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@agustinavcid

3 years

And always remember to use the Oxford comma, kids.

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Javier Milei just gave a speech announcing massive deregulation of the economy in Argentina. I liked how he opened the speech: condemning the philosophy that led Argentina to the situation it’s in today. Watch the beginning of @JMilei ’s speech with English subtitles below 👇

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In a year-end speech, @JMilei mentioned again the philosophical cause of Argentina’s decline: collectivism. And what led it to prosperity once: freedom. Good for him for identifying what ideas lead societies to disaster or prosperity, and calling them explicitly by their name.

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3 years

@blink182 @markhoppus @tomdelonge @travisbarker please confirm or deny whether Harry Reid is a member of your band.

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Milei just delivered a message where he condemned collectivism (called it by its name) for a few minutes, explained that leftism has failed catastrophically everywhere, said Argentina needs more freedom not controls, and proceeded to name 30 key deregulations— from tourism to

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Lots of protests against @JMilei ’s reforms. Some people, such as the person below, live off of 🇦🇷’s massive state. She’s an employee of the national bank, which may now be privatized. Claims the bank “belongs to the workers.” This entity has 17k government employees.

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@agustinavcid

11 months

Once, in New York, Ayn Rand was speaking to a crowd on the street. A heckler yelled: "Who are you to talk about America? You're a foreigner!" She turned to him and answered: “That's right. I chose to be an American. What did you do, besides having been born?"

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@agustinavcid

3 years

So this tweet blew up! It sparked a fun debate over the Oxford comma. I’m not a native English speaker so I could’ve been wrong about the comma. Or not. I’m looking into it 👀. Self-promotion: Check out my website (in bio) if you’re so inclined. Be kind and follow reason ✌️

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@agustinavcid

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@clarincom Creen que el estado les pertenece. Que todos los argentinos deberían continuar obligados a pagar sus salarios por un trabajo que no forma parte de una función legítima del estado. Gran parte del problema del estatismo es que crea burócratas con privilegios.

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@agustinavcid

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Once, in New York, Ayn Rand was speaking to a crowd on the street. A heckler yelled: "Who are you to talk about America? You're a foreigner!" She turned to him and answered: “That's right. I chose to be an American. What did you do, besides having been born?"

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@agustinavcid

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One of the many problems that statism creates are bureaucrats who think they’re entitled to jobs funded by taxpayers. If, per statism, an individual life belongs to the state, then individuals must be forced to sustain its massive bureaucracy.

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@agustinavcid

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This is good to see. Javier Milei just spoke about the virtues of capitalism at the WEF meeting. To finish his speech, he recognized the virtue and value of the unjustly vilified businessmen— the producers who make prosperity possible. Good job @JMilei !

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At this point, I can’t take seriously anyone who discusses climate/energy but doesn’t know @AlexEpstein . Whatever their view, if they aren’t familiar with AE’s arguments, then it means they don’t take the issue seriously. His contributions to this debate are vast and undeniable.

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The very idea of a "work permit" is profoundly un-American.

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One benefit of @JMilei ’s deregulation is going to be shrinking 🇦🇷’s massive bureaucracy. Right now, businessmen have to ask bureaucrats (who don’t produce anything) for permission to produce. As Ayn Rand put it, “the businessman’s tool is values; the bureaucrat’s tool is fear”

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@agustinavcid

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@patriciajaniot Todas las victimas del lado palestino son la exclusiva responsabilidad de Hamas. Israel tiene que borrar a Hamas y demás grupos terroristas de la faz de la tierra lo antes posible.

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I don’t agree with all of Milei’s ideas, but his best ones are clearly influenced by Ayn Rand. His speech last night was so moving because of that influence. Rand is the best defender of individualism, ever. Good job @JMilei ! Here to help you bring out more of those ideas…

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@agustinavcid

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I don't think Donald Jr. understood Milei's speech. It's interesting that MAGA conservatives are so fond of Milei, when he's quite far from Trump in basically every aspect. Trump shares similarities with authoritarian Cristina Kirchner and her ilk, not with free market Milei.

Donald Trump Jr.

