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Broken dreams in Mexico’s trend in TikTok

Last days a lot of young people in Mexico from Z generation has been uploading videos with a song from Mexican band Belanova called “Rosa Pastel”. Those videos talk about University Degrees' expectations and the reality of getting menial jobs or even working in streets, and the verse of this break-up themed song translated from Spanish says the following: ​ -You would be my superhero, and well, everything is finished, nothing remains, we will be two strangers, Me, I will forget you, You will forget me, so goodbye. ​ The first video was the following: ​ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/nW8TUAR1 ​ We, the people from the global south are victims not only of the capitalism, but also from being cheap labor for big corporations from the so called first world. The guys in those videos earn around 450 dollars monthly, working more than 40 hours a week and most of the times without…


Last days a lot of young people in Mexico from Z generation has been uploading videos with a song from Mexican band Belanova called “Rosa Pastel”. Those videos talk about University Degrees' expectations and the reality of getting menial jobs or even working in streets, and the verse of this break-up themed song translated from Spanish says the following:

-You would be my superhero, and well, everything is finished, nothing remains, we will be two strangers, Me, I will forget you, You will forget me, so goodbye.

The first video was the following:

https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/nW8TUAR1

We, the people from the global south are victims not only of the capitalism, but also from being cheap labor for big corporations from the so called first world. The guys in those videos earn around 450 dollars monthly, working more than 40 hours a week and most of the times without the basic labour rights. Even though life in Mexico is cheaper than in the US, the money that a person need to pay food, rent and basic needs is around 1450 dollars monthly in a regular sized city, so, as you can see, these kids are really far from being able to cover even their basic needs.

Last, I would like to apologize in advance for any grammar mistakes. As you can guess, English isn't my native language. Cheers.

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