Wait, Mexico elected a celebrated climate scientist to the presidency?
That’s pretty awesome.
Yea, I wish we had a candidate that good on the American or Canadian ballots.
canadians, maybe; but american's can only vote for a "lesser evil" at best, so that's never going to happen.
It's very cool. The race was between a climate scientist and a software engineer, both women. The climate scientist was much more liberal and won by a huge margin. Really good news all around, I'm jealous.
If by more liberal, you mean literally a socialist (at worst a social democrat) who outright states that neoliberalism is the cause of Mexico's current problems.
"Neoliberalism" is one of those terms that's starting to lose meaning because different people use it to mean different things. I'm not an expert on her, but from what I've read, her views seem pretty vanilla progressive to me. Here's what Wikipedia says about them:
Social issues
Sheinbaum has openly identified herself as a feminist, aligning her beliefs and actions with the principles of gender equality and women's rights.[73] She advocates for the legalization of abortion, aligning her stance with broader movements aimed at promoting reproductive rights and autonomy for women.[74] During her leadership in Mexico City, Sheinbaum championed LGBT rights by implementing a gender-neutral policy for school uniforms.[75] In 2022, she became the first Head of Government of Mexico City to attend the city's pride march.[76] Economy
Sheinbaum has criticized the neoliberal economic policies of past presidents of Mexico, arguing that they have contributed to inequality in the country.[77] She has promised to expand welfare under her presidency[78] and intends to continue programs started by Obrador, such as universal pension.[79] Climate
Sheinbaum has a background in environmental policy, having served as environment secretary for Mexico City and worked on the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [80] She has both spoken in favor of clean energy and praised Mexico's largest oil company.[72]
It's a well-defined term. But it's one not really discussed much or talked about in america. And largely used in propaganda when it is used. Which is only aided by people not understanding and knowing the definition.
Liberal is basically a shortening of economic liberal. Think founding fathers, Adam smith, invisible hand circle jerk off the economy. Free markets yada yada yada. Basically that is what liberal means in the rest of the world. And still means in the United States even though it's misused heavily. You might also comment to yourself that that sounds an awful lot like people who call themselves libertarian. Which is because they are not libertarian they are economic liberals. They're just masquerading.
In the early 20th century, the glaring problems with economic liberalism we're becoming impossible to ignore. Robber barons exploiting labor en mass and running roughshod over government. It was pretty blatantly apparent to most people what economic liberalism always was. It wasn't about free markets for everyone. You can ask Black Wall Street about that. And it wasn't about creating free societies for everyone. You can ask Black Wall Street about that. It was clear that they needed to abandon the hands off social policy of economic liberalism and apply pressure socially to achieve better outcomes. Which the market abhorred. And post world war II the violent oppressive Leninist/Stalinist/Maoist revolutions combined with fascistic rhetoric convinced them that capitalism was still the only answer. But hands on capitalism.
Enter neoliberals. Republicans and Democrats both are neo-liberals. Their current stances decided by who passed the civil rights act. Democrats solidified themselves as the party of limited social assistance. Republicans taking the opposite stance socially. No longer just socially "neutral" in pursuit of free markets and non wasps to exploit. They became punitive and actively socially oppressive.
And no Democrats are in no way socialist. Work requirements are antisocialist. Little poison pills that Democrats and Republicans both have worked into every single social assistance program ever implemented in the United States. As a mechanism to keep control and power over labor. Leaving them distinctly vulnerable and easily exploitable as father for the factories and businesses of wealthy capitalists. If an unemployed person had social protections and guarantees. Capitalists have no leverage over them. They could be discerning about what jobs they worked and what jobs they didn't. Without having the fear of starvation and death hung over them. And that doesn't work for capitalists.
mexico getting a female president before the US seems on brand for the US.
Lots of countries had female heads of state. Here are some Muslim* ones.
*Mauritius and Singapore aren't Muslim countries but have a significant Muslim minority.
Not shitting in the US , just some other interesting facts.. gay marriage was legalized in mexico first, also abortion rights are stronger in mexico , and weed legalization (federal). I'm a mexican living in the US and like it her (My career it's in semiconductors and this industry is barely taking off in México). I find it very interesting they are leading in some of these topics/initiatives, despite being a super religious country.
Most of my family wonder why I came here where I could have similar or better life there. There are two sides of Mexico..1) mainly poor and marginalized that come here(with some exeptions like me). And 2) there is a sector of the polloularion that is very well off economically, with standards of living at par with the US and get no benefit coming here.
Just a semi informed comment since i'm not an economist or politician.
