> I don't see a way to fix the rule of law problem by just "having strong rule of law". Those countries already have laws e.g. against corruption. El Salvador

> I don't see a way to fix the rule of law problem by just "having strong rule of law". Those countries already have laws e.g. against corruption. El Salvador did it. At some point, which Mexico already reached a long time ago, cartels metastasize beyond narcotics and can sustain themselves on protection rackets. It’s very tempting to treat drug prohibition as some sort of monocausal explanation for organized crime, but even if that were true at some point, that doesn’t mean legalization would solve the problem. And I think the existence of conflict diamonds and the like already demonstrate that drug prohibition isn’t even necessary for this kind of problem to emerge in the first place.