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Milei in Spain - VIVA 24 Conference Javier Milei spoke this morning (May 19th, 2024) in Madrid, Spain in a conference named VIVA 24. Here's a summary in 20 quotes (all in a single post)👇 1: “It is comforting to be in front of an audience that shares our ideas, and is part of the enormous task of fighting the cultural battle against those who want to impose on us a vision of the world that is not only immoral but also contrary to the values that made the West great.” 2: “I am convinced today more than ever, that the ideas and values that brought the human species to the top are in danger and need to be defended from the siege of the damned and cancerous socialism.” 3: “Socialism, that ideology that is painted with an altruistic patina, basically hides the worst of the human being which is envy, hatred, resentment, unequal treatment before the law. And if necessary murder, because never forget that the damned socialists murdered 150 million human beings.” 4: “If you look at the Argentine history of the last two centuries, you will see a tragedy in two parts, a rise and a fall. A tragedy that is a testimony of what can happen when the ideas of freedom are replaced by any kind of collectivist experiment.” 5: “In the second half of the 19th century, Argentina's leadership set in stone the basic principles of liberalism, which are the defense of life, liberty and private property.” 6: “Sometime in the first half of the 19th century, the (Argentine) political leadership fell in love with the State, abandoned the ideas of freedom, and replaced them with the doctrine of social justice that directly infringes on the freedom and property of the individual. That was the beginning of Argentina's century of humiliation.” 7: “I look at Europe today, and also at the United States, and I see the signs of the same tragic path that Argentina sadly traveled are slowly appearing.” 8: “Until approximately 1800, the world's GDP per capita remained practically constant, but from the 19th century onward and as a result of the Industrial Revolution, the GDP per capita not only increased, but did so exponentially, multiplying by more than 20 times and generating an explosion of wealth that lifted 90% of the world's population out of poverty, even when the population multiplied by 8 times.” 9: “There is no country in the history of mankind that has embraced the ideas of freedom and has not experienced an explosion of growth and prosperity for all. On the contrary, whenever socialism has been tried, not only in Argentina but everywhere in the world, it has been an economic failure, a social failure, a cultural failure, and on many occasions a failure imposed on piles and piles of corpses.” 10: “Since socialism is an ideology that goes directly against human nature, it necessarily leads to slavery or death, there is no other destiny. To open the door to socialism is to invite death.” 11: “Social justice is always unjust, because it implies theft, because it implies unequal treatment before the law, and every attempt of politicians to play the good guys ends up harming the generation of wealth and consequently harming society as a whole.” 12: “To all those who think they are saving the world by having an overarching State, with high taxes, with gender quotas and punishing entrepreneurs, I say: Do you know what is best for workers? Let them freely agree on a contract with their employers. Do you know what is best for women? To stop treating them as victims who need special care. I ask myself, do the socialists consider women as inferior beings to be granting them privileges? I ask the socialists, is it not enough to be equal before the law?” 13: “Do you know how all of this is achieved? By letting people associate freely, choose what to produce, whom to employ, where to study, whom to sell to, what to buy, and what to do with the fruits of their own labor.” 14: “In short, the world is saved not by running after a guilty agenda of a couple of bureaucrats, but by shrinking the State so to enlarge society.” 15: “This idea that politicians should take care of people from the cradle to the grave has never been the task of the State. The task of the State, if it exists, is to defend the life, liberty and private property of individuals.” 16: “Now it is my turn to show you the sinister and nefarious nature of socialism. Because we have lived it in our own flesh. We suffer it every day because Argentina is a country that has been infected by socialism for decades. Or maybe I should say 'it was'.” 17: “Socialism leads to poverty and death, whoever says otherwise is ignorant or a liar.” 18: “That is why all of us here, Spanish citizens, Argentines, presidents, thinkers, businessmen, all of us who believe in freedom, must stand up and say enough is enough! Enough of the hatred, resentment, and envy that socialism implies. Enough to the self-flagellation and guilt of the West. Enough of the pretension of living in a crystal world without anyone being offended. Enough of the interference of the State in each and every aspect of our lives. Let us go back to defending the values that made the West great. Let us go back to defending life, liberty and property.” 19: “More and more people around the world are rebelling against the damned socialist mandate and they do it because, unlike the socialists, we trust the citizens, we do not think that they should be treated like children in a kindergarten.” 20: “Sooner or later truth always prevails over lies, freedom always prevails over oppression, life always prevails over death, and good always triumphs over evil. For all this, I want to tell you that I am an optimist.” One more: “I want to make a commitment to all of you and tell you that I will not fail you. I will lead by example and show the world that a government with our ideas can succeed. And the feats that our government accomplishes in Argentina will be a testimony and a proclaim of the capitalist paradigm of the free enterprise. This will not be a miracle, but the necessary consequence of the exercise of the right ideas. Because freedom is the only viable path to prosperity.”