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What can the global left learn from Mexico – where far-right politics hasn’t taken off?
(www.theguardian.com)
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Dude, stfu.
Mexicans come from all sort of indigenous & international backgrounds, not just Aztecs & Spaniards.
There's tons of Japanese people from when they escaped US internment camps.
There's also tons of black people, from escaped slaves running away from the US slaver states.
It's just that we are all intermixed, so it's harder to tell.
Yes, but they're all Mexican, whatever that means. This sort of national identity, not ethnicity, is the primary driver of far-right fascism nowadays. Americans also come from all sorts of backgrounds yet Trump won the election, so being ethnically heterogeneous isn't an indicator against fascism.
Mexicans are just as proud as they are ashamed of their country, just like Americans are.
We have cartels, corrupt cops & government officials, scarcity, addiction, homeless, violence, etc.
We are not some magical people united by our strong national identity, especially when many indigenous groups continue to be marginalized and abused.
What we do have that Americans do not is a greater sense of community.
So if you ask me, it's simply that we are all such broke mofos, we understand what that feels like so we help others out.
My mama always had me run food over to people who looked like they were struggling, and we helped many others over the years with a place to stay or some money to help them get going on their education or small business.