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Agreed. Cartels run the country. The government is mostly corrupt and completely ineffective.

• fractallyte 5y ago
  That could also be a description of its northern neighbor... Edit: admittedly, a rather loaded statement. There's a lot more complexity involved, but essentially, it's an analogous situation: corporations and cartels are dictating politics. This is corruption! (Perhaps it's too much to call it a "failed democracy", but it's certainly a "subverted democracy".) In the context of illegal drugs, Mexico would not be in this state without the US; and vice versa. Is it a parasitic or a symbiotic relationship...?
  • josephcsible 5y ago
    The US government may be ineffective in a lot of ways, but it's still very effective at maintaining a monopoly on the use of force.
• chirau 5y ago
  "Cartels run the country", quite a strong statement indeed but would we be in the same boat if I said, let's say, "Jews run America"? What would be your justification for your statement and counter for mine?