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Náhuatl and Mayan Language Renaissance Occurring in Mexico

(yucatanmagazine.com)
145 points bryanrasmussen | 1 comments | 13 May 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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thunder-blue-3 ◴[16 May 25 11:33 UTC] No.44004103[source]▶
Mexico has so many greater problems to discuss than a few people learning the ancient tongue. 2 days ago a beauty influencer was shot dead on a live stream, and female (and male) mayors have been gunned down regularly. I couldn't care less about what they're speaking over there, I hope they take care of their basic human rights and giving their citizens dignity first.
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zeryx ◴[16 May 25 11:41 UTC] No.44004179[source]▶
What do you expect the average Mexican to do about that? The Cartels have substantially more power than the state.

I think it's great that they're reclaiming some power by relearning their ancient languages that were nearly destroyed by their colonizers

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1. ty6853 ◴[16 May 25 15:16 UTC] No.44006486[source]▶
Mexicans could start with liberalizing their gun laws since all the bad guys already have them. Zapatistas and other local resistance groups aren't afraid to fight them when they have weapons, and some of the communities that actually have gotten their hands on guns have managed to make it more trouble than it's worth for the cartels.