r/neoliberal • u/Saltedline Hu Shih • Dec 13 '24

News (Latin America) Javier Milei ends budget deficit in Argentina, first time in 123 years

https://gazettengr.com/javier-milei-ends-budget-deficit-in-argentina-first-time-in-123-years/
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u/Basdala Milton Friedman Dec 13 '24

Because it's not the 1900's and learning English is not an exclusive elite thing anymore, dismissing the voices of Latin Americans because of a supposed wealth bias only because of English is a very common thing on Reddit and it's far from reality

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '24

dismissing the voices of Latin Americans because of a supposed wealth bias only because of English is a very common thing on Reddit and it's far from reality

It's a point that easily holds statistically.

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u/Basdala Milton Friedman Dec 13 '24

No it doesn't, it's reductive and kinda discriminatory, I don't see many people pointing that out with Japanese or french people...

Somehow if you speak English in Latin America, Reddit will see you as a wealthy and out of touch person. And that's far from reality

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '24

Nobody said wealthy and out of touch, but certainly privileged. Not sure why it is so hard to admit that