David McWilliams
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GDP, $1.8 trillion.
Right, okay.
13th largest now economy in the world, bus, John.
Drug cartels are the fourth largest employer in Mexico.
Think about that.
That is extraordinary, right?
And that's what we're going to talk about.
We're going to talk about the narco economy, how it emerged, where it emerged from, why it emerged, where it did, when it did, what they are selling, what the Americans are buying, and how it has totally and utterly corrupted the Mexican body politic.
Yeah, okay.
Have you watched...
You know, I haven't.
It's really good.
So basically, what happened was Colombia was the first narco state.
People will know the name Pablo Escobar.
Basically, the Medellin cartel, all that sort of stuff, right?
And then when the Americans came down really heavily against the Colombians, the Colombian cartels were destroyed completely.