@DonaldJTrumpJr

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He’s not wrong!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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7 months

Milei hasn’t even been sworn in and protests against him are already ensuing. I said on a podcast the other day that in Argentina there’s this common saying that “no one can govern but the peronistas.” Here’s why: when not in power, they create chaos, protests and national

Fuerza Informativa Azteca

@AztecaNoticias

7 months

Comienzan las primeras protestas contra #Milei antes de tomar el cargo como presidente de Argentina

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Interview with a common man on the street in Argentina about what he thinks of the new economic measures including deregulation. His answer is what I encounter the most when I talk to people in 🇦🇷: He's willing to put up with the economic adjustments and let the markets work.

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@agustinavcid

4 years

@mnkybrd @RealCandaceO Can you explain why they would test a dead person for antibodies when they are basically not testing people who are alive, which would be so much more useful? Why waste resources testing dead people in the middle of a pandemic?

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@agustinavcid

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Ayn Rand identified what makes America unique: its founding principles rooted in individualism. Far from being a purely theoretical, abstract matter, Rand’s writings on this were instrumental in helping me decide to immigrate to America. I wrote about this for the @ocregister

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@agustinavcid

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@destined4dust @RPKReport @JMilei I’m in Argentina visiting family and everyone I talk to understands that hard times are coming but they’re necessary. They’re willing to endure them to get to prosperity on the other side. There’s a group of people that is not willing to do it, though, and want Milei gone.

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@agustinavcid

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Visiting my family in Argentina and toasting to the end of socialism (hopefully, for good). My step dad, 82, lived through many governments, including the military coups. Says the outgoing government party (which governed for 16 of the last 20 years) was the worst

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@agustinavcid

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I haven’t read the executive order yet as it’s not yet available, so I can’t evaluate these measures in detail. But my first reaction is very positive. There are a few things to criticize, but I’ll do that later after I get the chance to revisit Milei’s address.

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@agustinavcid

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How long they thought it would take: 1 year. How long it actually took: less than 48 hs. Canada is besting the US and welcoming 10k skilled workers that were about to be pushed out of the US by insane immigration regulations or that had little chance of becoming residents.

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I want an Argentina that people aren’t pushed to emigrate from. I want my fellow Argentinians to be allowed to produce, to enjoy the products of their labor and not be condemned to perpetual poverty. I want an Argentina free of socialism and with plenty of freedom. Rooting

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@agustinavcid

3 years

@jmtangerine It was confusing to me and to many others. English is not my native language. Wasn’t trying to be pedantic. Pedantry would be to say English is only the third language I speak and that I may occasionally make grammatical mistakes, which I’m not convinced it the case here.

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Celebrating tonight because over 55% of voters in Argentina decided to move away from leftism in politics, ousting a government that kept Argentina in misery for over two decades. But also concerned about Javier Milei, the president elect. Milei claims to be in favor of

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@agustinavcid

9 months

@elcancillercom Imposible ser más autoritario. Para que molestarse en tener elecciones si igual si no les gusta el resultado van a salir a intentar derrocar el gobierno que entre? Después hablan de democracia y se llenan la boca criticando a la dictadora. Son igual de antirepublicanos.

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If you use language like "WAKE UP!!" when making a controversial argument or call people that don't agree with you "sheep" or other such names, you don't care at all about persuasion. You care about feeling a false sense of superiority and your tribe seeing you as virtuous.

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@agustinavcid

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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been promoted to Associate Fellow at the @AynRandInst ! This new position will allow me to focus even more on studying and creating content around the intersection of immigration and philosophy. Very exciting projects ahead!

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@agustinavcid

6 months

Leaving aside the debate over the constitutionality of Milei’s executive order deregulating the economy, there’s another hurdle he will have to face: social resistance to freedom from a society that’s used to massive government intervention. There are at least 2 fronts that’ll

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@ChrisSm29339954 @marklevinshow @JMilei Milei is quite different from Trump.

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9 months

I want to ask Nowrasteh how he kept his composure when faced with this three-minute long diatribe of non-sequiturs and other fallacies by Roy. This video is good, though, because it's an example of the emotion-driven "arguments" often made against freedom in immigration.

Jennie Taer 🎗️

@JennieSTaer

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Happening now: GOP Rep Chip Roy slams Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh for dismissing terrorist threats at the southern border @DailyCaller

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@todonoticias Ministro de control humano. Que ninguna acción humana sea para el bienestar individual, todo para el estado (o sea, la clase política).

