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To be honest, many of the problems of the rural poor are America's fault. We subsidize the hell out of already efficient farmers to the point that rural Mexica
by coredog64 10y ago
To be honest, many of the problems of the rural poor are America's fault. We subsidize the hell out of already efficient farmers to the point that rural Mexican farmers can't compete. And our policy on drugs creates an alternate power structure that the poor can't afford to go against.
- mc32 10y agoI dont think so, at least not to a great extent. Before Nafta it was not much different. The mex fed gov't doesn't care and knows those dissatisfied enough will rather jump the border than revolt. You dont see the same in Chile or Columbia(!) or Argentina. I mean Mexico has squandered its natural resources beyond comprehension. Imagine what Korea or Japan would be like with the natural resources Mexico has.