“It is very serious and very grave: the president released a video in which he compares the main political opposition force to a virus. This metaphor has already been used on more than one occasion, and the worst aberrations have been committed in its name. However, beyond the president’s appalling evocations, the most worrying thing is his conduct,” the economist questioned through his X account.
During the post on the social network, the top leader of Buenos Aires pointed out against the management of the head of State through a series of 12 points in which he stated that there is an attack on the rights of “the popular sectors, workers, retirees and youth”, that “it harms federalism, attacking the governors”; that it “promotes selfishness”; that it “gives away the country’s natural resources”; that it promotes “deindustrialization”; that it “paralyzes public investment”; that it “completely abandons education and public health”; that it “cuts pensions and medicines”; that it “represses those who protest”; that it “damages Argentina’s relations with countries in the region”, and that it “suffocates art and culture”.
Kicillof warned that beyond “increasing inequality, poverty and unemployment, Milei is promoting a virus of hate, absolutely incompatible with democracy and life in common.” Faced with this situation, he invited the legislators of Buenos Aires, the nation and the province to express “a strong repudiation of the video that was released. Milei: you don’t mess with democracy.”
Axel Kicillof’s publication in X
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Milei and the virus of hate
It is very serious and very grave: the president released a video in which he compares the main political opposition force to a virus. This metaphor has already been used on more than one occasion, and the worst aberrations have been committed in its name. pic.twitter.com/k45Tng5aoY
— Axel Kicillof (@Kicillofok) September 20, 2024
The video that Javier Milei shared
The British Disease was a documentary broadcast by the Nazi regime that premiered in Berlin cinemas in 1941. It demonised the British and promoted the message that it was necessary to “eliminate the virus”, which was transmitted by citizens of the European country, its main opponent in World War II.
“Thank you very much to all who have woken up… LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN IT,” the libertarian wrote alongside the spot that shows, among others, former presidents Néstor Kirchner, Cristina Kirchner and Alberto Fernández, former presidential candidate Sergio Massa, congressman Natalia Zaracho and even some artists, such as musician Fito Páez and actress Florencia Peña. A striking detail is that they are all portrayed as zombies, pointing to their dehumanization.
“12 years ago, the Ku K 12 virus began destroying Argentina and not only destroyed bodies but also minds,” says a voice-over that accompanies the video, which goes on to point out society: “Those infected lost all ability to think for themselves, trapped in a blindness that consumed them completely.”
