The deadly genius of drug cartels | Rodrigo Canales
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years. We might think this has nothing to do with us, but in fact we are all complicit, says Yale professor Rodrigo Canales in this unflinching talk that turns conventional wisdom about drug cartels on its head. The carnage is not about faceless, ignorant goons mindlessly killing each other but is rather the result of some seriously sophisticated brand management.
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Love how he presents! He leaves nice gaps of time for you to swallow what he's saying--many speakers miss this point!
exactly. that guy who talked about the science of happiness was absolutely amazing and completely spot on. I only realised that after having to watch it about 5 times though, cause he was talking way too fast for me to let it sink in.
^^ LOL it is a common issue- subconsciously, we all want to just get off the stage ;) but it's important to remember slooooowing down and having a nice conversation
Latiana Blue lel thats how radio advertisements are done these days. To be honest, the stops annoys me a lot. But it fits during speeches like this.
Hah! Yes, a nice balance is key ;-P
Interesting. I can't believe I'm learning Business Management.
In drug-dealing.
I'm going to anger both sides of the argument here but this is the only solution to the problem. There needs total legalization of drugs with a enormous investment on rehab, education and health help for the users. Basically we need to see drug use as a health issue and we need to attack it as such. The great majority of people who are for legalization are recreational drug users or have been recreational drug users. This people have no problem with drugs and don't understand how bad they can be for a good number of the population of any country. The people against it usually have a moral issue against the drugs but don't understand the problem at all and talk from ignorance. The only people who are really affected and cause all the other problems with this market is the heavy users or addicts. So a huge I'm taking about 3 to 4 percent of GDP investment on eradicating the addicts would bring the problem down and still respect the rights of the citizens. Also it would be a much cheaper solution since treating or preventing addiction would also solve problems with legal drugs. Imagine the cost to government and society that is born from addiction.
i could see this doing a lot of damage but also working
This is one of those, were it would be manic during transition but in 50 years would have fixed the problem
Hayden Gullins I say in 10 years would fix the problem if properly implemented.
David Quintana Whether legal or not, the illegal market will never cease to exist. just think of beer being sold outside permitted hours.
Drugs are not the only industry that involve crime. The thought is that legalizing drugs would decrease crime because there would no longer be a need for armed dealers and turf wars. I disagree because the dealers and gangs would just reassert their "territory" over the retail vendors forcing the businesses to pay "insurance" to keep from having their businesses destroyed. This would most certainly be a large sum of the profits from the retail business because their flow of cash has been cut. If you doubt this logic, go talk to a dealer and see what he tells you, because that's what he told me.
+Carlos Castillo When alcohol was legalized in north america there was massive mob association with the product. I would imagine this situation would be very comparable. When you legalize a product (with a combination of government oversight and time) the consumer gains way more power over the producer. So... the cartels who you suggest would hypothetically own drug stores will be subject to the power of economics.
Very interesting. While the violent side of the drug industry is highly talked about in the media, rarely do we see the business side of things.
Great talk and explanation of the drug problem. Although Rodrigo Canales only talks about the Mexican aspect of it. The USA, as he mentions is the main market for the drug. He also acknowledges that the policy of drug prohibition by the USA has been a failure. But he does not mention that that drug policy by the USA, is the main reason drugs are such a good business money wise. Rodrigo does not mention all the other economic and financial incentives that the USA's government has created so as to make almost impossible to change the USA's war on drugs.
The huge amount of money funded by the federal USA government to the police, that has created an addiction to this money by the law enforcement agencies. The need for prisoners by the privately managed prisons in the USA, that jail mostly minorities for the possession of insignificant amounts of marijuana.
The USA has developed a law enforcement and prison system that can only work as it does if the drug war is maintained. This is why the drug war will be very hard to change.
Legalization is the way to go. Tax revenues (in part or whole) generated can be used to fund information campaigns and support groups to ween people off the most deadly drugs, while emphasizing the dangers similar to how cigarettes are marketed which resulted in a massive drop off of compulsive users.
