“Why doesn’t Think Progress try to improve conditions in Mexico and further south?”
My guess is that some of the billions of dollars drug cartels rake in want to see Mexico and points south in a static, corrupted state so that it’s easier to do business down there.
If Mexico starts to improve and becomes more like Canada, that means that laws would have to be enforced, corrupt politicians would have to be outed, and other terrible things that would raise the cost of corrupting their government to United States prices :-) .
“If Mexico starts to improve and becomes more like Canada, that means that laws would have to be enforced, corrupt politicians would have to be outed, and other terrible things that would raise the cost of corrupting their government to United States prices :-) “
The US has the finest politicians money can buy.
“Why doesn’t Think Progress try to improve conditions in Mexico and further south?”
Another thought ... socialism requires slaves. Why make people more independent and capable of controlling their destiny when big government can keep everyone poor and “taken care of” during their prime production years for the state (they’ll simply be given a “pill” instead of medical care in their ripe old “retirement” age of 49).