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My dude, they kill people and hang them from bridges in northern mexico. They kidnapped a school bus of kids and slaughtered them. I realize the US has violence as well, but at least it's usually one deranged guy, or two gangbangers that have a beef. In mexico it's organized violence. This isn't the work of one crazy guy, it's the work of an organization which does it to terrorize the local population. Seriously. Go…
I mean the US has organized violence too. A couple instances that come to mind are the MOVE bombing where Philadelphia PD bombed 5 children, and Waco where the ATF/FBI employment of dangerous CS canisters appears to have caused 26 children to burn alive. Photos of the aftermath show agents proudly standing over the rubble of the dead children.
How the Path to Home Ownership Runs Through Mexico
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Re: How the Path to Home Ownership Runs Through Mexico
#72And what's the path to home ownership for Mexicans being priced out by Americans? I'm not Mexican nor American, but I'm against this economic neocolonialism where rich countries get to export their self inflicted housing issues by pricing out the locals in cheaper countries who, through no fault of their own, get the short end of the stick by means of capital leverage, or lack thereof. Laws should be passed in each c…
It goes both ways. Americans complain about Mexicans moving into the US, Mexicans complain about Americans moving to Mexico. IMO, the problems with restrictive boarders are so much worse.
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I mean the US has organized violence too. A couple instances that come to mind are the MOVE bombing where Philadelphia PD bombed 5 children, and Waco where the ATF/FBI employment of dangerous CS canisters appears to have caused 26 children to burn alive. Photos of the aftermath show agents proudly standing over the rubble of the dead children.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-staggering-de...
I would describe a large portion of that as linked to the organized criminals in the US legislative and executive branch creating wildly profitable incentives for drug cartels.
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>How does it benefit local Mexicans? Let me flip the script on you. How did rich Arabs, Asians and Russians buying US, London, Vancouver, etc. realestate benefit the average American/local? How much of their investment money ended up in the Average Joe's pocket? How much was his life improved from that added money? If you answer me this, I will eat my own hair. I'm tired of this trope that real estate economic coloni…
Also applies to the small mountain towns of the American West. Having all that billionaire money buying ranches does inject a small bump into the local construction/food/services economy at the cost of affordability for the workers themselves. Locals eventually get priced out.
I think there is an equalization effect there. Billionaire buys property on rural ranch instead of in the city, that leaves more room for people (possibly even people fleeing ranch life) to better afford the city billionaire could have bought property in.