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It really is a big issue. I'd say the biggest one, everywhere you go. Getting rid of drug-related crime and violence would double Mexico's GDP in a few years.
by moralestapia 3y ago
It really is a big issue. I'd say the biggest one, everywhere you go. Getting rid of drug-related crime and violence would double Mexico's GDP in a few years.
Source: Mexican.
- alephnerd 3y agoI'm not denying it's an issue - it's a massive issue for massive swaths of Mexico. In fact, Mexico could be growing even faster if organized crime is brought under control. The fundamentals in Mexico are fairly strong (relatively high median household income, access to the largest market globally, decent enough social indicators) and good governance can carry it forward dramatically. That said, we in the US could help much further by actually sanctioning Cartel organizations en masse, instead of doing it haphazardly as we are today. Similar economic warfare forced the Italian and Japanese governments to drastically crack down on organized crime in the 90s and 2010s respectively.
- blovescoffee 3y agoThey're linked, but don't you think general corruption is even more damaging to Mexico? In cdmx we're quickly running out of water in major part due to corruption. Anyways, most cartel activity I've heard about from friends has been on highways, outside of major cities.
- moralestapia 3y agoThey both enable each other, after all bad people do plenty of bad things, not just one. Cartel violence is present even is large urban centers, ask anybody who runs a moderately successful business.
- blovescoffee 3y agoTrue, although I always had the impression that the violence in large urban centers leaned towards "organized crime" and less "cartel" but that's just my impression.