There can only be one.

[bellisarius]

The new narco state.

This isn't going to end well for anyone.

 

[SpeareChucker]

Then again...



Maybe they'll finally have a functional government.

 

[bellisarius]

Therein lies the problem. When the people turn to a criminal organization to restore peace instead of the government...............well?

 

[SpeareChucker]

WHO says our government has not become a criminal organization?

 

[bellisarius]

Makes you wonder sometime.

 

[SpeareChucker]

All but a few leave public service as millionaires...



... and those few soon become so.

"Lobbying/Consulting"

 

[Ziggins]

That is a standard stage for satellite nations of dying empires. The empire loses control and local gangs and warlords fill the power vacuum. Later the gangs will rise to power in the US.

 

[Hugh_Essay]

That is a standard stage for satellite nations of dying empires. The empire loses control and local gangs and warlords fill the power vacuum. Later the gangs will rise to power in the US.

Or a slumlord/ rapist/ reality tv personality.

 

[bigsly]

There can only be one.

Ridiculous - there's been numerous cartels terrorizing Mexico at the same time for a long time now and that ain't gonna change any time soon. Simple geography, if nothing else, guarantees it.

 

[LupusDei]

A woman who has lived for years under Jalisco cartel rule in a small town says she seeks out local Jalisco enforcers to solve common crime problems. “If you have a problem, you go to them. They solve it quickly," she said.

That's exactly my experience with the mob, back in the turbulent nineties. But then, it was before the current criminal group holding power in Russia gutted the centuries old "Thieves in Law" network, and those boys were old school, not drug cartels.