Conquer Club

Question 1:
According to Eduardo Medina Mora "in order for Mexican democracy to flourish, Mexicans must believe in the ballot box". Do you believe in the ballot box?

Question 2:
What do you think, in general terms, about the recent elecion reforms?

Question 3:
Are you proud that Mexico has the highest percentage of female Senators in Latin America?

Question 4:
Does Mexico have more or less democratic elections than USA?

DoomYoshi wrote:Question 1:
According to Eduardo Medina Mora "in order for Mexican democracy to flourish, Mexicans must believe in the ballot box". Do you believe in the ballot box?

The credibility in the value and respect of each vote has been much improved over the last years, going from nobody believing in it to a big grade of acceptance. That doesn't mean anything to me anyway, because people with money and power are still able to manipulate the election process with different strategies.

DoomYoshi wrote:Question 2:
What do you think, in general terms, about the recent elecion reforms?

I have no idea since I don't read the news anymore. I'm just starting to visit online newspapers in the past days with the capture of El Chapo, as it directly influences the local economy and the business, sales went down perhaps 40% in the next two weekends after El Chapo was caught.

DoomYoshi wrote:Question 3:
Are you proud that Mexico has the highest percentage of female Senators in Latin America?

No, it's because of a silly law that orders parties to send a big percentage of women for election, some of them are the wives of the politician, then when elected they ask for license and the hubby takes the job. It's stupid. Everybody knows women belong in the kitchen.

DoomYoshi wrote:Question 4:
Does Mexico have more or less democratic elections than USA?

Well, I'm not one to think of definite objective answers. It's the same stinking shit anyway, in most cases dirty things are done. In 88, Cardenas (left party) won the presidency but it was given to Salinas, with a famous "system down". Salinas left a mountain of dynamite waiting for a little spark, and Zedillo, who was the president because Colosio was killed, with a couple of not very bright moves (though he defends himself saying it was the only exit) sent the country 20 years back. The dollar was around 3 pesos in Salinas time (manipulated), during those first years of Zedillo, it reached 14 pesos if I remember correctly. Then Zedillo upset at his party allowed (by not intefering like every PRI president) to PAN to win the elections. Some say that Zedillo gave it to Fox, but PRI didn't do much, including selecting a candidate that was too soft, some say even gay, but the truth is that Fox was supported by a lot of dirty money. Cardenas was perhaps too old. Then, in 2006, in a similar move than in 88, Lopez Obrador (left party) was winning (by a very close margin), then the system went down and when it was up Calderon started to gain pace. Even then, Lopez Obrador was set to win it by a decent margin, but in the lasts days of campaing a well orchestrated move inflicting fear on middle class people made the polls even. Pena Nieto won in 2012 because he was preparing his campaing since I don't know how many years, perhaps 10. Everything was well orchestrated, and the media campaigns against Lopez Obrador (for 7 years now) had him without a chance.

So, as you see, it doesn't matter if the vote counts or not, there is always room for dirty tactics, afforded by those who are already powerful. In the most powerful country of the world, W. Bush came to office via fraud, yet, when it was proven, he stayed. He stayed then four more years due to a campaign of fear. Some even say he sacrificed 3000 civilians for it.