Persistent inflation, rising unemployment, and corruption cases are creating the worst possible panorama for the president’s public image

Persistent inflation, rising unemployment, and corruption cases are creating the worst possible panorama for the president’s public image

In a scenario constructed from the official statistics promoted by the government, Javier Milei’s Argentina is a happy world: poverty is falling to its lowest level in the last seven years, economic activity is reaching record highs, and fiscal balance is being maintained.

But, simultaneously, more and more people say that their present situation doesn’t align with the successes touted by the far-right president, a disconnect pointed out not only by his detractors but even by figures of economic orthodoxy aligned with his policies.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    10 hours ago

    Why are almost all of those fasc assholes so fond of ill-fitting suits and bad haircuts? Is it the visual equivalent of typos in a Nigerian prince email scam?

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      7 hours ago

      Boris Johnson’s look is/was apparently designed to make him seem likeable to stupid people. They see someone who has a decent fitting suit and think “fuck that elitist bastard” because that’s the level we’re operating on.

      To be honest, I get how it has an effect but this is just insanity. The level of fuckery we permit based on the dumbest shit is just insane.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        No, but when you’re being funded by millions of dollars of campaign contributions to go out and win people over, you have the money to have Hugo Boss on speed dial if you think how you look matters to people you are trying to convince to vote for you.

        That means they either don’t think appearance matters, which is counter to pretty much every study on human nature, or they look that way intentionally. It’s one thing for a normal dude without much fashion sense or without the money to afford nice things to have ill-fitting clothes. It’s another when a politician with a team of advisors and a ton of money looks like this.

        Also, Hugo Boss has been dead for 80 years, so of course nobody has him on speed dial.