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I am setting here trying to get my caffeine and nicotine level up to par and thinking about the difference in gringo and Mexican culture.
I had a big mess..as everyone does..moving from one house to another.
Probably more than some because I am crazy and an artist who collects crap like rusty metal objects like old hinges, hasps,etc.
This collection..now that I have the space..will go into a square or a neat piece of driftwood.
My whole patio at this moment looks like a nuclear explosion.
I threw my back out early in the game bringing my heavy Gateway PC over here.
I also took some heavy objects up into my loft bedroom.
The move was only about 1 1/2 blocks in distance but my junk collecting made it many trips.
I also have a small fridge,double bed with a wood frame,and a closet.
Twice during this mess, gringo "friends" came over.
Neither one of them offered to lend any type of assistance.
Between fishermen,oyster divers and three guys who are working at building a house here, I have all of my junk in the new house.
I gave two of the young men a total of 140 pesos for their help..and they took that under protest.
I bought some of the others some beer and then they bought more beer that I had to help them drink.
The guys did this between diving for oysters and some spending hours in the ocean to catch fish so they can support their families.
There was no moaning and groaning about being tired.
Just good natured harassing each other about who could carry the most.
I get so tired of listening to gringos with the comments about Mexicans being thieves.
I stayed over here and told them to just bring the stuff over..my back hurt to bad to deal with it.
I had nothing stolen or broken.
Both my gringo "friends" have cars.
My Mexican FRIENDS hand carried everything over.
Interesting..why do I live inside the Mexican community?

This should be pretty self explanatory if you have just read the above.
We live within a system where charity and government help organizations do not exist nor are they that necessary.
People help people..governments govern and churches teach the word of God.

The US has taken the necessity of people helping other people away and at the same time have destroyed the feeling of community.

Is this what they want for the new Mexican immigrants?

Personally..I hope it never happens.