This discussion started out very interesting, but then, toward the end, a glaring falsehood made me think that I should go back and question everything I had heard from the start: Morena has championed abortion rights (and same-sex marriage) at the state level---not voted against it, as Alex González Ormerod claims.
Another bizarre thing was the comparison between AMLO/Sheinbaum's policies and Trump's, the part about how "the government gets out of your way and then just gives you money..."
The Morena government is handing out cash, yes, but it's growing the public sector, not destroying it. At the center of both AMLO and Sheinbaum's agendas is investing in infrastructure: airports, trains, hospitals, housing. It's been a painfully slow and complicated process, but the government is growing its capacity to deliver free healthcare to everyone. A new program will have healthcare workers visit everyone 65 and over on a monthly basis.
The government has opened new public universities, re-committed to providing tuition-free public education at all levels, and is adding capacity for over 300,000 new university students. Labor laws have been strengthened, and outsourcing has been reined in. The government is making itself ever more present in people's lives, not less.
Anyway, again, the discussion and history lesson were interesting but now I think I'll need to listen with a grain of salt.
This discussion started out very interesting, but then, toward the end, a glaring falsehood made me think that I should go back and question everything I had heard from the start: Morena has championed abortion rights (and same-sex marriage) at the state level---not voted against it, as Alex González Ormerod claims.
AMLO preferred to stay out of this debate, yes, but legalizing abortion has been part of Morena's national agenda from the start. https://politica.expansion.mx/congreso/2019/09/30/morena-va-por-interrupcion-legal-del-embarazo-para-todo-el-pais
That's why it's been legalized---just since 2019---by 21 states, for a grand total of 22 (out of Mexico's 32 states total) since CDMX had done so already in 2007. https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2025/02/26/estados-aborto-legal-en-mexico
Another bizarre thing was the comparison between AMLO/Sheinbaum's policies and Trump's, the part about how "the government gets out of your way and then just gives you money..."
The Morena government is handing out cash, yes, but it's growing the public sector, not destroying it. At the center of both AMLO and Sheinbaum's agendas is investing in infrastructure: airports, trains, hospitals, housing. It's been a painfully slow and complicated process, but the government is growing its capacity to deliver free healthcare to everyone. A new program will have healthcare workers visit everyone 65 and over on a monthly basis.
The government has opened new public universities, re-committed to providing tuition-free public education at all levels, and is adding capacity for over 300,000 new university students. Labor laws have been strengthened, and outsourcing has been reined in. The government is making itself ever more present in people's lives, not less.
Anyway, again, the discussion and history lesson were interesting but now I think I'll need to listen with a grain of salt.