Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Argentina Could Have Been a Superpower. Now, It's Falling Apart." video.

  1.  @stevenhenry5267  No. American sanctions didn't come until 3 years after Venezuela collapsed due to Chavez destroying whatever diversified economy it had with price controls, government over-regulation and nationalization and free money along with mismanagement of the oil industry. Never mind the oil prices hitting rock-bottom.
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  2.  @kevinl8440  No. South Africa is.
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  3.  @ishredder4006  <Socialism and planned economy is the only way forward.> If you want stagnation and mediocrity, yeah!
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  4. But Argentina was done in by left-wing corruption.
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  5. And was a refuge for Nazis after WW2.
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  6. No. And not even close.
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  7. Exactly.
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  8.  @pinyalevelup02  Maybe not, but it was ran into the ground by socialists. If anything, Argentina is yet another example of why socialists are not be trusted with power.
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  9. No. Argentina was destroyed by Argentina.
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  10. And being a Nazi refuge.
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  11. Its people being those who want endless welfare, economic productivity, viability sustainability be damned!
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  12. Who's they?
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  13. Like Brazil and El Salvador did.
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  14. Elected by an equally corrupt populace.
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  15.  @PirateLordRek  Yes they do. That corrupt government was elected by an ignorant populace who wanted endless welfare at all costs.
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  16. And populist governance.
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  17.  @johnpaul9599  <he true we dont care about that part from history because we descent mostly from europeans> Namely Spaniards and Italians and inherited a lot of their bad habits.
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  18.  @SpiritTemple  Yet no one's risking death to live in Argentina.
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  19.  @anitagorse9204  Portugal is not doing fine. And that's even with help from the rest of the EU.
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  20.  @marcoac-sx6lq  <Any colony from the anglo saxon world is poor except the US. > Canada, Australia and Singapore just entered the chat.
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  21. And Peru.
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  22. And equally dumb people who vote for them.
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  23. South America would still been a basket case. Bolivar was right about it being dysfunctional without a chance of amounting to much of significance.
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  24.  @lucasmachain  There's hardly much free-market or liberal about Africa. Plus, Africa is barely a generation removed from kleptocracy and socialism.
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  25. Notice how all the poor countries are plagued with government meddling?
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  26. Who told Argentina to bankrupt itself and run to the IMF for a bailout?
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  27.  @hewas_chewasky  LOL. Russia was never an economic powerhouse even at the best of times.
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  28. Because those were nothing compared to what Juan Domingo Peron and his legacy did to Argentina.
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  29. Not just any kind of Europeans, but Italians and Nazi Germans.
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  30.  @hewas_chewasky  Only after they toned it down and adopted free-market capitalist reforms?
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