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Sudetenland Tales
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“Today we are fighting against gentrification,” one protester separately told the AP. “That is, people coming from other countries, mostly foreigners, who want to impose their culture, their prices and displace Mexicans, the native people of these lands.”
“I’m here because gentrification is just one more step towards colonization, dispossession and the exploitation of our resources,” said another protester, who also happens to be a climate activist.
Others, in contrast, took to social media to mock the protests as ironic.
“So now Mexicans are protesting foreigners changing their culture and driving up housing costs?” conservative commentator Charlie Kirk posted on X. “Welcome to what Americans have been with for decades.”
“Apparently Mexicans are upset that non-Mexicans are coming to their nation and driving up the price of well, everything. Ironic!” another X user quipped.
Mexico City’s backlash is part of a wider trend, as anti-tourism protests have also erupted in European cities like Barcelona, Lisbon and Milan in recent months, where locals similarly accuse foreigners of pricing them out and hollowing out their cultures.