Between the late 1970’s and 1990’s, Mexican Society and politics went through a series of major transformations. Mexico’s economy went through a period of instability, effecting Mexicans from all classes. Mexico’s political atmosphere became insecure with different political factions challenging the PRI, the sole party in Mexico for decades. This change in politics damaged a sense of security that many Mexicans felt. These changes to Mexico also brought instability, and as a result, Mexico’s citizens started to believe that their country was going through crisis after crisis. They felts as though their country has no hope of ever gaining any form of economic and political stability. Their confidence that Mexico was poised to become a first world nation started to fade as if they were waking from a dream.
As the crisis’s in Mexico became more apparent, people from all classes began learning to survive living in Mexico as the nation was going through a rapid change. There were many examples to show how people coped with Mexico’s social and …show more content…
After the Tlateloco massacre, students decided to leave their universities and headed to Mexico’s shantytowns and factories. They wanted to take their struggle against the PRI to more diverse communities, in order to broaden their coalition against the PRI. However, there middle class backgrounds created tension for the radicals. They accused them of promoting themselves as the leaders, which goes against classical revolutionary idealology, in which the workers are at the forefront of the revolution. The university students coped with the criticism by renouncing their middle class status. In fact, these students took measures that enabled them to reject their middle class lifestyle. The decided to take the bus and walk instead of driving in a car. In addition, they renounced everyday actions that they considered bougsee, such as washing their hands.
As the crisis’s in Mexico became more apparent, people from all classes began learning to survive living in Mexico as the nation was going through a rapid change. There were many examples to show how people coped with Mexico’s social and …show more content…
After the Tlateloco massacre, students decided to leave their universities and headed to Mexico’s shantytowns and factories. They wanted to take their struggle against the PRI to more diverse communities, in order to broaden their coalition against the PRI. However, there middle class backgrounds created tension for the radicals. They accused them of promoting themselves as the leaders, which goes against classical revolutionary idealology, in which the workers are at the forefront of the revolution. The university students coped with the criticism by renouncing their middle class status. In fact, these students took measures that enabled them to reject their middle class lifestyle. The decided to take the bus and walk instead of driving in a car. In addition, they renounced everyday actions that they considered bougsee, such as washing their hands.