Most people refer to him as such. Axel Uhrig, 21, of Javier Milei, who won the presidential race in November with 56% of the vote, says, “I think it’s good.”
Axel is a member of the self-described “militant” group Pibes Libertarios, often known as the “libertarian lads,” who fight primarily on social media.
At night, they install posters with QR codes that lead to videos endorsing President Milei’s initiatives all throughout Buenos Aires.
The newly elected president is working to pass a set of changes that will reduce the size of the state, but he is having trouble getting them through Congress because he does not have a majority.
Even though Mr. Milei won the election, the Pibes Libertarios believe they are still in the fight to have his broad reforms—which would privatize businesses and reduce regulations—passed into law.
Axel believes that Mr. Milei provided the right with a libertarian “identity” following the introduction of extensive nationalization, welfare benefits, price subsidies, and strong labor laws and unions by a string of Argentine regimes.
He makes a point of highlighting how this differs from “liberals” in the West who are “progressive” and instead targets those who advocate for “freedom from the state”.
Thank goodness the president was “crazy enough” to challenge the current quo by taking a new tack when it came to the economy, says Axel.
