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Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Mexico's murder rate per 100 000 is 24.9, meaning you're on average safer in Mexico than in Newark, Memphis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore or St. Louis.

Never mind that murders in Mexico are generally committed using American firearms, and for American money over drugs that are to be sold in America. Mexico's problem is America. So while we wait for America to selfdestruct, I guess they might as well get to work on public health issues.

Obviously not saying that cartels are not a huge fucking problem. It's hard to get good politicians when they murder anyone who resists them. But the cartels are in large part a product of America's failures. Europeans are not innocent either - fuck every coke snoking upper class brat who is having their pathetic highs at the expense of a whole fucking continent.

/rant

[–] Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Wait I'm confused, so Mexico is safer than the USA, but they murder any politician who goes against the cartel?

Doesn't sound so safe to me?

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

but the stats said it is safer!!! /s