As a result cartels and other violent organizations killing and murdering people who fall into the lifestyle as a user or peddler have their main revenue streams cut off. They claim to be for the people, yet rule through fear. Anything ruled with fear is a corruption, even if I believed they genuinely wanted to help people - which I don't. It's a business to them. A business in which lives being taken (innocent or not as they have in the past, while claiming to be cleaning up the streets for the public) is taken as par for the course, on level reaching the casualties in an ongoing civil war.
Like always, if you want to do real damage you neutralize the revenue stream.
@@RajSingh-qc6lq Legalizing will make it Easier for them to EXPORT!
Welcome to capitalism ...
@@RajSingh-qc6lq Yeah, legalize it! So only rich people can afford it! Typical ...
@@3nertia ??? bad comrade lol "south and central americans should stay in perpetual slavery and continue being massacred by cartels because i want cheap drugs" you realize capitalism is done by people other than the state yeah?
There is no Budweiser cartel because their product is legal. At a minimum, Mexico should legalize the transportation of drugs through their country.
hmm...Thats a pretty good idea but lets say the drugs are transported by train, wht happens after the train reaches the station?
They can't. The US would come down on their public officials with CIA type attacks. That's why Mexican politicians have no power and are so corrupt -- because if they do not give in to the massive pressures of these cartels or to the US, they get removed, possibly by death.
A capitalist asking for government intervention.
***** Just a change in existing government intervention.
***** *FACEPALM* do you think you are a free person that do not need *intervention* from me to walk where you want to? because if i tied you up, you WOULD need me to *intervene* by undoing my existing intervention and untie you so that you can walk. According to you, it means that fundamentally you cannot walk without me. roflmao
legalize all drugss!!! Treat addiction as a health problem, not as criminal ones!
King Alfred The Great well said..
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4 years later ugh no
Stupido!!! Legalize drugs ang treat addiction?? are you in wanderland???
Absolutely
I've been saying this for years. Amazing.
Amazing presentation, a must for all those wanting a better comprehension of the drug phenomenon.
Rodrigo Canales:is one of the excellent studies ever conducted about the shadowy drug world. He explains how these drug cartels are behaving like normal companies in terms of brand building and expanding their network. He also accuses us for indirectly supporting by simply keeping quiet. A riveting speech and should be must watch.
One of the many flaws of government/politics in my view is a total refusal to admit something they did was a mistake let alone admit that something they are doing is making things worse.
I like the gentle way you used the word "accomplices" as a euphemism for "cause", with reference to the US drug consumer market. Like you mentioned, the Mexican drug cartels are operated like businesses. The most important part of any business is their market. If there is no market, there would be no supply, and consequently, no business.
The cause is capitalism heh
" It'll force the drug trade out into the light, certainly, but will it really damage the cartels?"
We have the real world example of what happened when the prohibition on alcohol ended and what happened to the drug cartels of that time that made huge fortunes selling illegal alcohol.
"There are many dealers that offer a service where if you send them a text message they guarantee a delivery of the drug in 30 minutes or less." They may say they guarantee a delivery in 30 minutes or less, but if you're getting it from a paisa, whos a runner, and he's delivering it, it's more like 2 hours and they assure you after 30 minutes they're just a block away and will be there in 5 minutes, and 5 minutes when said from a dealer really means like 30 minutes to an hour. Unless you're picking it up from a spot they're already at, you're probably gonna be waiting a while.
We're all "complicit" in the meaning that we're human. Humans very often actively seek out recreational and medicinal substances. We're the reason why the substances are a hot commodity. But yes, I agree with you; zero tolerance against substance use is madness and causes too many problems in addition to the ones us humans already have.
It's almost 2019 and this is still one of the best videos on UA-cam.
2021 still just as good
@@waltwhitlockjr 2032 its still brilliant
@@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 2077 , can’t lie it’s gotten kinda played out at this point :/ it had a good run though
I agree. You can't end demand through criminalization, that has only increased demand and our prison population. The pipe dream is actually the idea that we can continue the war on drugs and that if we only keep doing more of the same that the result will somehow be different. Out of legalization the healthiest and least expensive route emerges through capitalism for both user and non user.
