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A “global hegemony” of left-wing politics and ideology is “starting to crumble,” Argentina’s firebrand President Javier Milei told the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
“What once seemed like a global hegemony of the ‘woke’ left in politics, educational institutions, in the media, in supranational organizations or even in forums like Davos, has begun to crumble,” right-wing leader Milei, who took office in 2023, told business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland.
The divisive ‘woke’ term typically refers to supporting social justice issues and political activism.
The Argentinian politician, who casts himself in a similar vein to U.S. President Donald Trump, said he had been forming alliances with other like-minded figures and leaders.
“Over the course of this year, I have found allies in this fight for the cause of freedom in every corner of the world, from the amazing [tech billionaire] Elon Musk to that fierce Italian lady [Prime Minister] Giorgia Meloni, from [President Nayib] Bukele in El Salvador to Viktor Orban in Hungary,” he said, also namedropping Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump among his allies.
“Slowly, an international alliance has been forming among all those nations who want to be free and believe in the ideas of liberty,” he said.
Milei’s comments typify the deep divide between global leaders on the left and right of the political spectrum, with the two camps making little effort to overcome or understand each other’s ideological differences and positions in recent years.
After his inauguration on Monday, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders reversing policies instituted by his predecessor Joe Biden, such as commitments to fight climate change. Democrat Biden had done the same with Trumpian policies when he entered the White House in 2021, following the Republican’s first presidency…
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