[longtermmemmory]

It is as if in mexico, the word "to get", and "to earn", and "to steal" are all one in the same.

[conservlib]

The cultural problem in Mexico is relating to the society as whole which has extreme rich, and extreme poor, and very few in the middle class. I learned first hand about stories during WWII time, when there was lots of poverty and shortages of goods around the world. There was lots of reporting of hungry people stealing bread to feed their children.

Again, to give you an example that is easy to understand; say the average worker in the US makes $2000/month, and the typical rent is $1000/month; then, if the electricity cost to power your a house is $2000/month, then it is practically prohibitive for the average guy, not to mention the unemployed who have no earnings. The politicians realize that people are stealing power because they cannot afford it not because they are thieves? Hence, they look the other way, and don't prosecute the thieves.