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I feel like only liberals are surprised that the "Latino vote" isn't a monolithic Democratic voting block. It's kind of embarrassingPermalink On twitter.com
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Latin American countries are settler colonies like America. They have a white colonizer class, mixed peoples, indigenous peoples, and African descendants of slavery just like the US has. These countries deal with systemic racism just like in AmericaOn twitter.com
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Why would everyone from these countries just be progressive by default? Why would the rich, land owning Latin class inherently care that poor indigenous immigrants are being sent to concentration camps at the border? Because they both speak Spanish?Permalink On twitter.com
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(A lot of these indigenous migrants don't speak even Spanish very well, a fact the US uses to abuse them and deny their rights) Of course white Latinos CAN be progressive and even leftists. And they have. But history makes it clear why so many lean conservativePermalink On twitter.com
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See, conservatives understand this which is why they target rich white Latino voters with fear monger campaigns about socialism. They treat white Latinos like they're white conservatives to get their vote and then parade them around like a POC token for diversityPermalink On twitter.com
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Leftists of course understand this because we read and/or actually speak to people in these communities. But liberals? COMPLETELY oblivious. Just wholly detached from reality. Amazing how incompetent they arePermalink On twitter.com