Argentina's President Javier Millay called on conservatives to wage a “culture war” against the left and end “socialist garbage” in his closing speech at the Conservative Action and Political Conference (CPAC) in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Ta.
Millais is currently experiencing tremendous economic growth. recovery After the disastrous socialist policies of his predecessor Alberto Fernández, his country, in addition to practicing good governance, emphasized the importance of fighting the left on a cultural level, without touching on ideas. , said, “No matter how good we are at managing, no matter how good we are.'' We're politically troubled, so we're not going to get anywhere. ”
CPAC gathered in Argentina for the first time on Tuesday and Wednesday. The two-day event featured speeches by senior Argentine government officials, including Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and Economy Minister Luis Caputo. It also included: Participation conservative politicians and celebrities such as Santiago Abascal, head of Spain's populist Vox party; operation room Host Stephen K. Bannon (via video message), Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, sound of freedom Producer Eduardo Verastegui and others.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who remains in office, also participated in the event via video conference. prohibited I have not left Brazil since February.
The event ended Wednesday night with a nearly hour-long speech by Millais. In it, he characteristically denounced socialism and shared a “ten-chapter rogue” about how he and his supporters approach politics. “Truth is better than a comfortable lie.'' “I don't care what politicians think about almost any issue.'' “You shouldn't negotiate your ideas to get votes.''
Mr Millais explained that the government had defined three courses of action for how it would tackle the “challenges before us”. The first is how to manage government, the second is how to take political action, and the third is “how to wage a cultural war” against the left, Millais emphasized.
“It's very important to be clear about this, because socialists, after the wall of shame came down” — referring to the end of the Cold War in the 1990s — and what they did then. I went on to explain about it.
They traversed unexplored terrain. Because basically, someone came up with the idea of saying that with the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean. [Berlin?] The wall has reached the end of its history. We withdrew from the battlefield, but they moved forward without any problems. They entered university, they entered media, they entered culture. And because they had no rivals, they won the cultural battle, basically because we didn't fight. And in that sense, they were politically organized and politically very successful.
The end of history and the last man famous political science essay Scholar Francis Fukuyama argued that with the collapse of the Soviet Union, humanity had concluded that liberal democracy was the best form of government and had succeeded in defeating totalitarianism. Millais suggested that this conclusion meant that many people no longer saw communism as a threat.
The Argentine president cited the successive governments of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil as examples of “politically successful” left-wing governments in the region. and Bolivia's Evo Morales. , Colombia's Gustavo Petro, and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro — the emphasis was on the “leader of these trash'' being the late Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro.
Millay also lamented that “poor Spaniards” had to contend with former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and current prime minister Pedro Sánchez.
“And they succeeded in imposing an agenda of political correctness. That's why I want to introduce this, because the important thing is that they were successful culturally, they were successful politically, Their ideas create fear and misery wherever they go,” Millais said.
“And today, with Donald Trump, the world [Nayib] “Bukele, and we here in Argentina, the world is breathing a new wind of freedom,” he continued.
Millais therefore said there was a “historic opportunity” to change the world, similar to when the Berlin Wall fell in the 1990s. But he stressed that it is not enough to organize politically; it is also necessary to “fight a cultural battle” to ensure that the left “doesn't come in from either side.”
“If you strengthen your body but not your mindset, the beast will eat you anyway,” Millais said. “On the other hand, strengthening your head makes you ready and able to fight.”
“Because if our heads stop working, if our minds stop working, if the things that motivate and mobilize us stop working, we're not going to get anywhere,” he continued. We strengthen our vision, which increases our resilience. That way we will be able to confront the left, defeat them in every field, and put an end to the rubbish of socialism once and for all. ”
The Argentine president concluded his speech by saying the world is “deep in darkness and crying out for enlightenment.” And we can and must shine that light. Argentina can be a lighthouse of the world, a lighthouse of lighthouses. ”
“We can serve as an example for Western countries that yearn to rediscover the concept of freedom. Therefore, God bless the Argentine people and the powers of heaven be with us.” May it be,” Millais said, ending with his famous catchphrase, “Long live freedom, damn it!”
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
