Argentina's President Javier Millay delivered a speech on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, slamming socialism and also rejecting the “radical feminist” and “environmental” agenda promoted by socialism. did.
Millais appealed to world leaders to embrace capitalism as an alternative.
Millais, a libertarian economist, spoke in a roughly 20-minute speech about how socialism ultimately leads to poverty, how the state is “the problem itself” rather than “the solution,” and how the left He explained how he had brought in Western government agencies. Let's take that topic further. Wednesday's speech was Millais' first international address since taking office in December.
“I am here today to tell you that the Western world is in danger. The people who are supposed to protect Western values are being inexorably co-opted by a worldview that leads to socialism and ultimately to poverty. We are at risk because we realize that we are in danger,” Millais said at the beginning of her speech.
The Argentine president lamented that world leaders have abandoned the idea of freedom and instead embraced several versions of the left, which he labeled as versions of the same “collectivist” ideology.
Without citing specific examples, Millais said some people embraced such left-wing ideas out of a desire to help others, while others did so to “belong” to a privileged caste. He explained.
“We're here to tell you that collectivist experiments are by no means the solution to the problems plaguing the world's peoples; on the contrary, they are the cause of collectivism. '' Millay said. “Believe me, there is no one better than us Argentines to testify on these two issues.”
Millay went on to talk about how Argentina, after becoming a world power in 1860, has impoverished itself over the past 100 years by embracing collectivist ideas.
“They say capitalism is bad because it is individualistic, and collectivism is good because it is altruistic, and as a result, they pursue “social justice.” Millay said. “But while this concept came into vogue in the first world in the last decade, it has remained ever-present in our nation's political discourse for more than 80 years.”
He continued:
The problem is that not only is social justice not fair, it also does not contribute to the general welfare. On the contrary, it is an inherently unjust idea because it is violent. This is unjust because the state is funded by taxes and taxes are collected by force. Or can any of us choose not to pay taxes? So the state is financed by coercion, and the greater the tax burden, the greater the coercion. . ”
Millais went on to say that the world is in the best shape it is today because of capitalism.
“There has never been a more prosperous era in human history than the one we live in today,” Millais said. “The world is freer, richer, more peaceful, and more prosperous today than at any time in history.”
Mr. Milley reiterated his earlier warning that the West is in danger, saying that the political and economic systems of countries that are supposed to uphold free market values, private property, and other liberal ideas are Rather, he argued, it could “open the door to socialism” and denounce socialism in his own country. It plunges people into “poverty, misery, and stagnation.”
“Because we must never forget that socialism is a phenomenon that brings poverty everywhere and always, and that it has failed in every country where it has been tried,” Millais said. “It was an economic failure. It was a social failure. It was a cultural failure. It also cost 150 million human lives.”
He explained:
The essential problem for Western countries today is that even after the collapse of the state, we must only confront those who are our enemies. [Berlin] Not only do we continue to strive to impoverish socialism, with walls and overwhelming empirical evidence, but we are also undermining the system that, under the wrong theoretical framework, has given us the greatest expansion of wealth and prosperity. We also have our own leaders, thinkers, and scholars who undermine the foundation. history.
Millais also accused socialism of fomenting “stupid conflicts between men and women” through the feminist movement.
“Libertarianism has already established equality between men and women, and we all have the same rights, rights given to us by our Creator,” Millais said.
“The only thing that has resulted from this policy of radical feminism is the expansion of state intervention to impede economic growth, whether in the form of women's ministries or specialized international organizations, which contribute nothing to society. “All you're doing is giving jobs to bureaucrats who aren't doing it to further this agenda,” he continued.
Millais also criticized socialism for creating a war of “man against nature” through climate change activists and organizations.
“They are [socialists] “They claim that humans are damaging the planet and must protect it at all costs, going so far as to defend population control mechanisms and bloody programs of abortion,” he added. “These harmful ideas are deeply embedded in society.”
Millais explained that the left “was able to achieve its goals thanks to its use of the media, culture, universities and international institutions.” This last incident is the most serious because it affects political decisions. ”
The Argentine president went on to call on other countries to embrace his ideals, saying Argentina now “knows very well” how poor its socialist system is.
“Ever since we decided to abandon the model of freedom that made us rich, we have been in a downward spiral of becoming poorer by the day,” Millay said.
Millais concluded with a message for businessmen attending the WEF summit in Davos, and others, not to be intimidated by the state, accusing it of being the “problem” rather than the solution.
“Don't be intimidated, don't give in to a political class that just wants to stay in power,” Millais said. “You are the benefactors and heroes of society, the architects of the most incredible era of prosperity we have ever experienced. Don’t let anyone tell you that your ambitions are immoral. Please don't let me.”
“You are the real heroes of this story, and you know that from today onwards Argentina is our unconditional ally,” he continued.
Millais ended her speech with her now widely known catchphrase.“Long live freedom, Karaho!” This roughly translates to “Long live freedom, damn it!”
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