I'm from Latin America, and I can attest to the fact that I want to violently attack the person who wrote this article so maybe they have a point after all huh

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago

yeah me too, it surely must be something in the air or soil,

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 45 points 7 months ago (2 children)

we've thought hard about what's wrong with Latin America and decided it must be a legacy of pre-conquista Indian savagery

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the Spaniards didn't civilize this place right, on account of their not being Anglos

(edit: oh fuck me this was a joke but it's actually in the piece)

[–] 420stalin69@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

Maybe they’re genetically predisposed to working for us?

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How the fuck did this trash get published? This is straight up 19th century rhetoric

British news magazine

[–] huf@hexbear.net 31 points 7 months ago

a magazine that appeals to the british slave trader...

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Actually the answer lies in Columbus, Georgia. Most modern day “cartels” and Cold War era fascists in Latin America can be traced to the School of the Americas.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

putting your genocide school in a town called Columbus is so fucking on the nose

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

I thought it was a bit lmao

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago

"They have a natural predisposition to be violent, as can be seen from the shape of their brainpan..."

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey everyone, I just heard back from my college applications and I got accepted into the School of the Americas!

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

When I grow up, I'm going to bovine university!

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

ancient history

anti-italian-discrimination

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

I'm so mad. I need to make a SLAMMER post on this guy

[–] wopazoo@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Link for not-libs: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-is-latin-america-so-violent/

Archive: https://archive.ph/hajTg

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago

"Native American empires were bizarrely cruel – even before the Europeans arrived"

Death to settler Abya Yala, unlimited tzompantlis upon the kkkonquistadors porky-scared qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[–] context@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

Could it be faith? Iberian Catholicism? Some kind of fatalism induced by the religion of guilt?

pooh-wtf

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago

Perhaps, Anglo Whitey-Corngood, the answer lies at the bottom of this large bowl containing my entire ass and hair.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 13 points 7 months ago

looks up location of CIA HQ

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Deeply unserious author xi-gun