Milei Defends Capitalism and Judeo-Christian Values at Davos

In a fiery and unapologetic speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Argentina’s President Javier Milei shattered the globalist echo chamber with a bold defense of capitalism, liberty, and Judeo-Christian values the very principles Western elites have spent decades undermining.

Rejecting the false dichotomy between efficiency and morality, Milei declared: “What is just cannot be inefficient, and what is efficient cannot be unjust.” Drawing from Austrian economics and the intellectual legacy of Murray Rothbard and Jesús Huerta de Soto, he argued that capitalism is not merely the most effective economic model it is the only one morally aligned with human dignity and natural law.

At a summit typically known for bureaucratic doublespeak and climate alarmism, Milei’s words stood in stark contrast:

• He denounced socialism as morally bankrupt and economically disastrous, citing the collapse of Venezuela’s GDP by over 80% and the rise of a “bloody narco-dictatorship.”

• He reaffirmed the sanctity of private property as essential to freedom and productivity, warning that regulation and state interference destroy growth.

• He called on the West to restore its moral foundations, invoking Greek philosophy, Roman law, and Judeo-Christian ethics as the true bedrock of civilization.

“Free markets make us better people,” Milei told the Davos elite, unapologetically tying moral virtue to economic freedom. “They allow us to prosper, defend property, preserve peace, achieve social harmony, and strengthen the virtues essential to a prosperous society.”

While Western leaders spiral into debt, decay, and delusion, Milei is charting a different course one rooted in truth, not utopian fantasy. He reminded the world that socialism, no matter how nicely packaged, always ends the same way economic collapse, moral ruin, and tyrannical rule.

Milei also took direct aim at the philosophical poison infecting today’s public policy. “When ethical and moral values are abandoned,” he warned, “policies become not only unjust, but also lead to collapse not only economic collapse, but social collapse as well, to the point of threatening Western civilization itself.”

His speech was not just a rebuke of globalist groupthink it was a call to arms. A reminder that liberty is not negotiable, and neither is truth. While the rest of the WEF crowd pushes technocratic control and manufactured fear, Milei dares to say what most politicians won’t: the West doesn’t need more regulation, redistribution, or re-education. It needs a moral revival.

In this moment, Argentina may be leading where others fear to follow. The real question is whether the rest of the free world is ready to listen before it’s too late.

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