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Back in the 90s, Argentina had a much freer market than it has now. This 1991 ad raised awareness of how the market works without price controls. Sad to see how, since then, people's thinking about this issue has been distorted by regulations. (Video credit: @ArchivoHumano )

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@agustinavcid

3 years

@citizenmilton I think I’m gonna have to agree with you here.

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@agustinavcid

5 months

Ayn Rand perfectly identified the emotion behind envy, and why some people attack good things. If you’re struggling to understand the mentality behind the mobs on this platform that attack good and moral things, this will help you figure it out.

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@agustinavcid

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How old is the claim that immigrants today are somehow "worse" than immigrants in the past? This is an article from May 9, 1840 published in The Native American (Washington, DC). This nativist argument has not come very far in 184 years.

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@agustinavcid

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Today is my sixth Thanksgiving ever. Seven years ago, I didn’t live in America to celebrate it. And living in America is what I’m most grateful for in my life. I wrote about this for the @ocregister @ocropinion : Happy Thanksgiving! 🇺🇸

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@agustinavcid

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@KiltedRef @JMilei There already is pushback. It won’t be easy to fight decades of statism and hatred for the free market. Hopefully Milei will stick to it.

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@agustinavcid

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Good for @JMilei , and glad Argentina is on the right side again after associating itself with evil regimes for so long. “President Javier Milei’s Office expresses its solidarity and unwavering commitment to the State of Israel, in the face of the attacks initiated by the

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I've read a lot of people lately saying "what are we even celebrating the Fourth of July? How messed up as a country we are?" and things of the like. This worries me and breaks my heart. They can't see the greatness of America and how fortunate they are to be here.

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@Theodore616 @JMilei That’s remarkable indeed.

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@agustinavcid

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@Hogengeim @JMilei The problem is that you have no conception of what “rights” are, and you think “inequality” is a problem, when in reality it’s poverty that’s a problem, not inequality.

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@agustinavcid

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There are so many Americans in spirit around the world who have never set foot in America. That’s the power of the American ideal, and it’s the only country with this phenomenon due to its unique philosophy. I hope someday America welcomes all Americans to their home. 🇺🇸

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I have just become American. Thatcher said that Europe was built by history, and America by philosophy. That also applies to the nationality of immigrants — I was born in France by accident, and have become American out of profound love for this country. But really, I think I

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@agustinavcid

4 years

A win for freedom today:

NBC News

@NBCNews

4 years

BREAKING: US government agrees to rescind order blocking foreign students taking classes online from living in the US, federal judge announces.

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@agustinavcid

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What did Ayn Rand say about immigration? In the Q&A following her 1973 Ford Hall Forum speech, she was asked: “What is your attitude toward immigration? Doesn’t open immigration have a negative effect on a country’s standard of living?” Her answer: she’s for open immigration👇

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@agustinavcid

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AOC says the “root of the problem” in immigration is US foreign policy, and that that's why people from LatAm flee their countries. No, @aoc , people flee because their countries are infested with socialism/authoritarianism and they can't live like that. Migrants come to America

Acyn

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AOC: In this specific instance, sanctions that were originally authored by Marco Rubio took a large part in the driving of populations to our southern border, shortly after those sanctions were enacted, we started seeing dramatic increases

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Thrilled to announce I'll be speaking at the AynRand Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 April 6-7. My talk is "Collectivism vs. Individualism in life and in politics" I'll also be moderating a few panels. We'll also have a very special guest TBA...

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@agustinavcid

8 months

Yaron is one of the most important voices to listen to right now.

Yaron Brook

@yaronbrook

8 months

Live at 5pm ET Israel's War -- Update | Yaron Brook Show via @YouTube

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@agustinavcid

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@JMilei Estuvo muy bien que Milei abriera el discurso explicando las ideas *filosóficas* que llevaron a la Argentina al desastre que es hoy: el colectivismo. No recuerdo haber escuchado a ningún político hablar de esta manera sobre este tema.

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@agustinavcid

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Hard to overstate how terribly disruptive pickets are in Argentina. I used to live in a big city downtown with pickets on my street twice a week. I couldn’t get my car out to go to school. People couldn’t get to work. Ambulances couldn’t get to nearby hospitals. Imagine the

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@DanielDiMartino

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Milei's government in Argentina 🇦🇷 announced that they will cut off welfare benefits for everyone who riots and cuts off traffic in protests. The security minister said that police will take pictures and drones will, too. The most based spending cut!