This video just made me want to watch breaking bad again.
The whole time they work for a Michoacán cartel it’s becomes known in better call Saul
This talk demonstrates admirably why drug addicts may have my sympathy but casual users have nothing but my contempt. There is no supply without demand.
Fascinating.
I love that he places responsibility on us.
A good TED talk makes you think.
It works today for prescription drugs through the pharmacy system. Make it only legal through pharmacies and through prescriptions, and you have the control mechanism for the selling within the US who can enforce standards on the suppliers just like Apple does with Foxconn on the phone you are using and the suppliers of the raw materials from Congo for example.
loved this - so insightful and has given me an entirely new perspective. thank you!!!!
Wow - Great overview and insight...
As a leader, this amazes me. As a father, this scares the hell out of me!
The drug war is a disaster but the only people you can blame for the violence in Mexico are the people/government of Mexico. Notice that the cartels don't engage in that kind of violence once they are north of the border because US law enforcement and citizenry won't put up with it. Human life is valued here.
There are cartels all over Texas and the united States, they do commit violence there also, no USA citizen or law enforcement can take out military trained killers
16:40 Complacency kills. I find it extremely odd when people indifferent to illegal drug use complain about politics. Change starts at home.
I have been waiting for someone, anyone, to address this issue. Thank you so much for at least getting a conversation starting!
I love how I can't reply, vote up, vote down, or do anything with anyone elses comments now.
if you switch to the Newest First option of comment display, it works now (although I can't comment about 12 hours ago)
Google plus is so worthlessly unfriendly to users.
LazyOtaku I'm fucking sick of Google's attempts to shove their crap down your throat. They keep detrimenting youtube.
And don't forget, I can't play the video again by just hitting the reply button. I have to refresh the entire page. Cunts.
Portugal and the Netherlands both have faired well with their policies. People act like you treat them, the (partial) legalization of softdrugs is often used as a clear example of this. Usage of partially legalized drugs in the NL is lower than in most other similar countries; treat people like adults and they will act more responsibily. Enforce rules, and you take on the responsibility for them. It should also be very clear that prohibition == monopolistic position for criminal organizations.
And the Syrian Civil War had killed at least 50-100,000 people by the time this video was made.
Excellent closing statements.
agreed
Give up in fighting a war you cannot win. Give drugs away for free and at the same time help those willing to quit, and soon enough the possibility of exploring space will be a reality. The more prohibitions you make, the poorer people will be. The more weapon you posses, the greater the chaos in your country. The more knowledge that is acquired, the stranger the world will become. The more laws that you make, the greater the number of criminals. If peace is your goal do not meddle in people personal lives, and the people become prosperous.
THE most interesting piece in drug trafficking that i have ever seen. Great content and fantastic delivery.
The problem isn't the cartels or the drugs. That is just supply meeting demand in a prohibition market.
The problem is we live in a world that is for so many is such a dark horrible place.
People prefer to get out of it (in the chemical induced euphoria of the drug affected mind) rather than into it. To aspire to get high off life itself. To face the challenge of achieving that even in a comfortable place takes superhuman courage. In an empoverished place that would seem almost impossible.
Lastly drugs like this have been around the world since the expansion of the british empire. The original world wide drug cartel. And its indigenous variants as long as human history. Therefore prohibition is utterly doomed to failure.
Decriminalization isn't by any means a perfect solution but its likely the best one right here right now. How that might be implemented world wide by concensus is key to making a positive difference
Rare REAL insight into the organisation of the largest drug and thus sophisticated drug distribution networks in the world.
Excellent Ted Talk. Isn't it interesting what we can learn if we listen to how it actually is rather than our propagandists dictates on what is desirable for us to believe.
I think you just answered the question yourself as to how the US could legalize harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin; through extreme regulation and under the supervision of a doctor. Besides, my point was that there are drugs which are much more severe than cocaine and heroin and the current government solution isn't to ban them, but to regulate and ensure they are available via presecription only.
