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Argentina, "The homeland is not for sale" - Thousands protest bills that privatize public services and remove rent control, labor and strike protection, price gouging protection, pension increase (sh.itjust.works)

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https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231227-thousands-in-argentina-protest-milei-s-proposed-economic-reforms-deregulation

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Wonder if any of the protesters voted for Milei 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

At least 25% of them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (6 children)

How did you arrive at that highly improbable estimate?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

From a sample set of 18 Argentinian friends who voted for Milei

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you have friends who are colossal idiots. Doesn't change the fact that it's highly unlikely that people who are against unchecked privatization would vote for a clown who calls himself Captain Ancap..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yep, better to call them soccer acquaintances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fair. The Beautiful Game DOES cause us to associate with some people we'd never be around otherwise, which can both be great and awful 😁

Which club(s) do you support? I'm a huge Liverpool fan myself

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