A plight for freedoms they haven't shown they must get with violent counterattacks if the ruling forces reasonably deny them
except that they have shown those freedoms they want to obtain, before european contact and with the various european powers in north american, and even in some parts of central and south american colonial times initially treating them as truly sovereign entities, with their own government, land and such in article I, section 8, clause 3 of the united states constitution, the indian commerce clause.
same with the british in north america, with the royal proclamation of 1763, and the french in new france (despite there not being written laws from france, aside from the great peace of montréal, signed on august 4, 1701, by louis-hector de callière).
although these proclamations/treaties were declared by, and agreed upon both indigenous tribes and european powers (excluding the spanish and portuguese, except for certain cases), these were often disregarded, abolished, or broken by europeans, and their successor nations for more land and resources, disregarding indigenous sovereignty and persecution/discrimination of indigenous peoples. not very reasonable if i say so myself.
and despite being absorbed into the united states, and the independent nations of the americas, the indigenous have fought, and are still fighting for full autonomy and land rights.
You think out of the multiple sources of inspiration for the American Constitution hailing from European philosophers and ideas, the Iroquois code that was written 6 centuries before that currently utilized was the main inspiration for the document?
The fact that Iroquois law influenced American law on itself is very doubtful, the only contenders for the theory of influence are similarities of libertarian thought between the two constitutions, but beyond that there is little or unclear evidence to prove they had a significant impact on its creation. The Constitution was inspired by Enlightenment philosophers and existing English systems. Iroquois law worked with the word of specific clans and ethnic groups, and it favored consensus over majority law. The American Constitution didn't let women have rights to elect, unlike the Iroquois that allowed male chiefs into power by the decision of their female relatives
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Constitution | In Custodia Legis (https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/09/the-haudenosaunee-confederacy-and-the-constitution/#:~:text=The%20Senate%20recognized%20the%20influence,the%20bicameral%20Congress%20is%20similar).
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while i did state that the constitution, and political structure was inspired by the haudenosaunee, i did not say it was the main inspiration, even if there are uncanny parallels.
the united states congress passed H.Con.Res.331 (and its senate counterpart S.Con.Res.76) in 1988, recognizing the "Iroquois Confederacy" (haudenosaunee) for their influence on the united states constitution and the "Great Law of Peace" (kayanerehkówa).
Civil liberties? As in giving women rights? I don't think that's a sign of progress
They have no place in the army or in male-dominated spaces, and they also supported LGBTQ rights, so that's another sign of regression
it fits the definition of progress. it's a socialist government, which inherently seems to replace conservative policies for more progressive ones.
Healthcare is doubtful, although the reports say that they have been performing well in comparison to government populations, the fallacy of good healthcare in communist regimes is still present, and its universality becomes irrelevant when the best service they can offer you is mud over your wound, if they're poor then how can they afford proper treatment?
i guess? but that alone says more about mexico's (lacking) healthcare than anything.
a government which utilizes 'mud over your wound' treatments on its citizens, and said citizens fare better than your own, despite you having access to more sophisticated medical equipment to use on your citizens. imagine that...
I don't really think they have an outstanding educational system either, there is no good education in that region, and I doubt indigenous rebels are raising engineers and doctors (they've said that they're giving women the chance for these, kek), I've also seen that they use "democratic education", which involves passing students depending on an unmeasured method of qualification rather than using grades, and as I said, I wager that they're not being exemplary about it
mexico's education was, and is still criticized for its poor quality, especially in indigenous areas, even before the zapatistas were formed. the education in zapatista territories has practically no funding from, and is not formally recognized by the mexican government.