This is probably one of the most informative TED talks there is.
This is so brilliant. I hope it goes super viral.
What happened to the Juarez cartel? I was born and raised in El, Paso TX and i remember what it was like when the city of Juarez was at peace. Then all of a sudden in 2006, that was when it all started. Bodies being found, shootouts with authorities, car explosions, bodies being dismembered and scattered throughout the city of Juarez. At the mean time El, Paso is the safiest city in the United States. It's been known that the cartels are in El, Paso everyday and never fight here, and its not like the port of entry near Phoenix or San Diego were you need to drive some minutes to get there, this is share a cigerette or play a game of catch with some one in Mexico and never leave the United States. You would expect the fighting to spell over into its sister city, but the cartels are smarter than that. They know were the moneys at, and where they want to spend there money.
I could listen to this guy talk for hours. Very good lecturer.
Very interesting, thank you having shared this expertise !
Brilliant TED talk on drug problem and why the war on drugs has to end from Rodrigo Canales. I am digging his accent, too.
Just another interesting addition to the mans speach. The professionalism of the cartels extends to the point of them hiring military experts from many sources including from europe and the us. These Hired men come from quite interesting backgrounds, mainly ex military mercenary types of outfits.
"chu need people like me so chu can point your f*cking fingers and say 'That's the bad guy!!" - Tony Montana
SERIOUSLY, am I the only one who noticed that Knights Templar uses the freakin COMIC SANS?
+Dags Eris It allows them to better get their message around, comic sans gets a lot of bad press from the internet but truth be told, is the most readable font in existence, especially for people with reading disabilities.
this guy is a very good speaker
Doesn't this feel like it was taken straight out of a movie? Bravo, Professor Canales. And good job, TED.
Generally, when someone offers solutions to the prohibition of drugs, political opposition emerges. He is primarily focused on understanding the cartels, I completely understand why he would avoid offering his own solution. A solution must emerge from many voices, not just one guy.
brilliant talk from the person deeply understanding serious topic he is talking about. thank you, sir.
Compared to the others, it has a relatively low profit to weight ratio. They also face competition from Canadian, Domestic, and rerouted Medicinal marijuana, all of which tend to be of superior quality and lower cost to the investors because of less risk of crossing borders and lower transportation costs.
Anyone else notice those numbers don't add up at 3:00? 4804 + 3373 != 7528.
Same as what I saw in the business world.
Itll be because the Afganistan data is constantly updated, and he would of possibly collected it at different times so the numbers dont quite add up.
where can you get those dealers? Moved here 4 yeas ago, still don't know a single one.
It seems Dr. that all people are not equal in your book as well! You only counted American Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan of 4600 while hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghani men, women and children where killed indiscriminately !
Jawad Saadi do your research on mexico, before you speak, there's actually more dead bodies that were undiscovered are now being reported in mexico each day, the drug cartel are a powerhouse and they have international connections to other countries around the world.
No one said anything about freemasons. A cartel changed its name to the Knights Templar. He wasn't saying freemasons were apart of this.
That is a very well-informed presentation, with an excelent point at the end, and only one problem: he offers no solution to the problem.
Truly masterful delivery.
By buying/wanting the drugs, and normalizing their consumption in spite of its negative downsides, while voting for leaders that support policies that oppose them, we -are- complicit.
This talk is very good. And very informative indeed.
As a Mexican I can completely agree with the talk. However, It's kind of a pity that he didn't mention the news break of the thousands of illegal guns smuggled into Mexico by US authorities in partnership with the National Riffle Association.
I haven't seen such an incredible presentation in years! Very informative and well-used metaphors and examples. Thank you for your video, professor Canales.
I am not arguing that the cartels don't have a competitive advantage with the materials, but the demand is in the US and Europe, and just like there were plenty of suppliers of music, Apple makes $60 billion profit a year by creating a virtual centralized consolidation. Music wasn't centralized and still isn't, but access and consumption is almost exclusively controlled by Apple and it wasn't that way a decade ago.
