To Bajo_cero2:
Alright I wrote a whole reply to you and then I clicked "Post Quick Reply" and the website had somehow forgotten my login credentials and when I entered it all, it decided to forget the whole thing I wrote.
So I am basically done with this thread.
Summary:
You like CFK, I don't.
You seem to like fascism and you produce an oxymoron "Argentina is fascist with civil liberties". Please read up on fascism and also on what an oxymoron is so you don't take it the wrong way. I don't like fascism and I laugh at the idea that you have civil liberties in Argentina. You have the appearance of it, that I agree with.
You don't agree with my idea of democracy which you seem to think is the US model. I would suggest you not guess around about who I am. Last time I checked, I was born in Saudi Arabia and later moved to the UAE, both dictatorships. Argentina is the only (pseudo)democratic country I have ever lived in (visited many) in my mere 26 years of life.
Having been closely involved with the Egyptian side of the mess that is known as the Arab Spring, it is okay to say that the majority can get things wrong. Argentina's problem is no respect for RULE OF LAW. And that is also why private enterprise doesn't work in Argentina, and for that matter, neither does the public.
Just because I don't agree with you, don't accuse me of wanting military dictatorship. That argument might have worked with Argentines for you, for me its just a copout.
To you Peron was a great leader. To me he was a fascist dictator who got what he wanted through repression. You respect that but, given the chance, I would fight against it.
You love to say that people have dogmas yet you have one yourself, yours goes something like: "if you don't agree with CFK and me, then you're dogmatic!" Like I said before we all have our "dogmas" or ideologies upon which we build the rest of who we are and what we think is right.
You love to criticize Adam Smith and liberal economics and also criticize neoliberal economics, yet you do not seem to know what they are.
I wasn't talking about neoliberal economics or any other "thought" on the matter in my last post. I was just saying that Cristina's policies don't work. And now you can see Brazil taking action against Argentine exports. Yeah great going. Let's see how you turn that trade deficit around now.
You just say "you're dogmatic" yet you're parroting the party line. Let's hear it from you, how has CFK and her policies been good for Argentina and how will they sustain those policies and how are they going to be beneficial in the future. Please, write your heart out about them. Don't tell me you'll give me books. I know how to read. I wouldn't be writing here if it was all about the books.
Put your ideas on the table instead of shaking your head everytime you see someone else disagreeing with you.
Anyway, I am done with this thread like I said. The childish diatribe between you and El chabon kinda screwed up the whole thread.
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