Let's Talk About Colonialism

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4. Narco Syndicates in Latin America: Colonialists Too?

I think that what the narcos are doing in Central and South America is also colonialism, even if it isn't structured like the nice, tidy models the Marxist Left and their admirers have been using for decades.

What the narcos are doing in Central and South America is very much like what the United Fruit Company at its most wicked was doing--except that the narcos aren't using the USMC or the US Navy: Instead, they're performing the murder and mayhem themselves.

They can afford to. As horrible as this is to say, it appears that the narcos are not only better-organized than many Central and South American governments, but they've also got better intelligence and better firepower when and where it counts than the shambling messes south of the Mexican border.

And the perpetually-indignant fail to notice that while the narcos lack formal addresses and fancy edifices in Washington, DC, they ARE a foreign power.

They're so strong that they've bent local and provincial governments to their will, much like the United Fruit Company used to do, but mention that to a lot of the peace community, and the most you can hope for are blank looks while the worst is that you'll be accused of being a colonialist apologist.

I admit that I'm not a good little Marxist. I'm not even a Marxist. But these things need to be said.