In 1940s Argentina, Juan Perón’s democratic socialism delivered: women’s suffrage, minimum wages, union power, nationalized oil/rail, paid vacations. Descamisados rose from poverty to dignity; literacy soared, middle class bloomed. A humane “third way” proved socialism could heal without Soviet chains.
Washington struck back. Perón’s anti-imperialism threatened US profits in beef, grain, rails. Cue sabotage: IMF loan freezes, trade boycotts, covert ops. 1955 US-backed coup ousted him; debt traps & juntas followed. 1976 dictatorship unleashed Dirty War—30,000 disappeared—via Operation Condor, CIA-Kissinger terror network linking Argentina, Chile, Brazil to crush leftists. Economic “shock” ballooned debt to $45B by ’82, peso devalued 1,000×.
Decades of meddling: Reagan sanctions, Clinton vulture funds, Bush FTA blocks—drying global credit to punish Peronist gains. Hyperinflation 5,000% (’89); 9 defaults since independence. Goal: secure soy empires, lithium, cheap exports.
Milei now chainsaws ministries, subsidies, pensions—dollarizing surrender to Wall Street, privatizing Patagonia, ditching BRICS for Trump swaps ($20B+). Inflation dips, poverty 57%, suicides spike, sovereignty sold. US playbook: 20+ Latin American coups since 1945, 250,000+ killed by US-backed regimes. Ignorance of this history blinds us to the true Plato puppeteers—shadows of empire still pulling strings behind Milei’s stage. YOUR TRAUMA IS THEIR TRACTION.
But tell me again how democratic socialism is the problem?