Damn, I looked into it further, and you’re absolutely right. I knew it was an upset win, and when I saw that there were 4 major parties in the election, I dismissed it as a more variable political system, but it’s first-past-the-post, just like the US. This will definitely change my thought process on what our chances of making real current-day changes to our political landscape would be. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, and for powering through my hardheadedness.
one of the good things about american propaganda is that it’s sometimes easy to spot because so many americans repeat it to each other despite multiple examples to the contrary that keep popping up every other decade or so; maybe i’m getting better at calling it out. lol.
this isn’t the first time mexico has managed to shake off colonial control and; if the historical pattern holds; the united states will invade again like it did the last 3 times to force the political situation to change back, as it’s done dozens of times throughout the world to other countries. this time however, american soft power as at an all time low thanks to the freedom of information available online (and especially so with live-streaming the gazan genocide on social media) and it’s hard power is currently stretched thin due to ukraine, taiwan, isreal, and venezuela at the same time, as well as president that’s souring relations with our allies (and fellow colonial masters); so there’s a chance that mexico might be left unscathed.
developments like the new ownership of tikok and censorship happening on facebook, reddit, bluesky, etc. and the europeans capitulating to trump’s economic and military demands make me pessimistic.
Damn, I looked into it further, and you’re absolutely right. I knew it was an upset win, and when I saw that there were 4 major parties in the election, I dismissed it as a more variable political system, but it’s first-past-the-post, just like the US. This will definitely change my thought process on what our chances of making real current-day changes to our political landscape would be. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, and for powering through my hardheadedness.
one of the good things about american propaganda is that it’s sometimes easy to spot because so many americans repeat it to each other despite multiple examples to the contrary that keep popping up every other decade or so; maybe i’m getting better at calling it out. lol.
this isn’t the first time mexico has managed to shake off colonial control and; if the historical pattern holds; the united states will invade again like it did the last 3 times to force the political situation to change back, as it’s done dozens of times throughout the world to other countries. this time however, american soft power as at an all time low thanks to the freedom of information available online (and especially so with live-streaming the gazan genocide on social media) and it’s hard power is currently stretched thin due to ukraine, taiwan, isreal, and venezuela at the same time, as well as president that’s souring relations with our allies (and fellow colonial masters); so there’s a chance that mexico might be left unscathed.
developments like the new ownership of tikok and censorship happening on facebook, reddit, bluesky, etc. and the europeans capitulating to trump’s economic and military demands make me pessimistic.