Why did the newly independent Mexico choose to adopt so much Nahua symbolism, especially considering how little interest they showed in indigenous rights? How was that received outside of the Nahua heartlands?

by Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX

It's interesting to me that Mexico chose to name itself after a Nahuatl endonym, and to use an Aztec symbol on its flag, particularly when most of Mexico outside its dense core had few ties to the Aztecs or even had some historical emnity with them, to say nothing of the distinctly white and Spanish ruling class of the country at the time.

voyeur324

/u/drylaw has previously answered:

/u/400-rabbits has explained how the Nahua think all roads lead to Aztlan, so the rest of Mexico was tied to the Aztecs if you asked the Aztecs.

/u/Mictlantecuhtli is skeptical in How much contact did the cultures of far west Mexico have with central Mexican cultures during the Classic Period?

Hopefully you will also get a direct answer to your question later. Your question is very interesting. I will link another answer below.