Well it’s not off topic because it parallels what has been happening in New Zealand.
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Indeed .. have friends there too .. The Officials may not take well to having their lifestyle existences
ripped out from under them .. Argentina but for all the freeloaders & corruption should be a very
wealthy & prosperous Country, the opposite of what it is now.
Hopefully the transition doesn't bring with it, anarchy, violence & chaos that previous Control shifts have resulted in
This is what happens when the Bureaucracy runs wild and thinks it owns the show ..
Of course we have had Labour in who have tendency to pad up the Civil Service to Ceiling height with untold new Departments & Quazi Agencies all with heaps of gophers of any standard freshly installed within, for any /every possible purpose or reason under the sun at large cost without any accountability or efficency ;)
Yes of course the bureaucracy will fight back. It is highly corrupt from A-Z. One example for me during COVID, we had to fly our crew between Ushuaia and BA on private planes. We needed permits too for landings-takeoffs and moving between states.
There were 2 airlines that could provide the service at the time. One quoted us USD85K per trip, the other USD 165K. We booked the cheaper. Half hour later our manager received an anonymous call to "help" him chose an airline IF he wanted the necessary permits. It happened to be the airline that cost 95% more. We got the message and paid the bill. WHen in Rome, or BA for that matter, do as the locals do. No other option during this corrupt and criminal administration if you wanted anything done.
Pandas dream :-)
The British invested heavily in an independent Argentina and it became as prosperous as a British Dominion, such as Canada and Australia. Argentina could have been as prosperous as Canada were it not for its succession of corrupt governments since the 1930’s. It underlines the importance of rooting out any sign of corruption.