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Since the Internet is not as widespread in Mexico, I'm pretty sure most of the population have somewhat different priorities.
by drivingmenuts 16y ago
Since the Internet is not as widespread in Mexico, I'm pretty sure most of the population have somewhat different priorities.
- ido 16y agoActually these days Mexico is a fairly well developed country with decent internet penetration.
- kingkawn 16y agoYeah I was about to say, Mexico is not 3rd world by any metric.
- pyre 16y agoYea, but are those in power still looking for handouts if you want to stay out of trouble?
- bpodgursky 16y agoAs long as you ignore the "thousands of people killed each year by drug cartels which the police and military are unable to control" metric
- kingkawn 16y agoMexico is the 14th largest economy in the world. Drug cartels are not the only thing happening there.
- armandososa 16y agoWhat? I don't know what the metrics are to define what world a country belongs to. But unless our corrupt politicians pay somebody I think we well deserve to be in 4th or 5th world :P
- petercooper 16y agoBut drivingmenuts said "Since the Internet is not as widespread in Mexico [...]" Even Mexico's own numbers (by AMIPCI) show Internet usage at 27.2% of the population vs the US's 77%. This is even lower than the ITU's estimate of 43.5% penetration for Albania. Stats: http://www.internetworldstats.com/ http://www.internetworldstats.com/
- crpatino 16y agoMexico's population is over 100 million people. That is what gives it a seat among the big world economies in spite of having low per capita economic stats. How many Albanias do feet inside Mexico City alone?
- joshbert 16y agoWhat are you talking about, drivingmenuts? We're Internet addicts! Also, I think this was a good decision from the Senate. The country has made some serious strides towards true Freedom of Speech during the last decade.