President Javier Milei’s approval rating has crashed to its lowest point since taking office, according to the Buenos Aires Times, and the reason is no mystery: unemployment is skyrocketing under his watch. The state’s own figures confirm what workers already know—Milei’s shock therapy isn’t lifting anyone out of poverty, it’s pushing more people into it. **The State’s False Solutions** Milei’s approval ratings are collapsing not because of some abstract 'discontent,' but because his policies are actively immiserating the working class. The government has slashed public sector jobs, gutted labor protections, and handed billions to corporate elites while millions scramble for scraps. The state’s 'economic recovery' narrative is a cruel joke when the streets are filling with unemployed workers and shuttered businesses. **Unemployment as State Policy** The Buenos Aires Times notes the correlation between Milei’s plummeting approval and rising unemployment, but fails to ask the obvious question: Who benefits from austerity? The IMF, foreign investors, and Argentina’s oligarchs are the only ones profiting from Milei’s 'reforms.' Meanwhile, the state’s security forces are being deployed to break strikes, evict families, and criminalize dissent—all to protect the property of the rich while the poor are left to rot. **The Alternative Isn’t at the Ballot Box** Milei’s approval ratings are tanking, but the opposition—Peronist politicians and corporate-backed 'left' parties—offer no real alternative. They all serve the same capitalist system, just with different branding. The real resistance isn’t measured in polls, but in the wildcat strikes erupting across Argentina, the occupied factories running without bosses, and the neighborhood assemblies organizing survival outside the state’s control. The state’s approval ratings don’t matter. The people’s power does.
