Which is all the more commendable, given that you have no Argentine relatives.
I must say, this wasn't too difficult to predict for someone whose family - like so many others - lost so much during the last dictatorship.
Macri and his gang, after all, the very same sort of people - ideologically and by way of pedigree.
These are not "pro-business" people by any stretch - except, of course, when it comes to their own.
Au contraire, they very much believe that "there are too many businesses in Argentina" are that being an employer should be limited to those with "the right last names" - or those few 'commoners' who, like the Macris, have their blessing.
They despise the poor, yes. But they resent labor unions ("We'll put those dirty slobs in their place!" ), the middle class ("Who do they think they are!" ) - and especially success stories ("Did you hear about that dirty Italian/Jew/Arab? He opened a grimy little factory a few years back, and next thing you know, he's rich!" ). That's just a small sampling!
And they especially resent politicians who aren't their lackeys; they literally want blood (as Cristina Kirchner can attest).
They'd like an Argentina more like the one that existed before democracy (pre-1916) - which of course in today's world would mean condemning the country to backward poverty.
So in some ways, they're not unlike the elite in here in the U.S. and many other countries: it's not enough to be better off than anyone else; they want it all, or almost.
But Argentina's elite is one of the worst in that they also want a return to the 19th century - something no Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, or Mexican bigwig would want for their country. Certainly no American billionaire would want that (well...).
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