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> The authors argue that the best way to reduce the bloodshed would be to cut cartel recruitment Okay, but how? The whole article goes on about reducing recrui
by darth_avocado 3y ago
> The authors argue that the best way to reduce the bloodshed would be to cut cartel recruitment
Okay, but how? The whole article goes on about reducing recruitment, and how incarceration isn’t the answer, but never specified how do you reduce recruitment?
- 6stringmerc 3y agoBased on my studies since things really kicked off in 2010 it persists because of poverty mostly. Mostly rural places kind of fighting similar turf battles they have for generations. Alliances come and go. The profit motive is real but honestly it doesn’t trickle down to the cannon fodder. Sometimes you can tell when they got shot down by the authorities and then a gun was tossed next to their body. Street gangs LA Chicago rural gangs in Michocan and old traditional “we ain’t changing shit” in Nectar Lima. Fuel theft, extortion, prostitution…same old stuff really just an environment and culture quite unique to outsiders. Chino Antrax. Boats Blancas. The resting place for Z-3 El Lazca…
- remhrtin 3y agoIf Mexico can pull off what El Salvador did they may have a chance. I worry the situation is just too far gone to be able to do that anymore.
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoI'm confused about what "reducing recruitment" even means in this scenario. There's demand, and then there are organizations who supply that demand, and then there are people who need jobs (sometimes desperately). Is "reducing recruitment" another way of saying, "if we would 'just' fix the whole economy then people wouldn't be inclined to accept this type of work"? That's kind of what it sounds like. That reasoning falls flat when you face the reality that demand is not slowing down, and that the cartels are already thoroughly entrenched. Back to square one.