Don't mind me, just another day watching Americans thinking that the poorer country to their south couldn't possibly be more generally progressive than them ☕☕☕
Mexico also banned slavery before the US did. That's why Texas split from Mexico, became its own country, then asked the US for help, which the US granted. As their way of saying thanks, Texas applied for Statehood. Then when we started thinking that maybe owning people was wrong, Texas was all "Now, wait a minute! The whole reason we started hanging out with you guys in the first place was because you said owning people was cool!"
I have faith in the American voter to put up an all woman P/VP ticket in the form of MTG / Lauren Boebert.
In a highly contested election, they'll squeak by with a margin of 246 votes in a country run by a sheriff known for smoothering inmates in their sleep, after a federal court rules anyone with a Latino surname is ineligible to cast a ballot. While they technically came out ahead by ten million popular votes, Democrats will conclude that running against the electoral college is a losing issue and will spend the next two years campaigning as the Party That Wants To Protect The Rights of Police to Opt Out of AI Surveillance.
The Dems will run a candidate four years later consisting of a cybernetic hivemind of tech CEOs living in a big vat in a walled compound in New Zealand, on the banner "We're Not As Out of Touch as We Look", and will win by a margin of 42.8 votes, after successfully convincing a federal court that the 3/5ths compromise applies to LLCs, LLMs, and LARPs. This hivemind will begin the Mass Liquidation Project, intended to eliminate surplus flesh in the national economy. Any political opposition will be categorized as "anti-democratic" and require the speaker to register as "row 1 liquidation candidates" for the crime of invoking restless spirits of the Unspeakable Cheeto.
Trump will have died of sixteen different medical complications while serving out his second term. But after Elon Musk successfully incorporates his consciousness into the Truth Social app, simulated approximations of Trump posts will continue to appear in all American social media sites until the Great National Blackout of 2053. No records exist following this period, as Americans will have forgotten how to write and read.
My favourite part is when elon uploads trump's mind to the net but since his technology is shit the instance of trump is in permanent excruciating pain forever
Since its Elon, its just a javascript that says "Hello I am Donald Trump 🤣🤣♥️🖤🚀🚘 Elon Musk is my friend" and "Pussy In Bio ♥️ 🍆 💦 🍑Please Invest in Bitcoin 🪙 🪙 🪙" when you try to interact with it.
I should finish reading infinite jest
Sometimes I like to go outside and sit in some grass or under an awning... then close my eyes and just listen to nature.
It's therapeutic.
Not everything is about you.
Everything is about US. That's why we are called US!
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Can't be a lemme comment thread without someone completely unnecessarily shitting on the US. 👍
They are continuing the tradition from Reddit.
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we could have had one if people stopped being so misogynistic in 2016
Or if she had put more effort into campaigning, instead of being dismissive of her opponent.
My country elected a female president two years after I was born.
This is great news. Mexico has been enjoying some increasingly progressive policies that are very popular. The more progressing candidate won by a huge margin.
If only they could get the drug cartel situation sorted out, but that's no easy deal.
Just as soon as we stop supplying them with endless guns and also a place to send their drugs it'll be a bit easier.
Curious to see how she does
Here's what won't change....my family has some property there in michoacan. Oh yes, the little house that saw us grow up into adolescence. But today our parents cannot do anything with it. Can't sell it unless you give it away. The locals "those who remain" basically use scare tactics to get you to sell to the drug lords. One of my parents was tortured last time he went back to "arreglar papeles". Now it's becoming our land from inheritance, but how can I do anything? First off Americans can't own land or not exactly. Second the torture thing, I like my testicles where they are. Third but most importantly is the representatives locally here at the Seattle place are the worst! It took a full year for me to get an approved power of attorney for some silly thing my dad wanted to do. How can that work? The only way is for us migrants to lose it all.
Okay but is she a fascist?
Amazingly, no. I had to follow a few links before I found out because apparently the fact that she’s a woman trumps all the other news, but she is, in fact, not a fascist.
So what is she? What's her stance on, say, cartel violence?
She thinks it's bad
The best part is that since wokeism has clearly took over Mexico, the cartel can't kill her because they would be cancelled for being sexist!
She is straight up left wing. The opposing candidate was pushed forward by a coalition of what are essentially the Democrats and Republicans 😂🔥 it's incredible
Nominally pretty far from it. She's part of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (the current president of Mexico) Morena party.
Real life Jed Bartlet, Mexico edition.
BRB moving to lovely Mexico. (Srsly I love Mexico).
What's your favourite part of Mexico? I've always been interested in checking it out but every now and then there's a story about cartels killing mofos.
I've only been to the resorts in Playa del Carmen, but my dear friend lived in Zona del Norte in Tijuana and loved it despite it being really a rough end of the city. Tijuana is quite a place.
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