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Re:DeepSeek v4 by DoctorOetker on Friday April 24, 2026 @06:25PM (#47896567)
If your government refuses to stop the flow of drugs into the US by addressing cartels don't be surprised if the US delivers weapons to said cartels so they can have some infighting going on.

If the mexican government would actually make work of dismantling the organized trade, there would be no incentive to deliver them weapons to shoot each other.

Re:DeepSeek v4 by xtracto on Friday April 24, 2026 @06:28PM (#47896595)
Demand, markets are always driven by demand.
Re:DeepSeek v4 by nxm on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:09PM (#47897341)
So that’s an excuse?
Re:DeepSeek v4 by DANmode on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:26PM (#47897049)
That’s your understanding of why Intelligence backs/works with cartels?!

Oh honey. Black budgets. Cashflow, flow of power.

The “Mexican government” was headed by CIA assets multiple times in recent history: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34903090

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/mexico-jose-lopez-portillo-decla...

What are you expecting Mexico to do, again?

Re:DeepSeek v4 by bdangubic on Saturday April 25, 2026 @11:39AM (#47902245)
supply is never an issue, USA would supply poison to entire planet if the demand was there. blaming Mexico for the sickness of our society is very rich (but often repeated)
Re:DeepSeek v4 by DoctorOetker on Saturday April 25, 2026 @12:33PM (#47902662)
I never pretend supply is a monocausal issue, but it is a contributing issue.

You prefer to believe in monocausal scapegoat mechanisms? Stick your head in the sand at your own peril.

You claim US would supply the poison with pleasure itself, but then why is it being imported?