Mexico 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.
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.
