They tried the same with Leopoldo Lopez. The right has an easy time putting up hot people because being rich helps you be hot, but also because most conceptions of ‘hotness’ are based in western and white standards.
Evo Morales has a great face, but it’s too indigenous for the west to fawn over (as they did for Lopez, for example, they were always going on about his looks and shirtlessness).
Also, right wing politics is so so so aesthetic, and the further right you get the more aesthetically based it gets.
I mean Latin America IS western and so yeah our standards tend to lean more towards whiteness. Countries like Bolivia are unique in that they still have a large enough indigenous population to turn the tide in votes
They tried the same with Leopoldo Lopez. The right has an easy time putting up hot people because being rich helps you be hot, but also because most conceptions of ‘hotness’ are based in western and white standards.
Evo Morales has a great face, but it’s too indigenous for the west to fawn over (as they did for Lopez, for example, they were always going on about his looks and shirtlessness).
Also, right wing politics is so so so aesthetic, and the further right you get the more aesthetically based it gets.
I mean Latin America IS western and so yeah our standards tend to lean more towards whiteness. Countries like Bolivia are unique in that they still have a large enough indigenous population to turn the tide in votes