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[–] [email protected] 181 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wait, after all those murders and sabotaging during the elections the people still managed to elect a really worthy president (seems like the best president I've seen in all the countries the last years)??

Wow, maybe I should move to Mexico

Congratulations Mexico!

Edit: Well, hmm:

https://lemmy.world/post/16332638

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Legitimate question: Who exactly is it that won't attend her inauguration? Were they invited, but refused to attend? Who else from the US is going?

Also, congrats to Mexico! sounds like a great choice for a president!

[–] [email protected] 78 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'd be interested in how many people go to the inauguration of other countries heads of state.

Like, my best guess is that it's a dig at, like, Gov Abbott, but I agree that I don't think I'd expect him to, even if he was a Democrat.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Also, is it normal for them to attend, or are we just making this great Mexico news about America?

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Is this the first Nobel laureate to run a country? How bloody amazing. Well done Mexico!

[–] [email protected] 157 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Barak Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate nine months after his inauguration. Subsequently, he used a drone to murder an American citizen, among a litany of other atrocities.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 months ago

Meanwhile Lê Đức Thọ refused the prize as it was shared with FUCKING KISSINGER.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Best thing Obama did was pulling out of Iraq, finally leaving an illegal war, so hats off for that. But all his talk about envisioning a world free of nuclear weapons and then not even attempting disarmament of the US ones kinda seems weak.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

Kudos to Obama for actually following through, but the withdrawal from Iraq had a deadline set by the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement signed by Bush, per the request of the Iraqi government.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

I think his attempts to reestablish new diplomacy with Cuba and Iran were good.

Then Trump fucked it all up and Biden doesn't seem to give a shit about going back.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

He got that prize mainly for not being George W. Bush if I remember 2009 correctly.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 106 points 6 months ago

My first thoughts,

U.S.A.: Can we have that president?

U.S. Govt.: No, you have president at home

Biden

But seriously this is awesome to see, It's nice to see some uplifting news.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (15 children)

I had the impression that people running for office in Mexico were being assassinated a lot, if she is real force for good then I hope she's safe

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 6 months ago (10 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.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (13 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 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.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 months ago (9 children)

In October 1991, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari went to Stanford University to give a talk on the benefits of Latin American neoliberalism, but was met with a demonstration against it. The angry college girl holding the sign with the inscription "Fair Trade and Democracy Now" in English is the current president-elect of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum

En octubre de 1991 el presidente mexicano Carlos Salinas de Gortari fue a la Universidad de Stanford a para dar una charla sobre las bondades del neoliberalismo latinoamericano, pero se encontró con una manifestación en su contra. La chica universitaria enojada que sostiene el cartel con la inscripción "Comercio justo y Democracia ahora" en inglés es la actual presidenta electa de MéxiClaudia Sheinbaum Stanford University 1991co, Claudia Sheinbaum

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Why the hell can't we have candidates this awesome on the ballot here in the US?! 😿

[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You have Bernie Sanders, AOC

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but they're basically relegated to side show characters by their party.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and I voted for Bernie when he ran and I would absolutely vote for AOC if/when she does run. Just… the choices in this election cycle are wanna-be, half-demented dictator-for-life vs a "moderate" Democrat who, while he's gotten a surprising amount done, isn't exactly renowned for pushing the corporations hard on climate change.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago

She sounds promising, good luck to Mexicans for the next electoral period.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And now I’m jealous of Mexico.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

President Sheinbaum.

Not "President Claudia".

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

And below retirement age, too! Finally someone who won't just want to secure a cozy last few few years for their elderly rich friends.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

Now the GOP is really hating Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Her republikkklown neighbors are petty, petulant children. I hope she does well.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

More leaders like her please, looking at you US

Edit but yeah being technically capable aside, many eugenists were PhDs and philosophers. Sam Harris comes to mind as he is a racist and a sophist with lots of academic qualifications. So yeah, ethics and morals also matter greatly. Mexico seems to have lucked out, good for them!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (14 children)

I'm going to move to Mexico I guess. Here in The Netherlands, as well as most of the European countries, right wing extremism is on the rise. Who would have thought it would be Mexico to show we don't have to live in a dystopian shit show.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

This is amazing for the world. Good job Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Nice! Congratulations Mexico! 🇲🇽 🍾🥂

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