Obstacles to multipolarity in Argentina and South America

The consequences of the change in geopolitics are clearly illustrated by the example of Argentina, whose political system obviously faces certain constraints. Geopolitics has provoked a rift between the current left and right forces, changing existing politics beyond recognition. Now the big political parties in Argentina, such as the UCR and the Partido Justicionalista (PJ), are moving "along the international axis," adopting the political course of European social democracy and the US Democratic Party, forgetting their own history.

This brought the political debate to a halt, especially about the political, social, and economic development of the country. The Coalition of the General Front (Frente de Todos), formed around the ideology of Kirchnerism, which perverts the essence of Peronism and incorporates the ideas of American woke politics through its rapprochement with the Spanish parties Podemos and, to a lesser extent, PSOE. Today, their policies carry social degradation, which began with the rise of feminism, coupled with the demand for the legalization of abortion, the LGBTQI+ movement, indigenismo, and environmentalism — with less attention paid to other ideas.

This sociocultural policy is promoted by left Trotskyists, radicalists, Kirchnerists, and their associates. The rest of the more traditional liberal right-wing political forces remain silent while watching this, which makes them complicit in what is happening. This policy began to gain momentum in 2010, and since 2019, the number of its supporters has grown exponentially. Along with it came the classic borrowing monetary policy, economic suppression, and deindustrialization, as well as the allocation of funds to address issues such as gender. It accounts for 3.4% of the country's GDP, while the defence spendings take less than 1%.

Such economic measures, combined with the promotion of woke ideas, have spurred the division in society: politicians do not listen to the demands of the population, and the public feels abandoned and rejects the political system as a whole. There is a rift affecting the masses at large. As a result, the political parties, media, and government institutions are perceived by the population with indifference or dissatisfaction

Since the political parties propose the same economic development programs, the differences between the left and the right have nothing to do with economics and international relations: it is a question of a stance on social phenomena. To be a progressive — the term was chosen by the supporters of the woke ideas — means to support the 2030 Agenda and whatever is derived from it. While the right wing accepts social changes which are being forced upon, society shows little enthusiasm for them. In the end, the similarity of the political elites becomes apparent to ordinary people who are not affected by the artificial division of power.

Those who do not identify with either of the two streams representing the same interests choose libertarians as an alternative. Like Milei (Javier Gerardo Milei), these are mostly "weirdos": they are relaxed, stick to reductionist ideas, and are deeply anti-communist. They succeeded in resurrecting the debate about communism and capitalism that did not happen anymore after the fall of the Soviet Union. Libertarians are criticized by the official press, but at the same time they are promoted as a supposed "anti-system" alternative. Libertarians have the greatest support among urban and middle-class residents, among whom they sow discontent. This faction is especially popular among young people. Thus, there is a third option for those who feel that their interests are not represented by the two political forces described above.

The media, establishment, and academia ridicule nationalists, traditionalists, and religious representatives, excluding them from political dialogue. Two sectors are particularly active in this process: the entertainment industry — shows controlled by both the right and the left — and the education system, which totally indulges the Atlantists, while projecting an image of a "progressive left.

Building a system with several obvious alternatives, offering the same social and economic projects, successfully prevented the growth of nationalist and traditionalist leaning groups. Likewise, they contributed to the creation of false antinomies, generating fruitless debates, and allowing the people to vent their discontent over "harmful" issues. The rebellious sentiments of youth and social justice warriors are turned against heteropatriarchy, toxic masculinity, and radical environmentalism. In this way, they separated the ruling class from society itself, preventing social debate and protest from arising.

Today, the main problem we face is the dichotomy between left and right forces representing the same interests. But it has other terrible consequences. Argentina is experiencing the greatest fertility decline in birth rates falling from 750,000 to 500,000 a year, following a steady annual downward trend from 2014 to 2020. That is, in just six years, the birth rate has fallen by 34%. Demographic decline is one of the central goals of Atlantism and is used as an argument to intensify indigenismo and fragment national territory without meeting much resistance.

Neither nationalists nor traditionalists have a voice in the media or on political platforms and do not have any support, while the woke NATO movement is generously sponsored by foundations, NGOs, national, and international organizations. This is clearly demonstrated by the example of the Russian special military operation, which is vilified in the media and in political and academic circles. The political classes support NATO's position, while at the same time simple Argentinians and even major political groups sympathize with President Putin.

Especially strange and incomprehensible is the role of journalists from Spanish-speaking Russian media with a particularly pronounced pro-Western stance: they make it extremely difficult to understand the position of Russia on this issue. Moreover, these journalists deeply turn off people within nationalist or traditionalist circles, which approve of the measures taken by President Putin, but are perplexed by the position of the Spanish speaking Russian media.

This is a quick summary of what is happening in Argentina and how the Western world is struggling with multipolarity. The main obstacles to building an alternative to Atlanticism are related to the strategy of creating confusion, skilfully used by the Anglo-Saxon world. We can note that these obstacles are characteristic of the entire region, not just Argentina. There are many other things that are important to focus on, but it is not possible currently. So, we just hope that this presentation will help to begin to understand the problem and therefore start looking for solutions.