President Javier Milei surprised everyone this Friday by posting an image on his social media amid pressure from rising prices. In the post, he shared a comic strip of Gaturro with a clear and direct message against the increase in products: 'If the price goes up, DO NOT buy.'
The image, which appeared on Thursday in his Instagram stories, generated immediate reactions because the message deviates from the libertarian dogma that promotes free market forces without state intervention or calls for boycotting. Instead, the phrase is closer to the conscious consumer manual than to the deregulated market that Milei usually preaches.
This post comes in the context of persistent inflationary tensions that have forced the Government to revise its communication. In supermarkets, price lists are maintained above the level of the free dollar, which is currently quoted at $1,160, and many products are still valued as if the green bill were around $1,400.
Although Milei's strategy seeks to consolidate a sustained disinflation scheme based on fiscal discipline, the shared message represents a turn in his usual discourse. The original publication of this article was made in Mendoza Today.
