The paradox of the largest electoral process in the history of the country is that the fury of violence, discourse, social injustice and polarization leaves voters without real alternatives to decide.
Por Alberto Ruiz Mendez (lationamerica21)
HAVANA TIMES – On June 2, 2024, Mexico will hold the largest and most violent election in its history. For different reasons, this date could be considered a watershed in the country’s history; however, three dimensions reduce the options that citizens have to choose from.
1-The fallacy of the social model
The first is what I would call the social model fallacy. This fallacy has been fed by each of the three main political platforms that are competing for the popular vote. The presidential candidates are the most visible face of a discourse, but what does it consist of?
Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum has based her campaign on the celebration and continuity of the social model implemented by the current Mexican president. A model that sells itself as progressive and humanist, but in practice favors what she criticizes so much: the concentration of resources on the individual, in this case, the recipient of social programs.
For her part, candidate Xóchilt Galvez has not been able to articulate a narrative with a clear critical position towards social programs, but neither does she defend an economic proposal for the various sectors of society that have felt displaced by those programs. This shortcoming identifies her with a model that has already shown its failure.
While it is true that candidate Álvarez Maynez has taken advantage of media platforms, such as debates, to present concrete proposals, it is also true that these either follow the current model, with the same individualistic result, or are proposals that do not sound good but are not viable in the short term.
Thus, although the three candidates want to present themselves as the champions of a social model that will take Mexico to greater levels of prosperity and progress, the truth is that there is currently no model that mak