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(from akv) But seriously, despite the fact the US and Djibouti are very different places, could the whole country of 800k people be weak willed, or is it the legalization of the drug?
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Over simplifying the problems in Djibouti is a temptation in an effort to understand what happened. But, IMO, the problems with Djibouti and many other former colonial states could be sourced to the fact that those countries were nurtured under the consumption of colonial rule for too long. They were taught to wait until someone else tells them what to do. The legalization of drugs contributes to the public lethargy but it's a chicken-or-egg study. Both probably evolved dependent on one another.
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(from 02/2009 Rueters article posted by nmap) Mexico risks losing up to 300,000 jobs because of the economic crisis despite a government infrastructure spending programme that can employ some 750,000 people, Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz Mateos said on Monday.
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IMO, a 300,000 job loss in Mexico would have an impact on that country like the loss of a million or more in the US, given the lack of unemployment resources in Mexico and the dependence the economy down there has on foreign investment and the income received by their own ex-pats in the US. Too many single-points of failure.
IMO the stability and predictability of the Mexican Govt is deteriorating quickly, and the postulation in this thread that "illegal aliens" may soon become "refugees" appears to be a credible concern.