Elucidar el triunfo de Cambiemos sin cuestionar la democracia

Nuevos desafíos para la intelectualidad crítica argentina

Abstract

The triumph of Cambiemos Alliance in 2015 was described as the first time in Argentine history that a party whose ideology was easily linked to oligarchic traditions, conservative principles and the imprint of neoliberalism managed to prevail in a democratic presidential election. This new emergent posed an unprecedented challenge for the work of critical thinking. By accounting for this phenomenon, most of the intellectuals who had explicitly supported Kirchnerism made a series of arguments, many of which saddled the Macrist electorate with a series of deficiencies ranging from the cognitive to the moral. The purpose of this article is to show that, as long as they involve a denial of the principle of equality, those arguments developed by the critical intellectuality include a dangerous series of drifts that end up calling democracy into question, not only in terms of its institutional dynamics but also regarding their possibilities as a socio-political organization. Taking into account the role that civic-military dictatorships have played in shaping Argentine political life, the text concludes by highlighting the strategic importance of defend democracy beyond any electoral result.