GEOG 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ernesto Zedillo, George W. Bush, Phil Gramm
9 May 2016
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As mexican society fragments, the impact will hit the united states with force -- and. U. s. society is likely to fragment in some of the same ways by robert d. kaplan. Mexico is the example of failing capacity in a state that is supremely subtle and middle-of-the-road -- not extreme, like many sub-saharan african states, or even. Pakistan, and not quite so wretchedly vast, intractable, and bureaucratic as india or. After a few weeks in those countries one is ready to tear one"s hair out. Mexico, though, is remarkably modern and easy for businesspeople to deal with. Mexico"s dynamism -- a partial rebuke to the ma ana clich -- the mexican state wouldn"t be in as much trouble as it is. A country of wal-marts and shantytowns, of wholesome beach resorts and drug-dealing policemen with gold chains around their necks, mexico offers a view into the future that is both reassuring and terrifying.
