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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 68 points 5 months ago (9 children)

How the hell did Mexico get a Jewish president before the USA? We need to step up our game.

But also good on her and on Mexico. She sounds exactly like the sort of person I’d want running my country.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

they also approved gay marriage and socialized medicine before we did & do

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

they also had gay marriage … before we did

The US legalized gay marriage nationwide in 2015; Mexico didn’t achieve the same until 2022.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage (Timeline section)

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same-sex marriage by two weeks (12 and 26 of June, 2015), so not exactly much.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

how long on the socialized medicine?

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Considering it hasn't happened in the US yet....

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"X years, Y months, Z days and 1 second"

"X years, Y months, Z days and 2 seconds"

"X years, Y months, Z days and 3 seconds"

"X years, Y months, Z days and 4 seconds"

"X years, Y months, Z days and 5 seconds"

"X years, Y months, Z days and 6 seconds"

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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Wish it was shorter, health care here is stupid. :(

[–] Lizardking13@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting how ahead their government is with some things and behind it is with others (generally speaking they have a lot of crime in their larger cities).

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s harder to take out crime when the organized crime is outfitted with similar gear to the army and the army is highly corrupt due to the cartel paying better.

America was fortunate that we were able to snuff out our organized crime before they had access to modern technology that made it near impossible to snuff out their movement.

It’s hard to arrest a group of cartel all at once if they never leave their heavily guarded fortresses for Sunday brunch like the mafia did

[–] Lizardking13@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Don't disagree, it's just fascinating to see it all play out.

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Another issue is that they're civilians. You could bomb their facilities but bombing civilians, especially when they're your own citizens, is a pretty bad look.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

To an extent yes, but you’ll have a hard time finding many reasonable people to protest bombing military grade cartel facilities. Many innocent civilians have suffered at the cartels hands and governments the world over are familiar with the extent of the cartels crimes, I don’t think it’d be a significant problem.

You know what they say about eggs and omelets after all

[–] SeveralAnts@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

More misinformation, eh? Really going all in with it, huh?

Marriage for same-sex couples nationwide was legalized by the Supreme Court of both countries: Mexico in August 2010, and the United States in June 2015.

As for socialized medicine, Mexico clearly has it, and the United States clearly does not.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

A person with good ideas that leaves their religion at the door would be swell right now. Religion only divides us into smaller, scarier groups. (See: Christian nationalism, women's rights, the middle east, etc.)

That said, it is a damn shame Bernie didn't have a fair chance.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How the hell did Mexico get a Jewish president before the USA?

there just aren't that many places as racist as the good ol USA man.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

You have a self-declared zionist in office now.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mexico City had the world's largest population of Jewish folks before Israel was created, iirc.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Huh, I definitely would’ve guessed it was New York City. I suppose I was mistaken about the ethnoreligious diversity of my neighboring country

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

We got close once. Unless you want to count Netanyahu

[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 7 points 5 months ago

Not at all surprising to me. America is deeply reactionary. Made worse by the fact that our electoral system gives disproportionate representation to rural areas.

[–] not_amm@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

She has Jewish ancestry, but she's said she does not practice religion.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

Hell, how did Mexico get a female president before the USA wtf? Even South Korea did (okay that one sucked but it's still baffling regarding the US)

[–] urska@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

United Sates of Israel