I just talked on Skype to friends from Argentina, and it’s shocking how similar things are in Russia and Argentina. Obviously, Argentina has no capacity to invade anybody or go bomb Syria (which is something of everybody’s favorite pastime these days), but Kirchner’s friendship with Putin is rubbing off and Argentina is gradually turning into as much of the continent’s joke as Venezuela.
My friends are saying that Argentina uses the same idiotic policies of “supporting the national manufacturers” that only lead to enormous corruption and force people to buy US goods at 200%-500% of the price. Corruption is out of control, the economy is in the toilet, elections are shamelessly falsified, and the people are zombified into supporting the madness by grandiose proclamations and a few crumbs from the table of the Kirchnerite oligarchy.
Just like we saw back in the times of the USSR, rot that originates in Russia is infecting the world.
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