Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Mexico is the center of a global war | Ed Calderon and Lex Fridman" video.

"Mexico is full of foreign intelligence agents" Could this have anything to do with the fact that the US / Mexico border is basically lawless, so if a foreign agent wants to get into the United States, that's an extremely simple matter?
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If it's any comfort, a lot of US elites see Mexico as America's best "friendshoring" opportunity. Leaving aside the desirability of being a source of cheap(er) labor under World Systems Theory, the US does not want Mexico to turn into Afghanistan. "There i no hope of our situation improving ... we don't want US intervention" -- Ultimately, Mexico has the attention of great power bad actors from around the world because of its position on the US's doorstep. I don't think Mexico can fight that off, without the resources of a great power itself, and the only great power with an interest in doing so is the United States. A good solution -- one where Mexico is allied with a country with a vested interest in its stability and prosperity -- is only possible through cooperation between Mexico and the United States.
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"Imagine if the wave of migration is a million" All the more reason for the United States to have in place a system that can deport up to ten million illegal immigrants, starting with any who have loyalties or obligations to criminal cartels.
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@chrislane8466 Thanks for your kind words. Isn't influence vs. interference in the eye of the beholder, though? When I try to put myself in the shoes of a Mexican, I'm not sure that any level of influence that doesn't feel like interference. When I picture myself as being on my own team (something that's at least as important as seeing from another's point of view) I see America as having some interests that we should pursue even if it might be seen as "interfering". It seems to me that ultimately this problem is only going to go away when Mexico is as prosperous and secure as the United States. This is the "good ending" to World Systems Theory, which I see as a transitory state, as we run out of sources of cheap labor worldwide, and the rising tide of global commerce lifts all boats. This is something we should embrace, and we should plan for a world where the Core / Periphery distinction disappears. The problem is, security issues endanger this future. So do cultural practices like narcotics (ab)use, which weaken individuals and their countries. What's the best way to get from here, to the good ending?
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@daveinpenn So, lobbyists?
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@jinzok The tide has turned -- we're getting more Mexicans headed south now. The ones we're seeing now are mostly just passing through Mexico, which is why it's so effective when Mexico closes their own borders.
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@chrislane8466 Now that you've looked at this through "their" eyes, look at it through the eyes of Americans who aren't you. What about families destroyed by fentanyl and other drugs? Interdiction is a solution, not a problem. If there's a problem here, it's that we don't do it effectively enough. What about the root cause of many of those deaths of despair, our industrial policy of destroying the American working class? That's not only about offshoring, that's also about endless immigration that ruins working class bargaining power, by the way. Again -- strict limits on immigration are a solution, not a problem. You seem to be able to sympathize with everyone but your fellow Americans. This is how America elects Trump, and if I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, at some level I suspect you know that.
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 @tetraxis3011 We're trying to reverse Obama's policies of arming the cartels, as quickly as we can. If you want to help us do that, help expose the fraud that got Democrats elected.
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@ErnestoLopez-kr8zl a) How would you know that if it even were true, and b) What does that have to do with anything?
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