“Under capitalism, the men work for their own interest. Under socialism, working for the interests of others.” – Ayn Rand
The recent victory of Javier Milei in Argentina, with 52.5% of the vote marked a historic milestone in Latin america: the election of the first president libertarian in the region. This victory, which surprised many, resounds with a clear message: the desire for change and the demand for more individual freedoms and economic.
Old and new generations in the world seem to converge in the appeal of an ideology that is based on individual freedom and advocates for minimizing the intervention of the government, increasing personal autonomy and the promotion of a free market economy. Without a doubt, this terrifies those accustomed to living in scholarships and grants, those who do not believe to be valuable enough to contribute to your person and much less conceived to contribute to the society. But these are much less than we believe that freedom and the recognition of the capacity of each one of us is the political and economic model more viable to Mexico.
And although maybe I'm wrong in that we are more those who yearn for a government libertarian, of what I am sure is that we are many, many more that, regardless of the political and economic model that we want, we are overwhelmed by the improvisation and the political decline that has swept Mexico to not be all that it could be.
The scenario painted by the third candidate who will contend in the election of 2024, Samuel Garcia, could offer this new direction, this proposal is that many of us are willing, focusing on economic freedom and individual responsibility, contrasting with the current policy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Samuel Garcia could emerge as a libertarian candidate promising for several reasons. First, his approach is already declared in favor of free enterprise and the free market. Second, their proposals and actions to reduce government bureaucracy and business regulations suggest an inclination towards the minimization of the State, a cornerstone of libertarianism. In addition, his defense of the rights of individuals indicates a commitment to personal freedom. Although he calls himself a “liberal centre”, its policies and its popularity among young people and voters urban suggest that it might be the leader of a liberation movement in Mexico, despite the criticism about his experience and personal style.
If this is the case, if Samuel will represent a campaign openly liberal, would achieve what many of us want: that there was really a third option, able to differentiate themselves from Brown and tasteless and bitter alliance PRI-PAN-PRD.
It is not easy to be declared and to propose a government openly liberal, but like it or not, Mexico won't have many options, and what you decide in 2024 will be the determining factor. Mexico would then have two options: the first, which as we all know, the old policy, the same forever, that a six-year period dress priistas and the following morenistas, where the pursuit of power for power is constant and the principles of social welfare are relegated to the speech; or a second alternative, where someone is terminated in front of the destructive socialism promoted by the current government, represented by Andrés Manuel and the prianismo, that entity imaginary that he ended up becoming a reality, and it represents the historic growth of economic gaps and policies.
The liberal model, which proposes the reduction of the size of the State, the privatization of public enterprises and the reduction of taxes, could be a viable alternative for Mexico, especially in a context where the dissatisfaction with the traditional political parties (PRI, PAN, and BROWN) is palpable. Fulfill a government that promotes economic freedom and reduce regulations could inject dynamism in the economy, promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
In Mexico, the dissatisfaction with the political class represented by a Brunette incapable of governing and an alliance PRI-PAN-PRD open up this window that only Citizen Movement could be taking. We know that the libertarian principles go against the same DNA of BROWN, so that both Claudia Sheinbaum as all the people around them are openly enemies of libertarianism and what it represents.
And on the other hand, Xóchitl Gálvez has been stated clearly and openly marxist-trotskyist, with all that this means, for what doesn't fit in a speech or in proposals of free enterprise or economic freedoms. It is thus that the political landscape of Mexico is emerging as a fertile field for a candidate that provides a model-based economic libertarianism.
The victory of Milei in Argentina comes to enrich this land, fertile, sending a clear message that, in addition to being convenient for Mexico, it is possible. This model has proven effective in other countries and now could be the catalyst for a profound change and positive in Mexico. As said Adam Smith, ‘The market is not an invention of the capitalists. It was the spontaneous creation of human activity’.
It is time to seriously consider libertarianism as a viable option for Mexico.
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