I watched the first season of Narcos: Mexico last month, and if any of what they depicted was remotely accurate, then I believe the Mexican government of 70s/80s was fairly corrupt.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world
on 19 Mar 18:36
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I couldn’t even start Narcos Mexico after how much whitewashing of US involvement was done in Narcos.
Like for a while the most violent gangs in Mexico were trained by the US, the glamourised US involvement in Mexico/Latin American in general has consistently increased violence, which makes sense, there is no motivation to escalate violence if you’re primary purpose is to sell drugs, but if your job is violence (US armed forces and police) then you’re motivated to escalate violence, and naturally that will be met with violence and if you’re a white supremacists (most Americans are, it’s litterally a cult where you swear allegiance to it as a child) the fact you see the dead bodies as worth less than yours sure helps.
And that’s without even getting into none of these shows ever touch on where the supposed bad guys get all their guns and ammo (spoiler it’s US)
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world
on 19 Mar 18:37
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AI lovers are fans of authoritarianism who knew (except everyone)
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I watched the first season of Narcos: Mexico last month, and if any of what they depicted was remotely accurate, then I believe the Mexican government of 70s/80s was fairly corrupt.
I couldn’t even start Narcos Mexico after how much whitewashing of US involvement was done in Narcos.
Like for a while the most violent gangs in Mexico were trained by the US, the glamourised US involvement in Mexico/Latin American in general has consistently increased violence, which makes sense, there is no motivation to escalate violence if you’re primary purpose is to sell drugs, but if your job is violence (US armed forces and police) then you’re motivated to escalate violence, and naturally that will be met with violence and if you’re a white supremacists (most Americans are, it’s litterally a cult where you swear allegiance to it as a child) the fact you see the dead bodies as worth less than yours sure helps.
And that’s without even getting into none of these shows ever touch on where the supposed bad guys get all their guns and ammo (spoiler it’s US)
AI lovers are fans of authoritarianism who knew (except everyone)