The Government’s Easy $Libra Turns One

Argentine
By El Cuñado Nacional
One year after the $Libra affair, the government still treats it like a harmless digital prank. A “private matter,” they say. As if 44,000 people worldwide had magically fallen into a global scam all by themselves.

On February 14, 2025, while some were celebrating love, others were buying faith in token form. One presidential tweet was enough to turn an unknown memecoin into overnight financial hype. No decree, no national address — just a libertarian thumb hitting “post.”

The President, always eager to blow up the old system, discovered he could also blow up other people’s wallets. The “free market” worked perfectly: insiders cashed out, believers paid the bill. Textbook capitalism, predictable ending.

Hours later came the rug pull. In plain English: the table was flipped and the cutlery vanished. The token’s value collapsed, the creators disappeared, and thousands watched their “freedom” turn into negative percentages.

Then came the performance: it wasn’t promotion, it was “sharing.” It wasn’t an official account, it was “personal.” He didn’t know anyone — though the same people walked in and out of the presidential palace like a crypto coworking space. Excuses, 280 characters at a time.

Justice began to move, at its usual glacial pace. Victims counted losses while Congress gathered documents that now rest in dusty institutional drawers. Plenty of slides, zero consequences.

Names piled up: developers, intermediaries, businessmen with VIP access to power. All close to the presidency, none close to a courtroom bench. Meritocracy at work: those who know which doors to knock on climb higher.

Meanwhile, the official line went minimalist: “a private dispute.” Translation: the President only provided the face, the credibility, the shop window, and the initial push. The rest is “market responsibility,” that god worshipped when convenient and ignored when it burns.

A year later, no refunds. No apologies. No symbolic step back from playing financial influencer. Freedom keeps moving — straight toward the wrong pockets.

The libertarian moral is clear: in a country where “there’s no money,” there’s always money for those who get to the tweet first. Everyone else: lesson learned. In the crypto casino of power, the house never loses.

$Libra turns one, and the government celebrates the way scandals are celebrated nowadays: by waiting it out, changing the subject, and hoping victims get tired of demanding answers. Forgetting also trades in dollars.

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