It's not that easy to find a dealer that will have any good cheaply priced product to you in 30 min or less on a reliable basis. Many will claim they can but extremely small amounts can deliver. I mean they want to have lives too...so they don't always want to be "on call".
Easily the best TED Talk I've heard.
Are you comparing prescription drugs to cocaine and heroin? Seriously? The prescription drugs you get are extremely regulated and are used for their medicinal purposes. That's different than letting people be cocaine and heroin addicts.
Also, the idea that legalizing milder drugs results in the decrease of "hard" drug use is just a red herring. We're not talking about legalizing mild drugs, we're talking about legalizing cocaine and heroin.
The trouble with legalisation is that it's a blurred line between encouraging the use of harmful substances, and indirectly supporting of these murderers
we already "encourage the use of harmful substances" ie alcohol but i guess thats a acceptable substance
I understand this, but my question is: to what extent is America responsible for Mexico's drug war? And we're not just talking about weed here, we're talking about cocaine. I can't imagine how America would ever justify legalizing cocaine.
the fact that i travel there so often makes this so much more interesting to know
For the sake of reality-based information for the public, it would be good to know the actual production number, and if possible the consumption too, because when the standard news and official institutions present them it's very hard to believe that so many willing customers exist. If the rate of it is so high it ends up in higher mid and long term numbers of victims. If people are serious about solutions for the consequences of it, a world wide legalization strategy would be better over a local one, and the compromise to respect those that choose not use them, even after a rehab.
No he visto la plática aún, pero les voy a decir esto: Yo soy de México, por la violencia tuve q huir de México, para mi la guerra contra las drogas es una estupidez, hay q ver simplemente lo q pasó con la prohibición en Estados Unidos, un problema con una solución: legalización.
great talk. very solid presentation
Don't forget how profitable it has been for the private prison corporations too.
The history and analysis of the cartels in Mexico is excellent.
The conclusion is vague and muddled. We do not know what policy/s he has a problem with and what his proposed solution is - I found that frustrating. I would have preferred it if he left the ambiguity out altogether.
+Chip yard When the CIA and US military invaded Afghanistan in order to stop the Taliban from producing and distributing opium, Mexican cartels suddenly began producing insane amounts of opium. At the same time, a new political party that is more US and CIA-friendly took office. It's hard to connect the dots because of how clandestine the whole thing is and because of how many parties are involved in the whole thing. But I think there was definitely a connection there.
Great video that raises awareness and dispels false impressions and limited awareness without making the usual attempt to campaign for legalization of drugs. It's on the US border and affects the US regardless of the limited exposure within the American Public.
Great speech! A true contrast to most of the comments here. Ted should start cleaning the comment section more thoroughly.
Great video! Good work! The photo of Nazario Moreno is incorrect. The information has been shared with us by the thousands of reporters who have died covering stories in the corrupt country of Mexico. Perhaps one of the reporters who is more on point at this moment is Anabel Hernandez.
What? So, it's America's fault that the cartels have damn near taken over Mexico?
And as for the economic benefits of legalizing drugs, I haven't seen any evidence that doing so would help revitalize the American economy. And my suspicion is that whatever economic benefits we would gain would be offset by lost productivity and the social costs of having drug addicts.
You mean it's not the common will of the people to maximize pleasure while minimize pain? We as the people haven't accept all of our own feelings, when we keep blaming the government for doing exactly what we want, throughout "The Century of the Self".
He was just presenting his findings and analysis. You can't expect him to come up with government policies.
A very effective presentation at communicating what stubborn governments and people have not been willing to accept.
Actually New Zealand has also legalized, but Holland was the first. Usage amounts are acceptable, anything in excess is not. The War on Drugs is based on the outright prohibition of Class A and 'restricted medical use' Class B drugs. The criminalization of usage is what has created an artificial price point attractive for businesses to invest in (tax free might I add).
Did this talk take place in Chicago?
