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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andrewth09@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Communism is when Mexico.
MoonJellyfish@lemmy.today 7 months ago
lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Mexico didn’t build a wall. The Eastern Block did in the cold war. Think the Berlin Wall
andrewth09@lemmy.world 7 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.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 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)
Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 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.
realitista@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It never implied the wall was specifically for communists.