He took specific aim at British PM Keir Starmer: “Right now citizens in the UK are being imprisoned for exposing horrifying crimes committed by Muslim migrants”
Argentina’s President uses second address to World Economic Forum to slam his critics and “the mental virus of the woke ideology,” saying it has “colonised the most important institutions in the world.”
President Javier Milei defended Elon Musk, attacked the “cancer” of “wokeism” and hailed Argentina as “a global example” of “fiscal responsibility” on Thursday as he delivered a keynote speech to world leaders.
Making his second appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Milei used his address to highlight the progress made in his first year in office and claim credit for a growing “international alliance” of nations seeking freedom.
Defending the traditional values of the West, which he described as “the peak of the human species,” Milei then doubled down on his “cultural battle” against so-called “wokeism,”a term used by the far right to refer to progressive policies targeting social inequalities) policies.
“The mental virus of woke ideology,” argued Milei, is “an epidemic which is destroying the foundations of Western civilisation.”
“‘Woke is the cancer that needs to be extirpated. It has colonised our institutions, our universities, our media and even our supranational bodies,” he said.
“It is the result of cultural subversion,” the head of state told Davos’ gathering of the global elite, complaining that “wokeism” is designed to silence “criticism and dissent.”
“The West represents the peak of the human species. We are the product of the combination of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian culture,” he stressed.
“Wokeism,” he said, was a “result of an inversion of Western values.”