I am referring to the original problems NM had and has - ditchbank politics, the Major Domo system. It has never been abandoned or replaced. Democrats stepped in to take advantage of what was already there and established over several centuries.
“...ditchbank politics, the Major Domo system.”
Wouldn’t that be ditch bank and majordomo? And the old Mexican families here would use the term jefe, or El jefe. I get your point, but New Mexican’s love their corruption and connections, and the Fed isn’t going to change any minds.