For years, Argentina suffered serious economic problems. But reducing our country's issues to mere economic problems is to stay on the surface of the issue. The economy is conditioned to a greater or lesser extent by politics. More precisely, by politicians. This means that the root of economic problems is political issues. They are not just numbers; what is being discussed are ideas.
When the current government began and President Javier Milei started to speak of Argentina as the beacon of the West, many repeated that concept without stopping to think about what it really meant. What is the West? What sustains it? What values define it?
In the week of May, we remember one of the foundational moments of our Homeland. May 25 should not just be a holiday or a symbolic celebration. It should also be an opportunity to ask ourselves who we are, where we come from, and what kind of country we want to build.
Let us remember today more than ever that “God is the source of all reason and justice.” This implies that there is a Creator of the entire universe. And the State that does not respect God becomes a God State. That is, a State that does not eliminate the spirituality of men but seeks to assume and control it. It becomes a secular religion where politicians are its priests and bishops who have a pseudo-divine mandate. With which they can intervene in people's lives, even in their intimacy. All in the name of justice or, rather, what they say is justice.
Today many people talk about love for the Homeland. But, to truly love the Homeland, one must first know it. Know its history, its traditions, its heroes, its foundational ideas, and also its mistakes. Because peoples that are unaware of their history end up repeating past mistakes. As Cicero said: “History is the teacher of life.” In a framework where everything is often relativized —culture, traditions, even the sense of belonging— we believe it is important to bring back into discussion those foundations that made our civilization and our Nation possible.
