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Look at this photo.

Seriously. Why? Why are they such sellouts? They're on a level of submissiveness worse than South Korea, because at least South Koreans see themselves as, well, Koreans. Even if they're subject to the United States of America, they still see themselves as Koreans.

But, how about other parts of the world? Russia, China, Vietnam, DPRK, and many others. They make the rules, when these nations get bombed, they rebuild and get stronger. That's agency. Our nations, unfortunately, due to our upper caste, they treat us like subjects. Like children or employees that need to be managed.

The South American right refuses to accept this, they think that: "If we just help America whip the other servants, the Americans will make us a Junior Boss."

But the reality is another, the Monroe Doctrine is still going on with the total consent of our elites. America never promoted us as "Junior Boss" even after centuries of colonialism and total right-wing political dominance. The results were underwhelming and gave our people nothing but debt and dependency.

The left is rooted in the land and people, even the most moderate SocDem wings. They simply say: "This is our soil, our people, and country, let's do our best within our time." So, this gives them a spine, a soul. The right is rootless. They don't love their land, they love the idea of being somewhere else, they don't see themselves as "one of us" and would rather be American. They want to destroy local culture and Americanize it. They don't even try to hide the hate they have for the poor.

And due to that, they cannot fight for themselves, there's no spirit here because they rejected their own identity.

Let's compare this. Eastern Europe lost tens of millions of people in two world wars, cities turned into ash. Has any of these people given up and decided to stop being themselves? No, they rebuilt. China was humiliated for a century by colonial powers and had a civil war later. Many struggled to defend their system, they did not beg for the Americans or the British to colonize them by force.

The right is just too spiritually broken to pay the price of sovereignty. They want the same comfort of their American master, without wanting the struggle.

That leads me to believe that you cannot be "patriotic" and be a right-wing in this part of the world because both contradict each other. If you want to be truly patriotic, you must want your country to talk to other nations as equals, not from a master-boss dynamic like the right does.

All in all, why are they like this?? Where did this all began? They have been "house slaves" for so long they have forgotten how to live outside the master's house.

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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There is a very strong influence of American media and the Evangelical movement specifically pushed into all Latin American countries by the USA. After about 40 years, it has metastisized into what you see today. If you really want to see this influence, just check any number of whatsapp groups and on Facebook, where pro-USA right wing drivel is promoted to millions of people. I'm only familiar with the Brazilian side of things, and it's actually awful how brainwormed people are. They have the same culture war bullshit as global north social media, and in some cases, I'd say it's even more rabidly fascist.

Social media soft power is really important these days, and it can't be ignored. I'm really not sure how we can tackle this problem because everyone is living in their own little fascist bubbles.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

domestic media is also fucking terrible, something like 6 families own literally everything you can watch or read in Colombia and it's all low-quality fascist drivel. even the supposedly prestigious outlets make the new york crimes look like a paragon of quality journalism

[–] SnakeEyes@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gilinski, Sarmiento, Char, Santo Domingo, Cortes, what's the sixth one?