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Vogon_Glory

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3. Another point about the cartels
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 09:25 PM
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I think folks need to wise up about the cartels. These guys are NOT the Mob that infiltrated Cuba under Batista and his predecessors. These guys are stateless criminals who seem to be capable of overwhelming the civil and law enforcement structures of whatever states they are based in. That’s something the old Mob was never able to pull off. They’re also better-armed and often better-organized than the civil authorities opposing them. I don’t think that the American left has ever accepted this because it isn’t something either Marx, Engels or Lenin ever thought of. Still, I think it’s very real.

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