I find the main problem here in Mexico is the lack of education, and the naivety of the general populace.
The general sentiment I grew up hearing here, is that us Mexicans are a bunch of lazy guys, just looking to make easy money. I've met mroe than a handful of immigrants in the States, and all of them worked very hard.
Then you have the guys with money down here, within the 8%(more or less) that attends college/university. They dont care about Mexico, they care about making money, and using the uneducated masses for profit. They may not counciously realize it, but they are doing it if they support the current working schemes in Mexico.
You'll hear a lot of Mexicans, on both sides of the border, talk about patriotism and pride for their "motherland" but none of them are willing to work for her, much less carry a gun and bleed for her, which is truly disheartening.
There's no culture for discipline or respect towards the authority here, the required military service is a joke (its LITERALLY a lottery to see who marches/does social service and who simply gets their "pass," no marching, no training, no nothing).
IMHO, Thats just positive reinforcement to tell the populace you can "skip" authority and discipline, you can "skip" honorable service to your country and carry on complaining about your country is corrupt
Is Mexico running out of control? Surely. Are Mexicans aware? Some(the educated), but they lack the guts to really do something about it, unless it pays in cash.
/Rant
