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A Q for the bored re: Mexico

MikeDamone
MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
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Why can't they get their shit together? Rich in natural resources, on two major oceans, decent universities, boarders the USA...

What the hell? Why are they so fucked up?
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    Your eyes are as good as mine.
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    Because USA's drug lords are legal(pharmaceuticals), and theirs are illegal.
    USA is making tons of money off their legal drugs via taxes, doc visits, etc etc
    Mexico hords all their money in a few various cartels which pay no taxes.

    Oh yeah, and mexican cartels murder and pay off everyone who doesn't agree with them. Small barrier to entry for most folks wanting to progress in the mexican society.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,274
    Mexican organized crime makes 1920s Chicago look like it was being controlled by a bunch of priests
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    But how are they a bad culture?
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 70,359 Founders Club
    MikeDamone said:

    Why can't they get their shit together? Rich in natural resources, on two major oceans, decent universities, boarders the USA...

    What the hell? Why are they so fucked up?

    In a sense, they have gotten their shit together. They're now the world's 13th richest economy, and according to Stratfor is on the rise.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 49,015 Standard Supporter
    FreeChavez said:

    Because USA's drug lords are legal(pharmaceuticals), and theirs are illegal.
    USA is making tons of money off their legal drugs via taxes, doc visits, etc etc
    Mexico hords all their money in a few various cartels which pay no taxes.

    Oh yeah, and mexican cartels murder and pay off everyone who doesn't agree with them. Small barrier to entry for most folks wanting to progress in the mexican society.

    Heisenberg - is that you?

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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    DerekJohnson said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Why can't they get their shit together? Rich in natural resources, on two major oceans, decent universities, boarders the USA...

    What the hell? Why are they so fucked up?

    In a sense, they have gotten their shit together. They're now the world's 13th richest economy, and according to Stratfor is on the rise.
    reuters.com/article/2014/09/07/us-mexico-violence-insight-idUSKBN0H20JG20140907
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    DerekJohnson said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Why can't they get their shit together? Rich in natural resources, on two major oceans, decent universities, boarders the USA...

    What the hell? Why are they so fucked up?

    In a sense, they have gotten their shit together. They're now the world's 13th richest economy, and according to Stratfor is on the rise.
    That's by GDP. That is not the best way to measure if a county is rich or not.

    businessinsider.com/top-countries-on-oecd-better-life-index-2013-5?op=1
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  • FreeChavez
    FreeChavez Member Posts: 3,223
    MikeDamone said:

    But how are they a bad culture?

    Why do you say they are a bad culture? Most americans view of mexicans come from 2 things. Drugs, and the constant rhetoric surrounding illegals in the USA.

    The first is truly hilarious b/c of exactly what I posted above. Pharmaceutical drugs are far more damaging on American society today than what mexican cartels traffic. The difference is that they tend to kill a lot of people in mexico which again makes our news. If we actually posted how many deaths associated with opiate OD's every year as often as we see drug cartel snippets maybe we'd see change.

    The second is that illegals are ruining our country. There are plenty of people with their hands out, but there is quite a lot of data to support illegals are nowhere near the reasoning for various budgetary issues. However, many Americans get news from Fox which completely stunts any real world knowledge or common sense.

    I have been down to mexico many times, and been around quite a few wonderful people and communities. Surely they are not as developed as the US, but many of the smaller towns(away from tourists areas) are full of great people. Many have simple lives which aren't a country of consumption and the constant rat race.

    I would argue that the US has helped keep them in a certain corner based on our "war on drugs". We have made cartels as powerful as they are, not the mexican communities. Had we legalized weed years ago, and even lessened the penalties for other hard drugs the market would be vastly diminished, and so would their power. Instead we have driven so much money into their pockets it has allowed the various cartels to run the country.

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