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First things first: I didn't vote for him. Or for the other candidate. Mostly because it was something out of Gozer The Gozerian's book: "Choose the form of your destroyer".
But
let's get to the point. Our brand-new president is a social network
construct. His party is only two years old, but via social engineering,
he has ascended in five years from "literally who" to celebrity status and won the elections -by a
landslide. With his bufoonish appearances as an Anarcho-Capitalist
superhero on comic-book conventions, his bold declarations on the
superiority of libertarians ("aesthetically superior") and his seething
hatred for populism, he won the hearts and minds of the youngsters via
social media -which is no surprise considering his chief propagandist is
a cosplayer with a kink for fake news and social engineering- and the
constant push from a media mogul. The people bought into the hype, and I
can only hope this doesn't turn into buyer's remorse. Which it will.
Our guy made his platform by being prone to loudly lashing out in media against anyone who dared oppose him, and stirring the populace against The Caste, a made-up concept encompassing the current politic class and the private interests in cahoots with them. Which is sad and funny in hindsight, since the cabinet he's formed is made up of old names, including those of their former political enemies, a bunch of sellouts I'm proud I didn't vote for in the primary elections.
Temper tantrums, mystic delusions, a witch, a mad scientist, and a cloned pet: these are the makings of a villain from an 80's saturday morning cartoon. But I digress.
He's also rekindled the good ole McCarthysm with a hatred for all things communist, including China and the whole Eastern Bloc. This wouldn't be a problem if it was only lip service, but he's promised to cut off all commerce with them and cancel our memeland's entrance to the B.R.I.C.S. (we're being replaced with Pakistan, go figure). When asked about the exporters who make a living out of selling tons of soy to a country that uses it as mayonnaise, but won't be able to, he answered they should get another buyer, simple as. He has publicly expressed that "social justice is an act of theft", and following his beliefs, satanic in nature and origin.
He's promised to abolish the Big Demonic State and to denationalize every single public service available, including public health, education, retirement funds and roads. Which of course will be sold to either the highest bidder -as the ministries' nominations were, rumor has it- or to his personal friends -which I find more likely.
As for the future, well... if you're well off and work for an international big firm, you shouldn't worry. Otherwise, you should flee the country ASAP. You see, he's stated several times that Margaret Thatcher is a role model for him, and we all know how kindly Brits regard her. Furthermore, even before assuming, he's warned us about (at least) two years of stagflation -that in no way can be realted to his plans of devaluating, destroying the federal reserve, and removing all guvernmental restriction on prices. In his acceptance speech, he promised an economic shock, removed the time limit on stagflation, and swore to shackle the State with all the monetary crisis, helping the Free Enterprise instead. He's a Manchurian Candidate hellbent on Reaganomics, there's no two ways about it.
As for myself, I hope this backpedaling he's shown in the last week (for instance appointing a headman to the federal reserve he swore to destroy, calling members of The Caste to his side, and postponing the dollarization until the end of his term) goes on and on until more moderate terms are met. I really hope he's a good person a
underneath this flamboyant, mercurial pose. And I hope that he knows what he's doing.
Because there's nothing I can do but hope.
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