It’s difficult to acknowledge that elections in Buenos Aires Province occurred less than a month ago and that national midterms are a mere four weeks out. It feels as if reality has been reconfigured multiple times since then, meaning we could still be in the midst of these transformative processes. Unfortunately, Argentines aren’t unaccustomed to these extreme levels of turbulence, though this doesn’t make them any less traumatic. While it is impossible to assess the extent of the damage caused by the hurricane of volatility of the past several weeks, it is evident that it has had an impact on Javier Milei’s dreams of constructing an anarcho-libertarian utopia on the basis of his popularity on social media. While he has the opportunity to recover, society’s expectations have been recalibrated and brought down a notch, affecting both his hardcore supporters and anyone else that had some sort of hope that “this time was different.” Whatever happens over the next few weeks and on the fateful night of October 26 will set us up for the final stretch of the Milei Presidency, both of which remain totally unpredictable.
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