From chickens to cabs: Drug cartels expand across the Mexican economy

By forcing their way into more and more sectors, organized crime has become ‘a dominant economic cartel,’ according to analysts

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Capitalism is capitalism. If you allow money to become the alpha and omega this is what will inevitably happen.
- Also, when the government's military is less powerful (or too corrupt, will not fight) than the gang's military, the gang is now the government (owner). There is no "peace" versus armed gangs with more power and money than the gov.
On the one hand I admire the industriousness and perseverance in the economy. On the other, they cut people's faces off and deserve to die. Its a wierd coin, that's for sure.
- They're a proto-government really.
  
  All governments do horrific things because all a government is is the most powerful organized violent group in an area. That's all government ever has been.
  
  Very true.