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[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 20 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.” Protesters held signs reading “gringos, stop stealing our home”

There is some humor in them complaining about white people being there while the US complains about them being here.

People everywhere are racist as fuck. 😅

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 24 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

The difference is that the the Latinos in the United States are therr because they have to be to survive; meanwhile the Americans in Mexico are there to take advantage of the fucked up situation that their American empire created in Mexico.

One is a necessity and the other is good ole American racism.

the other is good ole American racism

Good ole American colonialism.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

There's a difference though, Mexico has had a huge influx of US remote workers who basically hang out as tourists and literally are gentrifying Mexico City and raising the cost of living because locals can't compete with the wages the US citizens get in US dollars, which are (currently) more valuable than the Mexican Peso. This absolutely raises the cost of living as the city begins to cater more and more to US remote workers and less and less to the actual citizens of Mexico City.

Here's an article on it from as far back as 2023: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/mexico-city-gentification-americans-rent-prices/3231544/

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

But Mexico City is most likely my cheap and easy go-to escape plan for if/when shit hits the fan in the U.S. I wonder if others had the same thought.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

What exactly is the threshold you're waiting for on this escape plan?

Stay in the US and clean up your own fucking messes instead of expecting the countries the US has exploited the living shit out of to achieve your high quality of life in the US to take care of your bitch ass. The fucking entitlement. Mexico doesn't owe you a fucking escape hatch.

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe -3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

They’re in Mexico because they can’t afford to live in the states. My rental equivalent in Mexico is like 50-70% lower. I’m being paid the same as I was in 2013. My rent has almost tripled.

They can cry all they want—I need to live too. And as we all know the people who own those places don’t care but the citizens have to think. They will smash some windows and gentrification will roll in anyway. This is because no one is willing to scream upwards

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You realise Mexicans screaming upwards will result in you getting deported back to the US, right?

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 hours ago

Who is “you” in that sentence? Them? I don’t think Mexicans get deported to the US.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Americans, always the entitled pricks of the world.

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 hour ago

Being priced out of the life you had before and finding another cheaper place to live is an experience only found in the USA. /s

Complaining about life being unfair is something only people from the USA do. /s

Getting pissed off about gentrification is something only found in Mexico /s

Btw, Mexico is in America