Buenos Aires Herald 
When state-run children’s channel Paka Paka announced its new programming for kids under 12, Javier Milei’s administration said it would be “without ideological indoctrination, and focused on values.”
Yet its new addition, Tuttle Twins, is a libertarian, anti-state U.S. cartoon that educates children on the evils of socialism, the benefits of cryptocurrency, and that growing up in a single-parent family increases the chances of living a life of crime.
The Tuttle twins, Ethan and Emily, travel in time along with their Cuban grandmother Gabby and learn about “freedom and economics” from libertarian thinkers like Milton Friedman and Ludwig von Mises. In the show, the twins meet historical figures such as philosopher John Locke, economist Adam Smith, and others, who teach them extreme libertarian notions such as the idea that basic needs should not be guaranteed by any right whatsoever.
Throughout its three seasons, other episodes also depict college education as an unnecessary burden, Karl Marx as a money-hungry hypocrite, and government subsidies as “scary and spooky.”
“Thrilled to announce that Tuttle Twins will be coming to millions of Argentine kids on Paka Paka!,” read a post on the show’s X account. “They’re replacing literal Marxist cartoons with hilarious education about freedom, economics and individual rights. #Bitcoin,” added the post.
The right-wing show is based on a series of children’s books published by the Libertas Institute, a Utah-based think tank, and distributed by Angel Studios, founded by Mormon brothers Neal and Jeffrey Harmon. Written by Libertas president Connor Boyack, who is also an executive producer of Tuttle Twins TV, the original books are advertised to “shield your kids against propaganda and hidden agendas,” as well as teaching “true history.”
“Milei tried to shut down Argentina public tv. They wouldn’t let him. So he’s airing Tuttle Twins instead,” the show’s account posted on Wednesday, adding a laughing face emoji.
“If you have to have state-funded media, might as well teach kids about the dangers of the state,” they added.
Milei in Tuttle Twins
Boyack himself has interacted on X with President Javier Milei, who has been featured as a character in a Tuttle Twins book, as “a teenager disgusted with a Marxist-style takeover of his track meet.”
During his presidential campaign, Milei used Paka Paka and other cultural and educational channels like Canal Encuentro as examples of indoctrination by Kirchnerist governments. La Libertad Avanza deputy José Luis Espert once described Paka Paka as “sh*t” that “rotted” the minds of children.
The new Paka Paka also announced they are “fixing” their most famous character Zamba, the lead from popular show Zamba’s Amazing Excursion, in which a kid from Formosa named José travels in time to meet Argentine forefathers like José de San Martín and Manuel Belgrano. Ever since its creation, the Emmy-nominated show has been used in schools across the country as a tool to teach Argentine history.
Libertarian activist and streamer Daniel Parsini (who goes by @GordoDan on X), the unofficial manager of the government’s digital communications, seemed to address the issue in a post on Wednesday.
“If indoctrination is right-wing, then it isn’t indoctrination. Because our ideologies are not equivalent. Teaching socialism is not equivalent to teaching liberalism because teaching one is not the same as teaching the other. One defends reality, and the other a fantasy,” he wrote.
“There is no such moral equivalence between teaching one and teaching the other. Teaching one is wrong, and teaching the other is right.”
