Russia had some historical “infrastructure” going for it, which the Soviets were able to cannibalize. A very good case can be made that Mexico has never been a successful country. When a place was never “together,” its “falling apart” is not so dramatic.
That is true. The Tsar even had his own secret police...so the change wasn’t so drastic...one tyranny for another.
Although, “I don’t think that Nickolas was a very bad man...just a very bad tsar” (quote from Dr. Zhivago)
I continue to propose that the ‘Rats should take over Mexico and there create a Utopia such that we all want to move there.
To my mind, Mexico is the example of the “Last Colony” on earth. Its less a nation than it is a Colony, or “Colonia” adminstered by an Oligarchy of wealthy Spaniards. I’ve visited Mexico many times and in trying to learn about it, I’ve found studying it to be like peeling back the layers of an Onion. At the core is a cabal of about 100 families who own, operate and control all of everything worth controling in Mexico. Banking, Oil & Gas Industry, Silver mining, Ranching and Farming, etc.
It is truly fascinating.