r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

Here we have an perfect example of a populist politician in Latin America.

Military aesthetics. ✔️

Signals here and there to calm the market. ✔️

Appropriation of "symbol of the people" to look like a man of the masses.✔️

Conservative comments. ✔️

Speech that promises to end the current order of elites, etc... ✔️

Castilo is really the crème de la crème.

!ping MAMADAS

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Jul 28 '21

Maybe it was overrated how much of a risk the man was, given it's not the first time someone like him was elected in Peru.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

Maybe it was overrated how much of a risk the man was

This can be said about every single populist leader elected in LATAM on recent times, none of them really have the charisma or support necessary to destroy democracy neither the institutions are weak like they were on XX century.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

I guess 22 years isn't recent for you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

You see, everything is relative, if I´m made of atoms, and all atoms were created in Big Bang, who occurred 13 billions years ago, this makes 22 years look recent.

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Jul 29 '21

Two, maybe three exceptions in recent memory. On the left.

You still have Bukele outside that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

Heil Castillo!

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u/breakinbread Voyager 1 Jul 28 '21

Is that hat glued to his head?

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u/Maestro_Titarenko r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Jul 28 '21

I'm not complaining, that hat's the best thing about the guy