Milei Uploaded a Spot Based on the Movie Gladiador and the Networks Explained that Maybe It Wasn't the Best Example

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The President released today an unusual campaign spot on social media: with a fragment of Ridley Scott’s multi-première film, he compared himself to his protagonist, but omitted a fundamental scene. Users did not forgive the libertarian.

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The spot, which is based on an off story by President Javier Milei himself about images of the film Gladiador tries to argue that Kirchnerism is like Commodus, which is a cheater, and he would become Maximus, the hero of the film, although the name refers much more to the Kirchners. Beyond the strangeness of the spot many on the networks remembered that in reality Commodus was a sadistic and ambitious Roman emperor who enjoys the fights of gladi…