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@agustinavcid

2 years

The fundamental aspect of capitalism is the recognition/protection of individual rights (freedom), not “competition.” It’s more than just economics. As a consequence of freedom, there’ll be competition as people are free to trade and innovate. Biden’s tweet makes zero sense.

President Biden

@POTUS

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Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It's exploitation.

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@agustinavcid

2 years

I left everything behind to come to America. I very consciously chose to live here. But the country I grew up loving and admiring is disappearing. The abortion decision is a big blow, but not the only one. Left and right there’s only tribalism and contempt for individualism.

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@agustinavcid

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As an immigrant who *chose* to come to America specifically, I find it offensive when people claim that America is “bad.” Do these people think I and millions of others left everything behind to come live under an evil regime? No, we came here to live in a country that is

hasanabi

@hasanthehun

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america IS bad. there’s a mountain of evidence as to why. we live in a world where the us is the hegemonic power. it takes tremendous amounts of violence and coercion to get there and keep that power. you think that’s good. i think that’s bad and america should change its ways.

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Wrote a column on for the @ocregister where I argue that, while Milei has been doing a good job at tearing down bad government institutions, he must build good ones as well. Contrary to his anarco-capitalist philosophy, government is a necessary good, not an unnecessary evil.

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@agustinavcid

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Ayn Rand talking about the "anti-conceptual mentality." Does this description fit anyone you know?

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@agustinavcid

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Reading the news today, I recalled this quote by Ayn Rand: "There is no such thing as historical determinism. The world does not have to continue moving toward disaster. But unless men change their philosophical direction-which they still have time to do-the collapse will come."

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@agustinavcid

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A woman *voluntarily* hosts a family of migrants who have work permits and are here *legally*. Migrants work at her house and express desire to continue working and open their own business. Host and family are happy and in a win-win relationship. The far right: OUTRAGEOUS! WE

Libs of TikTok

@libsoftiktok

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It's happening... A woman in Massachusetts took a family of illegals into her home. A few months ago, the Governor asked residents to take illegals into their homes. How long until it becomes mandatory? Where do the illegals go when all the airports and schools are full and

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@agustinavcid

2 years

Alex's character and ideas are nothing like what the @washingtonpost is trying to portray. This smear is evil. But, as usual, Alex can flawlessly refute any lies thrown at him. Please watch the videos below and call for the @washingtonpost to kill the piece and apologize.

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@AlexEpstein

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*Warning* Tomorrow the @washingtonpost plans to "cancel" me and my new book Fossil Future by publishing a 100% slanderous hit-piece labeling me as "racist." Please join me in calling for The Post to spike the piece, fire the "journalist," and publicly apologize. VIDEO THREAD

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@agustinavcid

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Traveling to Argentina later this week to visit family. It so happens that I’ll arrive just in time for Milei’s inauguration. I’m looking forward to being in Argentina to celebrate the rejection of socialism and what’s hopefully going to be a new era of freedom and prosperity.

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@agustinavcid

4 years

I cringe every time I hear “defund the police.” In the city where I used to live the police went on strike for 24 hs in 2013. The result was ten times worse than you could possibly imagine.

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@agustinavcid

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I am as SHOCKED as Reich to learn that business are in it for the money. I am also flabbergasted by the fact that a corporation apparently can do what it wants with its money and compensate CEOs according to the value they create instead of using it to make frappuccinos cheaper!

Robert Reich

@RBReich

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Starbucks is raising prices again, blaming supply chain issues and labor costs. Meanwhile, Starbucks CEO’s total compensation rose 39% in 2021 to $20.4 million. Do not be fooled. This is about corporate greed. It always is.

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Immigrants don’t "take American jobs," they create jobs in America. A recent study explored how likely immigrants are to start businesses vs. native-born Americans. It found that immigrants are 80% more likely to start businesses of all sizes than the native-born.

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@agustinavcid

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Sad to see people bonding on Twitter over irrationalities today, coming together to hate on a philosopher with whom they’ve never engaged in any significant way. All they know about her is wrong and they’ve heard it from someone else. No effort to think for themselves. I’m out.

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@agustinavcid

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It’s not that conservative presidential candidates don’t want *illegal* immigration. They don’t want immigration, full stop. If they actually wanted immigration and were really grappling with the issue, they wouldn’t propose to “fix the border”— they would propose to fix the

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@agustinavcid

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Brain draining authoritarian regimes should be a no-brainer for America. Welcoming migrants such as these not only weakens authoritarian regimes, but strengthens America as well. Unfortunately, the immigration system makes it impossible for most people to immigrate legally.

