Why compare Mexico and Argentina?
- The PJ and the PRI were both countries of parties that relied on mass-mobilization of labor
- Both the PJ and the PRI initiated neoliberal reforms, in a sort of bait-and-switch maneuver
- Both are back in power, the PJ on a leftist bent and the PRI not so much
- Both Mexico and Argentina face an issue of inequality, and groups in both places have initiated resistance against neoliberalism specifically.
- Mexico in some sense has an outlet for unemployed workers, in that the US can be an option (or is at least understood as an option) for employment for Mexicans. Argentina does not quite have such an outlet...one might count Chile, but certainly the Chilean economy does not compare to the US economy in its ability to absorb workers.
- Labor unions in both places have been disarticulated from the labor-based party
- Mexico has competitive elections, while Argentina doesn't really, at this point
- where do the conservatives go? for whom do they vote?
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