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[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 42 minutes ago

Just a reminder that her predecessor removed this universal access when it was called "Seguro Popular" to create the INSABI that was later renamed "IMSS-Bienestar" and was ultimately integrated into the regular IMSS due to them cutting funds for it in 2025 (she was in charge at this point).

In any case, this barely helps anyone because even if we have 'universal healthcare' its quality is going down every year. There are no drugs (medicines) and not enough medical professionals to cover the demand and that has been a reality of anyone visiting an IMSS clinic.

As usual, be critical of any head of state.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago

Must be nice to have politicians who are trying to improve the lives of the people.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

70% of US voters want universal healthcare; 90% of Democrats and 50% of Independents.

Only Republican voters disagree, with something like 30% supporting. (all of these numbers are approximations there are many Gallup polls over the years).

I'm not a mathematician, but it appears to my untrained eye that 2/3 of Americans want Universal Healthcare. That's a very solid majority.

Why can't Ds and Rs manage to provide what the US voters want? Allow Republicans or anyone else to "opt out" of the system.

That's a rhetorical question. bOtH pArTiEs aren't interested in what their voters want.

Somehow, Israel can be financed for DECADES without the same level of voter approval.

50% of voters support Israel= billions of dollars every year

70% of voters support universal healthcare= no universal healthcare.

Kinda weird, ain't it?

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

CIA backed fascist coup in 3...2...

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They'll just pay a drug lord to take her out and leave it be.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

I have a feeling you are closer to the truth than you might imagine.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

it didn't happen with Seguro Popular why would it be any different now?

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

You know what my ancestors are native origins to Mexico..

[–] CLMA31@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Can someone tell, is the president actually socialist or more just sain person who want to improve things? Like central-leftist, compared to far left wing socialist

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago

I'd say she is a social democrat.

... but to most Americans that is far left and thus labelled socialism because America is a very right wing country. Even the 'left' in America is basically a right wing party in most other western democracies.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 38 minutes ago

centrist and that's taking it too far, she is promoting fracking right now

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 40 minutes ago

Morena (Sheinbaum and AMLO's party) is left to centre-left, much like PSOE.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 65 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

What really makes me chuckle is whenever someone tries to insist to me that Mexican men are chauvinists, and I have to remind them that not only did they elect a woman, but they elected a woman who is doing FDR shit and actually making people's lives better.

I'm jealous. The closest we got was Bernie and both parties swift-boated him.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Franklin D. Roosevelt, a US president who in the 1930's ended the great depression by finally implementing some social welfare programs and reining in corporate power somewhat (like protecting the right to unionize) to prevent a socialist revolution.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

God I love the Fediverse.

Feels weird, but I just love that people answer questions and aren't jerks about it.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 1 hour ago

¿Por qué no los dos?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 hour ago

The chillness of this place has been pretty awesome, and I very much want to perpetuate that chillness and goodwill as best I can :)

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Lemmy, why is windows so much better than Linux?

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 41 minutes ago

Windows 7 has much better compatibility with 2000's era apps than Linux.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

Because fuck you that's why.

Oh look, an extra $20 in my bank account! Thanks....Not Microsoft

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 46 minutes ago

Flaming dick rubs

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

They are horribly chauvinistic.

Let's play a game. The US elected Obama so they are not racist riiight?

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

Correct, the major reason she won the elections is because she was supported by her predecessor. (There was another female candidate too!)

We can't ignore that since AMLO was in power he started a daily televised show that acts as state propaganda and one of his missions was to "continue the 4th transformation" as in "you need to vote for my party no matter who it is".

(US citizens will relate to the propaganda right now with the White House putting up press conferences almost daily to convince people that they are winning while trying to police which press is 'good' and which is 'bad')

You can see the chauvinism in some of the criticisms coming to Claudia, I don't agree with any of that misogynist bullshit but a lot of people are angry with her and the only thing they can say is "we won't have another female president".

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago

I see the point you're getting at, but this is too big of a debate for Saturday morning. :)

Have a great day.

[–] unknowablenight@piefed.social 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Good for Mexico! Let's hope USA is past invading their Latin American neighbours when they elect Socialist leaders, though...

