# I fear I'm about to lose my country

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fear-im-about-to-lose-my-country/991926
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 22, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fear-im-about-to-lose-my-country/991926 "2023-10-22T16:48:16Z")
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### Author: ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fear-im-about-to-lose-my-country/991926/16 "2023-10-22T23:48:13Z")

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Honestly, I’m not convinced that the elements listed in the OP are sustainable. Argentina is alone in the world as having regressed from being a high income country around 1900 to a middle income country after WWII. There aren’t all that many examples around the world that conservatives can point to where an overly generous welfare state substantially repressed economic growth over a long period of time, but Argentina is arguably one of them.

None of that implies that eg Fascism is a good idea. Best wishes to Frodo: Argentina is in a better place than any war zone, but it nonetheless faces some very tough challenges.

So-so guest article from Noah Smith’s blog:

> **[Argentina's macroeconomic situation is even worse up close](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/argentinas-macroeconomic-situation)**
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> A guest post by Karl T. Muth

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