Javier Milei, the libertarian president-elect of Argentina, discusses his philosophy of government in an interview with TV host Alejandro Fantino.

English translation via TremendaCarucha on X/Twitter:

JAVIER MILEI: We aren’t above the ones we represent. In financial terms, “The derivative is never worth more than the underlying asset.” The derivative exists because the underlying asset exists. We exist as representatives of the people because the people exist. It is madness, it is delusional, to think that a representative of the people is above the people he represents themselves. It is a delusion in which the political caste exists.

In our government, the politicians will have the same privileges that the common citizen has. They will have to internalize their externalities. They will have to internalize their externalities. If they screw up, not only will honest Argentines suffer the consequences, the politicians are going to suffer even more. They will have to live like the honest Argentines live.

Their privileges are over! The party is over!…

[It’s a barn burner for sure. I hope he lives long enough to actually do some of it. ~ The opposition can be brutal there. Beege]