Javier Milei’s bold economic reforms overshadowed by controversial AI security plans



Argentina’s firebrand leader, Javier Milei, keeps winning. He promised a libertarian revolution in the long-socialist country, and this month, he’s crushing inflation, advancing an austere new zero-deficit budget, and scheduling a high-level sit-down on the future of cryptocurrencies with the founder of Cardano. But unfortunately, there’s another side to Milei’s policy plans — one straight out of dystopian sci-fi.

When Javier Milei secured the presidency of Argentina last November, the global far right erupted in celebration. Milei’s landslide victory over the Peronist candidate, Sergio Massa, by nearly 3 million votes ignited hope among populists worldwide. Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were among the first to cheer their Argentine ally, with Trump confidently predicting that Milei would “truly make Argentina great again” and Bolsonaro praising the win as a triumph for “honesty, progress, and freedom.” The admiration and praise were understandable — after all, the Argentinian people elected a man of the people, someone who promised to do his utmost to work in their best interests.

Authorities could potentially detain individuals based on predicted future crimes, stripping away the very essence of free will and personal liberty.

Which makes Milei’s latest initiative so baffling and unsettling.

Under his leadership, Argentina recently established a so-called Applied Artificial Intelligence for Security Unit. This new agency, part of the Ministry of Security, is tasked with leveraging AI to analyze vast amounts of historical crime data and monitor social media interactions, all to predict and prevent criminal activities.

Such an initiative might seem forward-thinking and innovative. The idea that AI can forecast criminal behavior based on historical patterns sounds efficient, and perhaps in a certain way, it is. But it’s littered with potential land mines: overreach, profiling, and unwarranted surveillance. The emphasis on scanning social media for “potential threats” risks devolving into invasive scrutiny of the everyday lives of ordinary citizens, all under a vaguely defined and potentially overbroad mandate.

Lamentably, this isn’t just about Milei or Argentina. AI-driven surveillance is becoming increasingly common in countries worldwide, including in the United States. In China, a country I worked in for 18 months, AI is already employed to monitor citizens’ behavior, with those deemed “untrustworthy” facing consequences ranging from travel bans to restricted access to social services. One could argue that the situation has already shifted, with cities like New York and London now resembling Beijing and Shanghai in terms of surveillance.

Of course, this dystopian reality is eerily similar to what we’ve seen depicted in episodes of "Black Mirror"or the movie "Minority Report." Authorities could potentially detain individuals based on predicted future crimes, stripping away the very essence of free will and personal liberty. Social media posts, online searches, and even the most mundane activities could fall under the relentless gaze of automated systems designed to flag anything deemed suspicious.

As if that’s not bad enough, these systems can easily be misused, leading to unwarranted interventions, the targeting of political dissenters, or the suppression of dissenting voices. As I write this, all across Europe, including in Ireland, my place of birth, "hate speech" laws are being implemented with increasing severity. Individuals found guilty of crossing the line, even through a social media post, are facing lengthy prison sentences.

Now is the time for citizens and lawmakers to engage with these developments critically. Ensuring that the pursuit of security does not come at the cost of the liberties it aims to protect is of vital importance. AI can be a tool for good, but only if everyday people have a say in how it is used. The power to shape our future should not be left solely in the hands of governments or tech giants. We must demand transparency, accountability, and a say in how these technologies are deployed. Otherwise, Big Brother will get a whole lot bigger and, without a doubt, a whole lot badder.

VIRAL: Watch Javier Milei eviscerate Klaus Schwab and other globalists at WEF annual summit



The World Economic Forum is finishing up its week-long summit in Davos, Switzerland. Among the many speakers was Argentina’s newly elected president, Javier Milei – a man who’s come to represent the idea of liberty in a day when freedom is on the decline in the Western world.

During his speech, Milei took the opportunity to tell “Klaus Schwab and the rest of them to their faces ... ’You guys are the problem, not the solution,”’ reports Sara Gonzales before playing a clip of the president’s speech.

“Today, I'm here to tell you that the Western world is in danger,” Milei began, “and it is endangered because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.”

“The main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom — for different versions of what we call collectivism. We're here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world; rather, they are the root cause,” he continued.

“Everyone should watch it,” says Jason Buttrill, who calls the speech “a machine gun middle finger." “It is amazing.”

“He's a big-time thinker,” he continues, likening Milei to Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman, “and he has the balls to say what needs to be done.”

To see Milei eviscerate the global elites of the WEF, watch the video below.


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Calculated chaos: The blueprint of collectivism



Chaos is a state in which those on the left thrive best, which is why they’re creating it.

They’ve discredited the press, intelligentsia, and the experts — all while forcing us to listen to them.

“How easy would it be to regain the trust of our doctors and our scientists if they would just come out and say, ‘Yeah, we really blew it here and we’re finding the people responsible for it; we know it was Fauci’?” Glenn Beck asks.

However, as Glenn is aware, they won’t do it.

According to him, this is “because they want experts to continue to be discredited by the average, so that way when there’s chaos on the street — do you trust the police? Do you trust the FBI? Do you trust the medical association? Do you trust the media? Who’s coming for you if there’s real trouble?”

And they’re succeeding in creating a world where no one knows whom to trust, which is why Javier Milei in Argentina is the newly elected president.

He seems like an antidote to the chaos, truth in a political landscape shrouded in lies.

“You can’t give left-tards an inch,” Milei told a news anchor. “If you think differently from them, they will kill you. This is the point, you can’t give ... leftists an inch. If you give them an inch, they will use it to destroy you. You can’t negotiate with left-tards.”

Stu Burguiere thinks Milei — while rather crudely spoken — is being dismissed by people at “their own peril.”

Glenn agrees, noting that everything Milei is saying is focused on “standing up against an ideology of collectivism.”

“I hope he does exactly what he says he’s going to do,” he adds.


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Glenn Beck: The Radical Left is Creating Chaos on Purpose

Glenn Beck: The Radical Left is Creating Chaos on Purpose

The BIGGEST takeaway from Argentina's 'SHOCKING' presidential election



Javier Milei — an anarcho-capitalist libertarian — has just shocked the world by winning the presidency in socialist Argentina.

Glenn Beck is shocked along with the rest of the world.

“He is the exact opposite of really anything, any kind of politician, that we have seen here that is even close to being president of the United States — even Donald Trump,” he says.

While Milei has been exhaustively compared to Donald Trump by the media, Beck and Stu Burguiere don’t believe they’re that alike at all.

Stu notes that Milei’s closest similarity to Trump is that “he’s super outspoken” but also describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist, “which is not how Donald Trump would describe himself at all.”

The new president's plan apparently includes completely uprooting the current state of the Argentinian government and shutting down different government agencies.

“Is he going to do those things?” Stu asks, adding, “I hope so.”

Argentinian President Javier Milei isn’t the only freedom-loving winner as of late.

On November 22, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom won 37 seats out of 150 in the Dutch government. Like Milei, Wilders is painted by the opposition as a far-right extremist.

“There’s two people now that the press say, ‘Out of control, worse than Hitler,’” Glenn says, noting that while the press isn’t fond of them — the world seems to be moving more toward a freedom mindset.

“Here’s what you should take away from all of this movement politically, cause it’s happening in Europe, and it’s happening in South America. It is moving away — hard — from the left and going right,” Glenn explains.

“These guys, if they work,” he continues, “this is going to be a huge move for the world, back to more freedom and common sense.”



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