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If their new business model doesn’t include setting people on fire that’s a win.
Perhaps I'm a cynic but whenever I read about corruption crackdowns, I tend to believe that it's more of one group trying to oust another group for the sake of power rather than for the sake of the country >

Pretty much.
Fighting real corruption is fighting established systems.
Fake fighting corruption is going after individuals - enemies and scapegoats. >

So you're saying if I fist fight a sewer system I'm fighting corruption? >

Well, you're at least fighting shit. >

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Ironically he promised to get corruption out of the government and his leaving actually keeps that promise. >

Maybe all the corrupt people are forcing him out so they can keep being corrupt. Happens in Mexico all the time. >

It’s been interesting there in the past few years though, at least as someone who reads news about Mexico in the US. 
The new president seems to be rejecting the “Hugs not guns” philosophy when it comes to cartels. >

Don't agree with Mexico but declaring all out war on the cartels is a terrible idea. They hold way too much power and have shown to resort to bloody measures when threatened. 
The only reasonable way to get rid of them is dismantling them from within. >

Or…. Acknowledging they wouldn’t exist without the USAs War on Drugs and abolishing old laws based on racism. 
No black market = no massive organized crime syndicates 
Look no further than the alcohol prohibition. >

That's not going to stop them. >

Stop? Maybe not but it will force them to change their business model. If drugs were legal in the US cartels wouldn’t be fighting the government they’d be competing with Phillip Morris. Look at just pot, where I live it’s legal as a consequence there are no pot dealers anymore, or rather the ones I knew all either had to shift to drugs that still have a decent markup or are providing a convenient service like home delivery or have shifted to growing their own. There is no mystery just market forces I pay a little more at a dispensary but I know what I am getting, have many more products to choose from and I have literally had a cop hold the door for me when I was walking out of one with a big bag o’ drugs. He smiled and told me to stay safe and have a good weekend. Compared to the time a cop kneeled on my back and cuffed me for having a single joint in my pocket I really enjoyed officer smiley more. >

That's what I meant. They'd just switch up their business model