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The wounded american right

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 The Wounded American Right Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero The assassination of Charlie Kirk, a singular and prominent figure of Trumpism, highlights the deep polarization that corrodes American society. This tragic event falls within a context of social anomie, where responsibility apparently falls on the behavior of populist progressivism. In the wake of this event, the debate between conservatism and progressivism intensifies. The MAGA movement presents itself as the victim of an attack, arguing that it embodies order, stability, and Christian nationalism, a perception that seems to gain legitimacy. Progressivism, for its part, is perceived as a movement approaching a "culture of death," where iconoclasm becomes a central value and destruction is an end in itself. Under this lens, any society that adopts it would be on the verge of cultural suicide. The problem with progressivism, seen from this perspective, lies in its linear view of history and progress. The upcoming T...

Pompilo México

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 Pompilo México Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero The recent visit to Mexico by "Mister Cuban" underscores an inescapable reality: the impossibility of our country separating itself from the imposing gravitational pull of the United States. The situation in Venezuela, under constant siege from Washington, is a warning that the Mexican state cannot ignore. Pretending that a South American alternative can develop here is a pipe dream. We are, by geography and history, a North American state of the Far West, and that is our only route. Considering a break in the production chains between Mexico and the United States is ontological suicide. While some see the USMCA and its predecessors as a yoke on the national economy, the truth is that "any job is better than no job." Populism has not proven capable of generating large-scale formal employment. The grand ideas of alternative economies, while seductive, prove impractical; The only tangible reality is the manufacturing an...