I'm amazed Obrador hasn't gotten Kennedy'd yet.

Honestly though, I think Mexico limps along due to what Kropotkin called "mutual aid" -- Mexicans know their elites are bullshit and help each other out. It's kind of like the late Soviet Union.

It really hasn't helped that the USA has been fucking around in Mexico ever since the guerra de independencia, although I do confess to being a fan of Abe Lincoln's "a bunch of rifles fell of a train and Benito Juarez got aholt of them? Well I never" maneuver.