Scott Lincicome

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Middle class Chinese citizens are fleeing the country for the USA. And, having been blocked by long US visa backlogs, they're increasingly looking to enter illegally via Mexico (and the burgeoning business to help them). "I want freedom and a better life"

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@MattWalshBlog Genuine question: if the alternative were drying in the hands of a cartel or living forever in poverty under brutal socialism, what would you do?

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@agustinavcid

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@antipodes52 @JMilei That’s still a problem in Argentina’s government. There are thousands of employees who literally do not work but are still getting paid. And I’ve heard about dead people still getting paid many times. The new government is uncovering many such cases.

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@agustinavcid

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In a 1869 speech, Frederick Douglass addressed restrictions on Chinese immigration. As it's always the case with really good thinking, his words here are timeless and still apply today. What's sad is that what he said over 150 years ago is still not understood by many. 🧵

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@agustinavcid

3 years

@BKingDC @davidfcarr As I said on another tweet, I’m not a native English speaker so could be wrong about the necessity of the Oxford comma. Looking into it. However, this headline is not clear at all, as evidenced by the literal hundreds of people who replied/RTed this tweet.

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@agustinavcid

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I wonder if Ramawasmy thinks that the people who broke the law during Prohibition were unamerican. Provide a way for hard-working people to come here legally and they'll follow the law. "The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable," said Bastiat.

Vivek Ramaswamy

@VivekGRamaswamy

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You can’t be American if your first act of entering the country is a lawbreaking one. That’s not racist. That’s not xenophobic. We are a nation built on the rule of law. Secure the border and eliminate lottery-based immigration in favor of meritocratic admission. Do not apologize

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@agustinavcid

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If I can give one piece of advice to anyone putting their ideas out there on Twitter: don’t engage with trolls and with people who are incapable of a civil discussion. You can’t get to those people, they’re not your audience and you’ll be wasting your time.

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@agustinavcid

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The Ayn Rand Institute meets @taylorswift13 . Why? Because the arbitrary attacks on her by some conservatives reveal a shameful tribalistic mentality. They hate her for her virtues, and that’s revealing of their awful premises. CEOs are attacked similarly. Brilliant discussion.

Ayn Rand Institute

@AynRandInst

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Revealing Attacks on Taylor Swift and Tech CEOs

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@agustinavcid

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More people is better. When those people turn into new Americans, it's even better. Crazy to think how so many people oppose having more Americans.

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@agustinavcid

10 months

List of some of the people who should be allowed to immigrate to America: ✅ People who want to work in tech in SF ✅ People who want to open a gyro restaurant in NYC ✅ People who want to harvest potatoes in Idaho ✅ Literally anyone who’s peaceful and wants to work.

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@agustinavcid

4 months

New “argument” against immigration just dropped: hosting migrants is “slavery.” It should be clear at this point that the far right is not really concerned about national security, or migrants coming in “legally,” or anything else. They just don’t want immigrants, period.

helen henning

@helenckh

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Woman Hosting Illegal Migrant At Her Home Reportedly Says Experience Is Like Having ‘Personal Chef’ via @dailycaller Slavery in Massachusetts???

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@agustinavcid

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@megynkelly Whats the evidence on these protesters being immigrants? Genuinely asking, would like to see that evidence if it exists.

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@agustinavcid

2 years

Three freedom advocates from Latam ♥️ I’m so happy we’re reunited @mariamarty16 @GloriaAlvarez85 .

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@agustinavcid

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THE IMMORALITY OF THE U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM That is the title of a talk I gave last month. In it, I argue that the American immigration system is not merely messed up, it’s completely immoral. Here’s why 👇

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@agustinavcid

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@PregoneroL Parte del problema es que la Argentina no está acostumbrada al libre mercado. Para muchos, que cierren los galpones porque una empresa es inviable es una violación del “derecho de los trabajadores.” No existe una concepto de qué es lo que son los derechos realmente. Hay inflación

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@agustinavcid

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The solution to illegal immigration is legalizing immigration. Migrants don't want to come here illegally if given a choice. But there's no way for the vast majority of them to immigrate legally. Give them a legal way to do so and they will, as the data show.

