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It's unfathomable that anyone would suggest that the US should just let cartels run rough shot over the American population because tourists want to travel to r
by flanked-evergl 2y ago
It's unfathomable that anyone would suggest that the US should just let cartels run rough shot over the American population because tourists want to travel to risky places that no sane person should ever travel to.
- riffic 2y agoroughshod
- soganess 2y agoYou know, if Mexico is a place where 'no sane person' should go... then shouldn't we be more understanding when people want to leave?
- flanked-evergl 2y agoMexico is the way it is because the people who live there by and large want to make it the way it is. It's not something inherent to the soil that makes it that way. Mexico can thrive if Mexicans choose to make it thrive.
- thirdacc 2y agoWould you say the same about Hong Kong? Every single person who can effect change and publicly opposes the cartel gets killed. Every single one. There is a list [0] of the ones killed in 2024 alone. Even outside of politics, you can't even really joke about the cartel while in Mexico, no matter who you are. They torture and kill entire families over nothing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_killed_during_the_2024_Mexican_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_killed_dur...