• joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    49
    2 months ago

    I'm from Latin America, and I can attest to the fact that I want to violently attack the person who wrote this article so maybe they have a point after all huh

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      21
      2 months ago

      yeah me too, it surely must be something in the air or soil,

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    45
    2 months ago

    we've thought hard about what's wrong with Latin America and decided it must be a legacy of pre-conquista Indian savagery

    • supafuzz [comrade/them]
      hexbear
      42
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      the Spaniards didn't civilize this place right, on account of their not being Anglos

      (edit: oh fuck me this was a joke but it's actually in the piece)

    • @420stalin69
      hexbear
      11
      2 months ago

      Maybe they’re genetically predisposed to working for us?

    • huf [he/him]
      hexbear
      31
      2 months ago

      a magazine that appeals to the british slave trader...

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
    hexbear
    29
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    Actually the answer lies in Columbus, Georgia. Most modern day “cartels” and Cold War era fascists in Latin America can be traced to the School of the Americas.

  • egg1918 [she/her]
    hexbear
    21
    2 months ago

    Hey everyone, I just heard back from my college applications and I got accepted into the School of the Americas!

  • wopazoo [he/him]
    hexbear
    17
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    Link for not-libs: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-is-latin-america-so-violent/

    Archive: https://archive.ph/hajTg

    • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]
      hexbear
      24
      2 months ago

      "Native American empires were bizarrely cruel – even before the Europeans arrived"

      Death to settler Abya Yala, unlimited tzompantlis upon the kkkonquistadors porky-scared qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

    • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]
      hexbear
      20
      2 months ago

      Could it be faith? Iberian Catholicism? Some kind of fatalism induced by the religion of guilt?

      pooh-wtf