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Former Prez José Mujica of Uruguay , who was described as "the world's humblest head of state"
Mar 15, 2021 7:10 PM
avr0cky
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Former Prez José Mujica of Uruguay , who was described as "the world's humblest head of state"
Grandit
Rich is the one who is free huh...
ChiefLooongDong
That's more than an Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor
Dixinmass
I remember seeing an interview with him years ago. Hes a goddamn saint.
americancheese1
Counterpoint - I would volunteer Trump as the poorest. 400 million + in debt = poor.
AuntieCoddswaddle
Is he also a good public servant and president?
LutraLazuli
Honestly, he looks like a guy who lives down the street and is nice to boot
Gigas85
Meanwhile in America
ZOHD69
Damn. Maybe a good person?
LembachTheProfessor
Re-Post #6436
zeacorzeppelin10
Wow Uruguay is dope!
amanditabonita
I love it there
Spongefire69
A leader should make the average wage in the country. Ya know, give them more insensitive to make things better for more people.
rubypilgrim
wait - you mean we don't have to pay those CEO's so much?
UsuallyARabbit
His wife won vice presidency in the next election.
frogsupmyarse
This is essentially what Bernie would have been like as US President, but the electorate bottled it
hereforthefunnies
Yes I've always thought that Bernie is a lot like Mujica. Shame they didn't vote for him.
alysma
I've shared an appartment with two Uruguayans once: some of the nicest people I've ever met.
GreenAppel
Now that’s a classy man.
Revnis
Good a president from the people for the people or at least that'd be the perception
tubbyst
Oooo some dastardly down voting. I wonder why?
Revnis
I was kinda thinking the same thing but wasn't going to say anything
Skeetskeetnojustkiddingthatsgross
I’ve had a quote from him saved for years "...when you buy something you're not paying money for it, you're paying with the hours of life 1/
Skeetskeetnojustkiddingthatsgross
you had to spend earning that money. The difference is that life is the one thing money can't buy - life only gets shorter...It is 2/
Skeetskeetnojustkiddingthatsgross
pitiful to waste ones life and freedom that way." -Jose Mujica. He’s a minimalist I’d say, but this quote really changed my perspective 3/
semperknight
You would be fucking amazed to see how many miserable wealthy people there are in the world.
flyingvitality8
Probably way less than the amount of misery they create.
buzzardman2
I wonder if they mean US dollars or their national currency because I think that would have a Mega difference in the spending power.
IDNMAN21
https://markets.businessinsider.com/currency-converter/united-states-dollar_uruguayan-peso#origin-currency -1
IDNMAN21
$12500 is equivalent to 557,000.000 Uruguay pesos. I rounded up.
ThisGuyFawkes
Not sure if it makes a difference but the $12.5 is his monthly salary.
Elsuave
I am from Uruguay, and I can say that most of us are pretty humble, simple folks. We are the best humbles!! Believe me!! :)
ZackWester
question what is the local buying power of 1250usd there?
hereforthefunnies
Not a lot. Uruguay is an expensive country to live in bc they manufacture v little and import a lot + import taxes are v high...1/2
hereforthefunnies
..2/2 A pint of milk in Uruguay is more or less the same cost as in the UK.
ZackWester
so a apartment that would cost 500USD in rent UK cost about 500USD in Uruguay? correct? and month of grocery in UK is 100 and 100 in
ZackWester
Uruguay for example I got no clue what a appartment or grocery cost in UK.
AwesomeTeddybear
Now those are the examples you want to follow (looking at you, conservatives and basically all right wing nutters)
firrfarr
Ok. Thanks for clarifying. Trump didn’t take a salary. Just, FYI
AwesomeTeddybear
Are... are you seriously using that as a comment?! Who paid for all those golfing days then
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
Trump fucking shilled for Goya Beans from the presidential desk. Do you seriously think turning down the salary was anything but a gesture?
georgedragonslayer
I have watched numerous interviews with him. He seems truly happy. Also, seems to care. Weird.
theresamooselooseabootthishoose
He fought a military dictatorship before he joined government, had an interesting life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mujica
thousandyardschlong
And was kept for 12 years as a political prisoner by said dictatorship
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alicefreak47
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Che did horrible atrocities while furthering and bettering the Cuban people.
grklein
It's probably the result of decades of cold war era indocrination. Any suggestion of improving the life of the poor is decried as communism.
Sheldoncio
This
ICommentToMakePeopleSmile
He has a good dog, so he's rich where it matters.
LowlevelRebel
So say we all.
avr0cky
IsolatedAsshole
They're good dogs.
IsendDickPicsIfYouAskNicely
Is it his penis?
bigblindguy
Yeah my first thought: Bro is rich, other people just value weird things.
theimgurappsucksballs
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are they not all good boys?
ICommentToMakePeopleSmile
They're all good dogs, Bront.
doughboywoohoo
His Wikipedia page says the dog only has three legs too
ICommentToMakePeopleSmile
He's so sweet he lost one to diabeetus
SavagePatchKids
And I hear his dick is like 9in soft
ICommentToMakePeopleSmile
That's a big dick for a dog.
AndySlash
NottSure0
He is the example this world needs but the vast majority of world leaders are too greedy and self absorbed.
FractalChainsaw
Wish I could vote for this dude.
starflyerwithoutfuel
I like you!!!
tasteslikechaos
Love this!!
MadHatter69
Legend.
f0622
Every fucking time someone is against living modestly or decreasing, they spit out this fake argument "So YoU wAnT tO gO bAcK iN cAvEs?"
BanzaiRun
"clowns blowing trumpets", enough said
LurkerOfDarkness
To be fair most countries don't have a jet just for the head of state, very few do.
FoxGodRecords
We have 2. Just for the President. (Actually, we have 4 right now.) But that's not all! The VEEP has a pair of planes as well!
samssquatch
Fuck. That makes me rethink my worldwide opinion of politicians.I had them all in the self serving bastards pile
NotABadLookingNarcissist
There are some decent mayors and congresspeeps here in America and other small town politicians. Also, terrible people at all levels of gvmt
FieryDoom
And in the U.S. our presidents spent billions on campaigns. For what? To serve us? Please.
Sheldoncio
The vast majority of them are. Power hungry people who could not care less for their constituents. Mujica is sadly an exception
IsendDickPicsIfYouAskNicely
Narcissism thrives in capitalism which is why it needs regulation
LexWisdom
Sadly ?
mobleshairmagnet
Sad that his kind are the exception and not the rule. A true servant of the people.
AndySlash
vid source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GX6a2WEA1Q
CptBoomBoom
Thank you!
Mr21782Man
To be the pedantic fuck, giving away your salary doesn't make you poor. Being poor makes you poor.
bbCrab
He literally makes 12500 a year
bbCrab
that is borderline poor for people in the US
Mr21782Man
Depending what that is and where that's a lot or a little. Poverty line is $3.20 per day, he's above that. And they have a farm.
VeryUniqueName
True, Trump did that too. However Mujica owns nothing but an old car (est 1800$ value). The farm is his wife's.
Mr21782Man
Anytime someone says the something belongs to the wife/husband all I hear is "it belongs to us but let's pretend it doesn't".
VeryUniqueName
Sure, but it's literally just a small farm. There's videos of it. Her assets are estimated at $215,000
Mr21782Man
Sounds like they're a lot wealthier than most people then.
VeryUniqueName
For uruguayans, yeah probably. You can find images and video from the house though, it's hardly luxurious