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Suppose lead were to disappear from the earth tomorrow. It seems unlikely that it would have any effect on the Mexican cartel ecosystem. The ecosystem is drive
by shawn 8y ago
Suppose lead were to disappear from the earth tomorrow. It seems unlikely that it would have any effect on the Mexican cartel ecosystem.
The ecosystem is driven by demand from the US, and Mexico has the supply. The brutality is a consequence of a power struggle to control those resources.
- smallnamespace 8y ago> It seems unlikely that it would have any effect on the Mexican cartel ecosystem. How can you on the one hand so easily dismiss the evidence that lead causes violence, which is backed up by rigorous statistical analysis and medical evidence, and on the other hand assert so surely that you know the answer? If you were consistent, surely you'd apply skepticism to your own explanations as well.
- shawn 8y agoThe fact that lead causes violence isn't in question. Violence is caused by multiple factors. One additional factor is the billions of dollars to be made preparing and running drugs from Mexico to the US. My assertion is that if lead were removed as a factor, this would not negate the other cause.
- int_19h 8y agoBut is all that violence actually necessary for cartels to profit? Some of it probably is, but all? There are many organized crime syndicates around the world, and they usually are involved in drug trade - but rarely you do see such open and extreme violence as in Mexico, including mass targeting of civilians (which is usually considered bad for business everywhere).