Lmao, good one

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 154 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Somebody better put up a big fuckoff wall between the US and Mexico to keep the Americans out.

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

I think i have seen this storyline in a tv show before.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 72 points 12 hours ago

She built a wall and made Americans pay for it! God damn socialists! /s

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 74 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Since coming to power in 2024, Sheinbaum has sought to undo decades of damage caused by neoliberal policies, building on the work of the previous socialist government. She has pledged to build 1.8m new homes to tackle a housing shortage while strengthening tenants’ rights.

Last year she announced plans to shorten the work week from 48 hours to 40 hours, while increasing the minimum wage by 13%, continuing a policy of regular hikes championed by her predecessor and mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador since 2018.

“For years it was said that the minimum wage couldn’t go up,” she told a conference in December, “that it would cause inflation, that there would no longer be investment in the country, foreign investment.”

Despite that, following a cumulative minimum wage increase of 154% since 2018, “we are at a record level of foreign investment,” she added.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

Since coming to power in 2024, Sheinbaum has sought to undo decades of damage caused by neoliberal policies, building on the work of the previous socialist government. She has pledged to build 1.8m new homes to tackle a housing shortage while strengthening tenants’ rights.

Meanwhile, when she was governing CDMX, she worked with Airbnb and it helped to gentrify even more sections for the city. There have been people forced out of homes they have lived in for decades due to this pressure.

Last year she announced plans to shorten the work week from 48 hours to 40 hours, while increasing the minimum wage by 13%, continuing a policy of regular hikes championed by her predecessor and mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador since 2018.

The people actually demanded this to be immediate, but they preferred to listen to business owners and are just reducing it 2 hours for each year, culminating to 40 hours in 2030.

They didn't change anything related to how many days we need to work each week, so employers will try to squeeze these hours into 6-day workweeks anyway. She argued that this was not part of the historical demand for a 40 hour work-week.

Oh yeah and they EXTENDED the limit for extra-hours.

“For years it was said that the minimum wage couldn’t go up,” she told a conference in December, “that it would cause inflation, that there would no longer be investment in the country, foreign investment.”

Despite that, following a cumulative minimum wage increase of 154% since 2018, “we are at a record level of foreign investment,” she added.

Well that's true, but at the same time the cost for food has nearly doubled

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 81 points 13 hours ago (3 children)
[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 minutes ago

Please don't, we are already gentrified enough

[–] night_petal@piefed.social 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This made me think about it. Seriously. If I could get about $2k for gas I could get to TJ.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I would cease to exist were I that far from Trader Joe's.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 6 points 3 hours ago

TJ is short for Toe Job, a kinky sexual practice done by foot fetishist.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 38 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (14 children)

Random, but why is she called "socialist"? Is she going to ban capitalism (stock markets, public companies, private properties, bonds, etc.)? Or are we simply calling her socialist because she's closer to European capitalism (balanced, kept in check, regulated) rather than US capitalism?

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Pretty sure she is socialist in the "when the government does things" sense, not the "will end capitalism" sense.

[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 2 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago) (1 children)

Im really confused.

Is she going to ban capitalism (stock markets, public companies, private properties, bonds, etc.)?

This is communism.

Socialist think that goverment funds should be used to help its people. You know.. Society. Schools, healthcare, public infra. Things like that. Socialism does not mean banning private schools and hospitals, or that nobody could not own any land.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 38 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

I think you misunderstood my "property" word in the context of socialism. Both in communism and socialism, owning properties for means of production, labor, etc. is generally restricted, but the difference here is that in socialism you can (generally) own your own housing. Yes, this includes banning private hospitals and private schools for profit

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 hours ago

There is a very long tradition of gradualist reformist socialism, that goes all the way back to the 2nd International.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 27 points 7 hours ago

Her party is democratic socialist, center left, not socialism, left.

[–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I wish European capitalism was anywhere near what you seem to think. It's just less worse... for now.

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[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 89 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Socialist is not a bad word. Only in the US it's a bad word, because socialism means billionaires need to earn less, and the billionaires won't allow that.

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