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Everything to do with the USA's own Imperial Backyard. From hispanics to the originary peoples of the americas to the diasporas, South America to Central America, to the Caribbean to North America (yes, we're also there).

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"But what about that latin american kid I've met in college who said that all the left has ever done in latin america has been bad?"

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[–] FungiDebord@hexbear.net 70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

My buddy's new girlfriend is kind but a lib and her family made it to the states from Central America (from less fortunate circumstances). She was telling me about this and about her close friend from law school, who is Venezuelan and who got shunted to OKC or Tulsa or somewhere less sexy, and whose family were, like, once oil executives before Maduro came and they fled to America. "A riches to rags story, but she's going to be okay", she tells me, of her friend, and I'm biting my tongue but just want to say, hey, you know, my family never even used to be oil executives! Save your pity for us, pls!

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

You're a more patient person than I

[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 8 months ago

The word gusanos would just start rolling off my tongue.