Argentine President Javier Milei told the World Economic Forum that the state is the problem, not the solution, and urged entrepreneurs not to fear the political class or "parasites who live off the state." Dennis Prager compares Milei's message to Reagan and praises him as a rare leader willing to challenge mainstream institutions.
We have a great man who's, uh, at least thus far, who was the president of Argentina. He really gave it to them in, uh, at the World Economic Forum. How much do we have of him? 2 minutes? Yeah, good. All right, here's the president of Argentina at the, uh, at the frightening, scary, destructive World Economic Forum conference in Davos.
I would like to leave a message for all business people here and for those who are not here in person but are following from around the world. Do not be intimidated, intimidated either by the political class or by parasites who live off the state. Do not surrender to a political class that only wants to stay in power and retain its privileges. You are social benefactors. You're heroes. You're the creators of the most extraordinary period of prosperity we've ever seen. Let no one tell you that your ambition is immoral. If you make money, it's because you offer a better product at a better price, thereby contributing to general well-being. Do not surrender to the advance of the state. The state is not the solution. The state is the problem itself. You are the true protagonists of this story. And rest assured that as from today, Argentina is your staunch, unconditional ally. Thank you very much, and long live freedom. Damn it.
That's his thing. I don't know how the damn it goes in Spanish, but that's what he does. Long live freedom. Damn it. This guy's a true character. You know my theory, only outliers do good. This guy's an outlier. It was worth it for you to hear the end. I can't believe there was any applause, to be honest. World Economic Forum, that you should say the government is the problem, not the solution. I wonder if he knows that Ronald Reagan came up with that line. But that's exactly right. But government is, is the problem much more than the solution. See, it's, it's all based on the nonsense that left people on the left believe. They believe people are basically good, so they don't have problem concentrating staggering amounts of power in a few people's hands, which is what the state does. After all, people are basically good, so the more power good people have, the more good that they will do. The fact that the big governments were the genocidal engine of the 20th century— communist, fascist, Nazi. Yeah, all big governments. The amount of torture, murder, mass murder on a scale almost never seen in history, enslavement of people, all done by big governments. They don't teach you that at Harvard.
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