{"id":521745,"date":"2024-01-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=521745"},"modified":"2024-11-10T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:36:21","slug":"the-extreme-right-an-overused-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/the-extreme-right-an-overused-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"The extreme right, an overused concept\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recent election of Javier Milei as President of Argentina reveals the limits of the term \u2019extreme right\u00ab. Between contradictions and inaccuracies, we need to question the relevance of this political label, which has become more infamous than informative.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The media coverage of Javier Milei's election as Argentina's new president last month proved that some words no longer have any meaning..<\/strong> Presented by the European press and the American left as a \u00abfar-right ultraliberal\u00bb, this eccentric economist declares himself an anarcho-capitalist and minarchist by pragmatism. In other words, an anarchist who refers to the principle of private property, but who deems the existence of a minimal state inevitable to guarantee the protection of individual rights. There's no trace of a xenophobic project or a totalitarian conception of power in this libertarian. At most, his anti-system stance and populist style as a candidate bring him close to the likes of Donald Trump. Milei is also personally opposed to abortion - an issue on which he would like to put the population to the vote in a referendum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then, what do they have in common with another politician described as right-wing extremist, Marine Le Pen, who is very statist, including in economic matters, and who has nothing against abortion? Let's not even mention those social democrats who are also given the odious anathema of extreme right, because they dare to criticize inclusive writing or the wearing of the veil...<\/p>\n\n\n\n