-commodities-boom South America is that Brazil is in the process of becoming Argentina, and Argentina is in the process of becoming Venezuela, and Venezuela is in the process of becoming Zimbabwe. That is a little harsh on Brazil and Venezuela.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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Twenty-five years ago I left a country of hyperinflation (5,000 percent in 1989), capital flight, currency instability, heavy-handed state interventionism, dwindling reserves, uncompetitive industry, heavy reliance on commodity exports, reawakening Peronist fantasies and bottom-of-the-world complexes
All I could think when reading that is that that will be the USA soon under Obama and endless QE.
I disagree with the author of this piece. I have information from a friend in Argentina.
Argentina has gone through cycles of failure MANY times. This is just one more. It isn’t Venezuela. The deplorable leader (Kirchner), will be gone.
People who live there - particularly older people - expected this and expect the good times that will follow.
In the meantime, Brazil has increasing crime and a decreasing economy.
Both nations have a lot going for them.
Chile is where it is really happening.
Then I wonder then why Ferfal linked the article to his blog?
Argentina is going more socialist every day. That always ends up in the same place.
Who is “Ferfal”?
“Argentina is going more socialist every day. That always ends up in the same place.”
Oh, I think it is a disaster for the country. It isn’t the first time. Historically, I don’t think the coming disaster will be the last either. In between the coming disaster and the next disaster, life will continue on in a great country with great people.
If socialism ‘always’ ... ends up in the same place, the US is screwed. It probably is, but I hope it is forestalled.
Yeah a few million will die and more will suffer terribly. But eventually things will get better.
From America 2024:
Then, to give expression to its uniqueness, America invented its own political philosophy: a strange mishmash of nationalism, romanticism, fascism, socialism, backwardness, progressiveness, militarism, eroticism, fantasy, musical, mournfulness, irresponsibility and repression. The name it gave all this was Obamanomics. It has proved impossible to shake.
All of that text and he never gets around to the truth: Argentina was ruined by socialism, a dependency culture, and unions tied to the govt. Sound familiar?
OK, thanks. I knew the name was familiar.
Hence, why I said it will be a disaster...
During the Falklands war I learned that 40% of the nation was ethnic European. What they need is an infusion of capitalists-retired or otherwise to show them the right way. The Falklands? Much ado about nothing. It’s a good subject changer.
He is an English speaking blogger from Argentina talking about its collapse and survival tips he’s learned, recently moved to North Ireland - one of the few places in the UK where you can own a gun.
“Argentina is the child among nations that never grew up. Responsibility was not its thing. Why should it be? There was so much to be plundered, such riches in grain and livestock, that solid institutions and the rule of law seemed a waste of time.”
Replace “Argentina” with “Obamanation” and you have the US today.
Yes, I remember him. He was in BA at the time... I think I’d favor the western wine-growing region near the Andes.
Each region is semi-autonomous in how it implements law. The further from the capital, the better for freedom.
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