Mexico & US Civil War

Last episode we covered the disastrous idea of a US invasion of Mexico. In today's part 2, we put on our speculative hats to wonder just how bad it could get. In most contexts the idea of a new US civil war is ridiculous. But a conflict with Mexico would be destabilizing enough to bring serious conflict to all of North America's cities. In recent weeks, there has been accelerating talk of military intervention in Mexico due to concerns over drug trafficking, immigration, and border security. Most sensible people believe that a US invasion of Mexico would make all of these things worse. But in today's episode we speculate about the ways such a conflict could escalate into something far, far worse than most are imagining.

The war on drugs launched by former Mexican President Felipe Calderón and his American counterpart, George W. Bush has had dire consequences for Mexico, including an unprecedented increase in violence, corruption, and human rights abuses. The militarization of Mexico's drug war resulted in a surge of organized crime and violence, with drug cartels and criminal organizations becoming even more powerful and emboldened. We don't believe that this was an intentional strategy by the United States, but if we had set out to soften up Mexico for conquest in 2007, it's hard to think of a more effective way to go about it

We tend to avoid concrete predictions and sci-fi speculation here at the MFF, but today's episode goes nuts. What would the long-term effects of such a conflict be? We cast ourselves forward into an unknown future by ransacking US history, and even going back to Rome. It's a fun episode about a very not fun topic. We hope you enjoy it.