What would Latin America(particularly Mexico, Bolivia and Peru) be like today if the indianista movements of the early 20th century against white and mestizo rule had triumphed?

i dont know of any indigenista movement from the early 20th century

t. mexican

I don't know, but having more modern buildings using prehispanic architectural conventions or a blend of modern and prehispanic influences would be rad

there's an abandoned theatre-turned-parking lot in downtown guadalajara with those aztec revival stuff, it looks cool even tho it's in ruins

>>14940393 (OP)

The original Indianist movements (and even the later neo-Zapatistas) were conservative, even regressive and not progressive. They want to hold onto their privileges like eijidos and to protect their agricultural way of life (like protesting NAFTA). If they triumphed, countries with large indian pop. like Mexico and Peru (did Peru even have an Indianist movement?) would be handicapped economically



Real Indians who speak their language are most likely to be left-wing, communist but not necessarily Marxist, and Catholic at the same time. Also I don't think there's ever been a chance that Indians regain any sort of power in a democratic system, their population is much too small and discriminated against for them to ever gain prestige and leadership

>>14940393 (OP)

Evo Morales created neo Andean architecture which was really neat and actually tried a indigenous renaissance in his country.

Got a photo?



Is it this?



If so this is puuc maya rather then Aztec

>>14940393 (OP)

Mexican indigenism was more of an artistic movement than an actual political cause. But it probably would be a pre-modern stagnant shithole. I'm sure the rural farmers would be pretty happy though.

So the same as now, just more of >>14940417 and >>14941166 ?

>>14940393 (OP)

>If they had triumphed

They did triumph. Hence why you have so many Mexicans that otherwise look almost exactly like Castilians claiming to be descended from Nahua eagle warriors with not a single drop of Spaniard blood.

>>14940393 (OP)

It'd be even more of a shithole.

your filename says yucatan, i said downtown guadalajara.

No, we'd probably not even have that.

It's really easy to think mexico isn't industrialized but believe me its a lot more developed now than it was 100 years ago.

I have not once seen a person of such description in my 2 decades of living in this country.

I'm aware, but note the "apparently" in the filename, I haven't confirmed that's where the building is actually from: That's just what one person said they thought it was but even they weren't sure



If you have pics or a location I can look up on google maps for the guadalajara one i'd be interested in seeing it

Mind you I have seen people who come from rural towns who look white. I have seen dark as fuck natives from the south with bright blue eyes like cenotes or opal. Never once have I met someone like that.

>>14940393 (OP)

Their caste system would have been dismantled, and their religion would be far more autochthonous.

he's exaggerating, but ive met lots of obviously white or mostly white people saying "Spaniards conquered us" etc