The Alex Nowrasteh

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More legal immigration -> Less illegal immigration. This is a huge win for border security. Next step: Expanding parole to a dozen more countries.

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@agustinavcid

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Supporting unlimited skilled immigration means respecting the rights of Americans to hire whoever they want. It means bringing the best and the brightest to the US and letting them work & produce alongside the native-born. It means more jobs & more money. How is this bad?

Ryan James Girdusky

@RyanGirdusky

11 months

Vivek said he supports unlimited skilled immigration to the U.S. Think about what that means. Gutting American labor and bringing in 5+ million immigrants per year. On immigration, he’s to the left of Hillary, Biden, and Bernie.

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@agustinavcid

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The desire to further restrict legal immigration is a commonality between cartels and nativists. The nativists want it for tribal reasons. The cartels, for profit. One difference: nativists are shooting themselves in the foot, while cartels only see benefits from restrictions.

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@agustinavcid

3 years

@carbonfunfact Boom, so simple. The headline needs a completely rewrite.

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@agustinavcid

4 years

THIS. Legal immigration to the US is near impossible. “Get in line”? There’s no line. “Come here the right way”? There’s basically NO WAY. The immigration system sets immigrants for failure.

Olayemi Olurin

@msolurin

4 years

I wish people knew how damn near impossible “legal immigration” is. I’ve gotten my HS diploma, BA + JD in the US legally. Still had a work visa denied because “my proposed endeavor of being a public defender only benefits the poor + indigent and is not of interest to the nation”

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Thomas Jefferson on immigration: "Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules. That these rules shall be as equal as

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@agustinavcid

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Interesting fact I didn’t know: Henry Ford helped his new immigrant employees assimilate by providing English classes (looks like they were taught other things as well).

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@agustinavcid

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Cuban is right about many of his points on immigration here. But allowing immigration because “we need immigrants” due to birth rates declining, etc. is not the right approach. “Need” is pragmatic, it varies and is collectivistic. Immigrants should be allowed in as long as

Mark Cuban

@mcuban

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1. What any individual does in terms of having children or not is their choice. Full Stop. 2. We agree on the importance of children. This country needs to commit to feed, educate, care and support every child , no exceptions. It’s basic math, economics and morality,

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Imagine having not one, but hundreds of thousands of Messis in America, in all fields— from sports to science to gastronomy. People at the top of their profession, thriving in the U.S. This could happen with freer immigration in America.

Major League Soccer

@MLS

11 months

Two goals, an assist & a hug from Thiago Almada as he leaves the pitch. Another special night for Leo Messi. 🇦🇷

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@agustinavcid

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Imagine leaving everything you know and love behind to escape authoritarianism and socialism and build a better life for yourself in a freer country. And then imagine getting there and being governed by Newsom and his ilk. What a colossal fail.

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@agustinavcid

4 years

“The enemy of reason is somebody with a gun, limiting my reality and telling me what I can think and not think, do and not do” — Yaron Brook #aynrandcon @yaronbrook @AynRandInst

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@agustinavcid

2 years

Finally, after all these years @yaronbrook 🙏🏼😅

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@agustinavcid

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I’ve lost count of how many people have reached out to me telling me they love my immigration talk. In it I explain why it’s almost impossible to immigrate to the US legally, and I tell my own story and struggles through the immigration system. Link in article below👇

Ayn Rand Institute

@AynRandInst

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Immigrants who “get in line” are punished for wanting to work. @agustinavcid explains.

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@agustinavcid

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I took these images in a pharmacy in Argentina. Notice that there are no prices for any product. Why? Because of inflation. Prices are volatile and change several times a day so they’re not advertised. Want to buy something? Ask an employee how much it costs at that moment.

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@river_is_nice This is a bad take. You can disagree with Milei’s proposed policies and overall ideas, but comparing him to the military government, which came to power through a coup, is just wrong. Doesn’t mean a democratically elected government can’t be authoritarian (see Venezuela) but

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@agustinavcid

4 years

I don’t think we should be “anti-socialist.” We should be “pro-freedom,” “pro-capitalism.” That negates socialism while advocating for actual values and a clear political and moral stance.

Robby Soave

@robbysoave

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It is not enough to be non-socialist. We must be consciously and actively anti-socialist.

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Very descriptive photo of my recent talk about collectivism in Buenos Aires.

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