• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    The poverty was far lower before Milei started implementing austerity measures, so yes, by saying his measures are a good thing, you are saying high poverty is a good thing.

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      4 hours ago

      Only if you believe there is no direct connection between the devaluation of people’s savings paired with increased costs of goods and poverty.

      Hyper inflation in itself leads to poverty.

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        7 minutes ago

        Then why is poverty so much higher now than it was before Milei started implementing his libertarian ideas?