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Y'know... between news like this & actions like Colombia's program to pay guerrillas *not* to kidnap people...
I'm starting to wonder if it'll be the threat of outright violence that finally shifts the US & other Western nations into supporting UBI.
Because at the core of a great deal of the world's criminal activity is simply the failure of legal systems to provide a path to security for all.
We're at "baby formula locked up in US stores" panic now.
How much worse does it need to get first?
Here's the full article, for anyone curious. This part made me chuckle:
“It can be very difficult to say who is a member of a criminal organisation, and who isn’t,” said Dittmar. “What about a politician that receives money? Or someone who cooperates with the group just once?”
The article also points out that Mexico has a hypermilitarized problem--its cartels have access to heavy-duty stuff--but... so does too much of US "law" (property) enforcement.
Where's the line?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/mexico-cartels-fifth-largest-employer-study