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The "block first, ask questions later" nature of this website is annoying sometimes. Makes you never want to have a good-faith discussion with strangers.

I mainly wanted to end the conversation, not “block first”. I would not have initiated the conversation if I intended to “block first”. I felt it was no longer productive.

But I do think you should seriously ask why “he’s almost certainly got a ton of trans people raped, acutely destroyed families, permanently wrecked international relations, but speculatively his economic impact could be okay” might be an ill-considered, frivolous, even offensive position.

For the record, I’m always happy to let things lie when asked. As for Milei, I never expressed any admiration for the man or his administration. I’ve seen the ill effects up close. What was I was initially responding to was the tendency for people on the left to carry water for the Peronists.

I am Argentine-American and definitely not doing that (I am not a peronist), but there's simply no way that "Massa would have been worse" is something that doesn't strike me as cruel tbh.

I think Massa would’ve meant 100+% inflation with no end in sight. Is that worse than Milei? I honestly don’t know. I do know that poverty soared under Fernandez, and that has to be taken into account.

poverty also soared while GDP shrank under Macri :)

I don't know why you say I'm not providing any evidence. GDP per capita in terms of PPP clearly trending upward: www.imf.org/external/dat...

once again this is not the metric I cited

Which metric are you interested in?