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Zeus posted...

tbh, I kinda suspect that the *only* way that Mexico will see the cartels put down is if they put aside their existing justice system and just treat it as an all-out war. At this point, you can't expect the system to work because the system is too deeply compromised by criminal activity and any reformers have a giant target on their back.

Dikitain posted...

Whole country is a goat fuck. Only way this is really going to get fixed is through a bloody revolution where the people fight against the cartels. Unfortunately they are too scared and would rather flee the country.

Not really a revolution, but at this point the *only* real fix might be -- and it's a place people really don't want to go (much like Mexico itself, outside the tourist resorts) -- something like Duterte has been accused of doing in the Philippines, where the government has organized vigilantes to hunt down drug dealers and kingpins. However, the cartels are presumably a lot stronger in Mexico which makes those kinds of highly amoral pragmatic solutions less viable.

Otherwise, the best system so far has been for cities and towns to secede from the government and run their own police forces although that's going to eventually become insufficient because sooner or later the cartels are going to force their way in there.

Wait, did you just propose two alternative solutions then describe why they wouldn't work? Umm...thanks for arguing my point for me?

It is up to the citizens because at this point the cartels ARE the government and expecting the real government to help just isn't going to work. And to all the people saying that the US should get involved, all that is going to do is put another "cartel" into power and we will be back in the same situation 10 - 20 years from now.
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