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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If the cartels wanted her dead, no amount of security would save her. She's only in that position because the cartels allow her to be in that position.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I wonder how much of that is true for any president. Like did Obama get a “talk” when he became president?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    C. G. P. Grey's "Rules for Rulers" is illuminating on that front, but I don't think you mean soft power. I think you mean gangsters. And I think that most US presidents avoid such a thing by virtue of being the C in C of the biggest military on the planet. Though maybe they get a little bit of it from the Pentagon, I dunno.

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