MAGA? Unmasking US greatness
A Chinese American activist reflects on racism, inequality, and the historical foundations of U.S. power, arguing that Mexico’s sovereignty and social transformation offer an alternative to the American imperial model.
Inequality
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Mexico’s Filthy Rich
Less than 8 pesos out of every 100 that the rich earn thanks to our collective effort returns to the economy in the form of investment. They are rentiers, clinging to their inherited fortunes, their connections to political & academic power & they extort the State when it threatens even the crumbs they refuse to give us.
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.3% Of Mexicans Own Roughly Half the Value of Mexico’s Economy
There was a slight reduction in inequality from 2019 to 2024, but Mexico is the tenth most unequal economy in the world.
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Mexico: UN Report Finds Drop in Poverty and Inequality as Wealth Concentration also Falls
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean found that from 2021 to 2022 poverty in the country fell 4.4 percent, with extreme poverty dropping by 1.5 points.
