One alternative explanation is that Milei is playing the West/Israelis, gaining their support or at least tacit acceptance without incurring real liabilities to actually help them in return
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I don’t think politicians are the players as much as the puppets
Possible exception is politicians who stay in power for decades
I think it's both, at least for the more intelligent politicians
You're not in power because you're irreplaceable or the most brilliant or whatever, but you still have a degree of agency
Yes but like actors the really successful ones are the products of their agents who run their careers
It's interesting for sure. His simping to Zionists indicates that he's certainly not a freedom absolutist. On the other hand, the simping is likely tactical in the short term, because New York vulture funds have their boots firmly on the neck of Argentina's long term credit ratings. I was planning to head over there to start a project, but it looks like things are moving in the wrong direction.