SOUTH AMERICAN ELECTIONS

[two different people are being portrayed side by side]

Gabriela Rosa Sympatica
Elementary school teacher
Beloved by her community
Wants to improve lives
[portrait of a smiling woman in overalls]

Diego Hitlerio de la Junta
Son of a previous dictator
Went to jail for corruption
Wants to sterilize natives
[portrait of a frowning nasty looking character in military gear]

Temporary results (98% ballots counted):
[Gabriela] 49.9999%
[Diego] 50.0001%

https://thebad.website/comic/south_american_elections

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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    Not really, latin america is pretty fucked up man. It’s a large part because of that largest country, but no, latin america is by and large a shit show. Even moreso than the US, for the moment, give it some time the US is falling fast.

    • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      it’s not latin america’s fault latin america is a mess. latin america was much more stable before european colonization destroyed the social structures and societal infrastructure that had developed there for milenia. the fact we even call it “latin” “america” when those are both european constructs from the peninsula of italy should tell you something

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        The causes of it being a mess are varied sure. And as I said, due to the US, but also the espaniards before them obviously, mostly from them. They were the fucking devil. There is a reason FARC was started by renegade Jesuit Priests like Sertorius in actual spain from the roman era circa 1st century bc of colonizing spain.

        Sertorius was a roman general that got disgusted by the tactics of the empire, and went over to the spanish tribes. He laid waste tot he romans for a long time, it’s a great story, eventually his lieutenant killed him to take the leader post, and promptly lost to pompey that had been dispatched to deal with the rebellion. A decades long rebellion.

        I digress though, the pre columbian latin america, had it’s own problems, human sacrifice and such. Cutting people’s hearts out while alive, skinning them alive. That is not all fabrication by the espaniards either I’ve been assured. They were stone age, and doing the same things the old world did in the stone age.

        But now, what to do? We need to organize and cooperate on what we agree on. Then [redacted] and to buy that new mario brothers game and learn to play it multiplayer, but once again, I’m off subject.