• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    What really makes me chuckle is whenever someone tries to insist to me that Mexican men are chauvinists, and I have to remind them that not only did they elect a woman, but they elected a woman who is doing FDR shit and actually making people’s lives better.

    I’m jealous. The closest we got was Bernie and both parties swift-boated him.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      They are horribly chauvinistic.

      Let’s play a game. The US elected Obama so they are not racist riiight?

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        I see the point you’re getting at, but this is too big of a debate for Saturday morning. :)

        Have a great day.

        • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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          11 days ago

          Ladies and gentlemen, white US liberals when confronted with their shitty conservative positions. Saving this- it’s a such a perfect encapsulation.

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            11 days ago

            Come on, now, be fair, I love dunking on liberals as much as the next leftist, but “Mexican men aren’t chauvinists” is hardly a conservative position, as leftists aren’t we supposed to make the argument that no people are a monolith?

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
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        11 days ago

        Mexico is hardly gentrified. There are some areas where there are a lot of immigrants, but the population is about 130 million, and less than 1% are foreign born. That’s significantly lower than both USA and Canada.

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          11 days ago

          You obviously haven’t been to mexico city or any of the other tourist destinations in mexico. Its really bad, there are far too many “nomads” pricing out the locals.

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            11 days ago

            I’ve been to Mexico City. It’s absolutely huge. There are probably neighbourhoods where “nomads” are pricing out the locals, but the vast majority of the city isn’t affected. What’s driving up rents in Mexico City is that it’s Mexico City. Most of the people moving there are Mexican.

            As for other tourist destinations, yes in tourist destinations there are tourists! Wow. But, there’s a lot of places in Mexico that aren’t tourist destinations, or are destinations only for Mexican tourists. There are entire cities with millions of inhabitants where you’re very unlikely to ever see an American / nomad.

            • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              10 days ago

              My brother in christ there are right now people moving into any city with working infrastructure here in México no matter the state: Tijuana, Hermosillo, Mexicali, Monterrey, Leon, Mochis, Mexicali, etc

              It’s not exclusive to México City, they will move any place where rent is ‘cheap’. They have been outpriced by the US and will look for any place where they can live.

              They are not going to show up in any population stats because they don’t even bother changing their residency status and even then being less than 1% doesn’t excuse their gentrification.

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                9 days ago

                Wow, I’m impressed, you actually managed to mention one city that isn’t either in the far north or on the beach. (And it’s not Mexicali, even though you mentioned it twice). It’s almost like you’ve actually visited Mexico before!