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I mean, what's your alternative competent plan for dealing with the cartels?
Make peoples lived better, so most don't want to escape them.
Tha'ts more of a goal than a plan.
Do you think the Mexican government isn't already trying to do that? They clearly don't have the resources to pull it off.
I wasn't speaking specifically of the Mexican government more as a general thing. Unfortunately, this is largely out of Mexican government control. The fascist oligarchs in the United States have made the lives of people there so miserable that they need drugs to get by. There's not much the Mexican government can do about that. As long as that problem exists, the symptoms of cartel leaders rising up to fill that need will always happen.
Oh, in that case I agree completely - the root cause is demand in the US.
Yep. I 100% feel for the Mexican government ON THAT POINT. For every kingpin they kill 1-2 will pop up. More vicious and violent than the last. And there's literally nothing they can do. Because its a response to an external issue they can't address.
The root cause is the War on Drugs.
The cartels aren't going to allow that
The cartels can't. And yes they won't. This was more that the people complaining about them and drove the attack on them. (Fascists/trump) They are the only ones that could do anything to hurt the cartels. IE make peoples lives better so they don't seek drugs to escape them. But they don't care about making lives better or helping anyone but themselves. And anyone appeasing them only hurts themselves.
I got ya! I misunderstood!
No worries, it was a sort of vague statement after all.
But how does that benefit the shareholders?
They get to continue living. Pretty cushy don't ya think.
Unless your idea of Cushy is the national razor that sound dumb.
That was literally the implication. They can change their ways and become a benefit to society. Or eliminated to at least cease being a burden.
Legalize all drugs and dismantle the CIA
We should do this regardless
That would solve the issue, so we won't do it.
Cut off demand, you'll never kill every single drug dealer... its insane to think you can do it that way
Hugs not Drugs! /s