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andrewth09@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mexico didn’t build a wall. The Eastern Block did in the cold war. Think the Berlin Wall

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  • andrewth09@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Both the US and Mexico are capitalist democracies. The meme implies that Capitalists built a wall to keep Communists out.

    It’s an awkward meme that doesn’t make much sense.

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn’t imply that. It says that (some) capitalist states build walls to keep refugees out (like the US and in a way the EU) while (some) communist states build walls to keep (potential) refugees in (like the GDR)

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      • Muehe@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Agreed. And the (probably unintended) irony is that the Berlin Wall was ostensibly built in order to keep the capitalists out. Be careful what you wish for, especially when it’s a wall. They work both ways.

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    • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It never implied the wall was specifically for communists.

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• MoonJellyfish@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mexico has lower democracy index, so the point still holds. People trying to move from less democratic country to more democratic one.

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