[miguelazo]

>criminal gangs (drugs, extortion, etc) are absurdly overfunded

Not only this, they are "overarmed" with military grade weapons thanks to the USA's insane gun laws. The saying of (former president/dictator) Porfirio Diaz, "Poor Mexico: so far from God and so close to the United States" rings just as true today, if not more so.

>to a large extent it feels like the population at large can’t agree who are the good guys and who are the bad guys

As if this is any different in the US, where film and music have also lionized the "baddies" for well over a hundred years!

[rolandog]

> As if this is any different in the US, where film and music have also lionized the "baddies" for well over a hundred years!

Agreed. IMHO, we all could benefit from some critical thinking when watching movies or TV series: that someone is the main character, doesn't automatically make them "the good guy", and they shouldn't be emulated even if you love binge-watching their antics.

[BSEdlMMldESB]

a lot of these 'baddies' are bad due to war on drugs policies perpetrated by the american government against all of latin america because imperialism

the huge amount of funding of organized crime is a direct consequence of imperialistic war on drugs. "a matter of national health??" ahahahah, just think about the american health system for a minute.....