It's why I identify myself with the Hulk mythology, so that I can relinquish my own fear of anger, by allowing myself to feel more than what's behind my unresolved past feelings. And make meanings of my own frustration, despair, anxiety, and grief. Also, my holistic emotional healing group with an intimate sharing process of our difficult feelings helps a long way.Which has nothing to do with the supply of narcotics, but it dramatically reduces the demand for numbness/high.
This guy is 1000000000000 times smarter that the all our government, like he says we ain't gonna win this war with more violence we need a plan to take down these organized cartels. I think this is not only a Mexican problem because is spreading a lot faster than we think and before we realize it is gonna be at our doorsteps.
The world will come to understand sooner or later that the only logical and sustainable option is to legalize and regulate every substance. That does not mean that everything should be "liberated", though. We simply need to instate a proper system with which we can regulate psychoactive compounds. The current model is flawed, and "halfway legalization" will still leave us with many of the existing drug crime problems. To create a tolerable solution is to accept that perfectionism is worse.
Actually, yes, it is the fault of the US government policies and the Monroe Doctrine mindset that "the Americas are our to do with as we please." Being busy doing jobs that don't produce goods that can be exported would count as how with regards to production output of the country?
Im doing my Senior Presentation on this & it's been coming along quite well if I might add
Either legalize drugs globally, or continue to promote the profitability of it. I think there's a strong case to be made for keeping it illegal just simply to encourage the economic bonus it provides. There are huge numbers of jobs on both sides of the drug war, and they would be lost if we legalized drugs. The only downside is the horrific loss of life. And as long as we don't mind giant piles of dead bodies, and apparently we don't, there's never going to be public support for legalization.
Yes, it is. Simply due to the fact that the Mexican cartels are supplying high yield narcotics into the US, and not bootlegged alcohols. That made your "alcohol smuggling" analogy a moot point because unlike alcohols, the US can't grow the same narcotics north of the US/Mexico border, due to geological incompatibility on the nature of the raw materials. That's very different from "illegal manufacturing" of alcohols due to government prohibition.
Rodrigo Canales has big brass balls for making this video.
Excellent ted talk.
Comparing civil casualties of Mexico with soldiers death in Iraq? What about the 100,000+ death of civils in Iraq? what about the 30,000+ killed in Afghanistan?
You haven't got them breaking in because the profit margin isn't there to justify the illegal activity. Just like water takes the path of least resistance, the same goes for the market forces when it comes to supply and demand. The 'criminalization' puts an artificial price level that makes it very profitable for cartels but once legalized, the price would drop dramatically and granted the same people might be in the business, but the margins would not be as lucrative.
Very interesting indeed. Great angle!
He's probably not counting a lot of dead people in afghanistan and iraq... but both those sums together are ridiculous compared to the 17000 that have died "officially" each year in Venezuela due to "regular" crime... mostly petty theft, that has a 76% chance of ending with the victim being killed just because...
Interesting talk, but would love to have heard more analysis on what steps the US can do. He comes out against current policies, but only once mentions US drug prohibition as a possible cause. Should we legalize everything? How has Portugal fared with their legalizations? Are there other countries beyond Portugal that have tried this?
Underrated talk.
IF they transfer their business to legal routes then they would be no different from any other company out there. Legalizing would only make sure that we would be able to get tax moneys out of it and also have surveillance over their products.
I don't know where you get your 'facts' from regarding growing narcotics, but you seem to be focused on the supply side of the equation whereas I am talking about the control of the demand side of the equation. However, when it comes to supply side, if it were legal in the US, I am sure there would be plenty of agribusiness entrepreneurs who would grow very high yield locally within the US that could compete very well on price with the imported stuff.
Remarkable presentation.
disfruto los videos pero necesitaria que pudieran tener los subtitulos en castellano, muchas gracias
I want to travel to Mexico with Rodrigo.
How can you even enforce, regulate, and maintain a supply chain that's outgunned, outsell, and out maneuvered by your "illegitimate" competitors? It's equivalent of you walk up to them with nothing but a piece of paper and ink, while declaring that you're gonna take their business away using legal jargon. They have all the power and the business know-hows to run a better supply-line, all you've got is an inefficient, underpowered, and centralized paper government.