Rawhide "Doug" Kobayashi
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Straight from the horse's mouth:
On foreign policy:
On Religion:
On Las Malvinas (aka the Falklands):
On pets:
On telepathy with his deceased mutt:
On Dollarisation:
On Ecuador being an impoverished shithole, despite dollarisation:
Conclusion: Another neoliberal globalist who wants to do to Argentina what Larry Summers did to Russia cannot be defined as "far-right" or even "right-wing" in the classical sense, seeing as all of his policies support globalist capitalism over national sovereignty, and his chief benefactors and allies (by his own admission) will be the United States and the bizarre, non-sequitur of "Israel".
His election would be a breakthrough for the United State's attempt at recolonising the Americas (as he promotes dollarisation exacrly at a time when the world is desperately trying to off-load their dollars), as his economic policies make implicit the United States would have ultimate control over Argentina's economy. But ultimately would destroy Argentina's social fabric and societal balance in exchange for cheaper Levis' jeans.
On foreign policy:
What are your main foreign policy proposals?
My natural allies are the United States and Israel. I don’t want to have anything to do with the communists of Cuba, China and North Korea. What does this mean? Trade with whoever you want, but I’m not going to foster those relationships.
On Religion:
Are you going to convert to Judaism?
A. I’m considering it.
Q. What’s preventing you from converting?
A. If you’re Jewish because your mother is Jewish, you’re not obliged to comply with the principles of Judaism. If you convert, you’re obliged to do so. If I’m president and it’s Shabbat, what do I do? Am I going to disconnect from the country from Friday to Saturday? There are some issues that would make [the religion] incompatible. The rabbi who helps me study
says that I should read the Torah from the point of view of economic analysis.
On Las Malvinas (aka the Falklands):
Q. In the case of the Falklands Islands – a major issue for Argentina’s foreign policy – you propose replicating the transfer of sovereignty from Hong Kong to China made by the United Kingdom.
A. Yes, it was a virtuous exit, without a warlike conflict. Why can’t you copy the things that were done well? It has to be a solution that satisfies [the UK], that satisfies Argentina and that satisfies those who live on the islands.
On pets:
Milei has four British mastiffs. He named all of these large dogs after famous economists: Murray (after Rothbard), Milton (after Friedman), Robert and Lucas (after Robert Lucas). He considers them to be his grandsons. They’re the results of a clone of Conan, who died in 2017.
On telepathy with his deceased mutt:
Q. Is it true that you’ve had telepathic conversations with Conan?
A. They also say that my dogs are my advisors and they’re fabulous, because look at everything I’ve achieved in terms of results.
On Dollarisation:
Q. Why do you want to dollarize the economy?
A. The question is the other way around: why not dollarize?
On Ecuador being an impoverished shithole, despite dollarisation:
. The problems that Ecuador has today aren’t consequences of dollarization, but rather, the consequences of Correa’s populist policies, which caused a lot of fiscal imbalance [because he] financed [his social programs] with debt. But the case of Ecuador is a super successful case.
Conclusion: Another neoliberal globalist who wants to do to Argentina what Larry Summers did to Russia cannot be defined as "far-right" or even "right-wing" in the classical sense, seeing as all of his policies support globalist capitalism over national sovereignty, and his chief benefactors and allies (by his own admission) will be the United States and the bizarre, non-sequitur of "Israel".
His election would be a breakthrough for the United State's attempt at recolonising the Americas (as he promotes dollarisation exacrly at a time when the world is desperately trying to off-load their dollars), as his economic policies make implicit the United States would have ultimate control over Argentina's economy. But ultimately would destroy Argentina's social fabric and societal balance in exchange for cheaper Levis' jeans.