And the opposite action to Venezuela is

[Gman]

"It'll be high noon at the OK Corral!"

"There will be blood flowing in the streets!"

That's the usual leftard response here in the US, which doesn't happen. Let's see what happens there in Brazil.

[Great-Kazoo]

"It'll be high noon at the OK Corral!"

"There will be blood flowing in the streets!"

Depends how serious the citizens are about cleaning up the rampant crime.


I could see small squads of locals cleansing the area. You live for a decade under such "terrifying" conditions. Would one not want to right the ship, so to speak.

[Irving]

Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is who I'm thinking of.

[Great-Kazoo]

Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines is who I'm thinking of.

The problem with this is. How does one determine the cleansing is a legitimate / valid one. Not something where a neighbor has a grudge against another?

[waffles]

The problem with this is. How does one determine the cleansing is a legitimate / valid one. Not something where a neighbor has a grudge against another?

You can't. It unnerves me quite a bit when I hear people in the US celebrating Duterte's complete disregard for due process and willingness to murder "drug dealers".

[Irving]

You can't. It unnerves me quite a bit when I hear people in the US celebrating Duterte's complete disregard for due process and willingness to murder "drug dealers".

Yup

[Gman]

I could see small squads of locals cleansing the area.

This has happened in Mexico.

[Irving]

This has happened in Mexico.

I remember hearing a story here and there, but I don't think there has been anything sustainable against the might of the cartels. Mexicans will have a much more difficult time considering how much further they are removed from military arms and training they are and how much closer to that the cartels are compared to say here.