Is it any wonder socialism and communism would flourish in such an environment?
We are indeed fortunate in Anglo-America. A true aristocracy of wealth never developed here - so far. The British government encouraged mass immigration from all parts of the British isles and even encouraged and actively recruited immigrants from other parts of Europe to come here . This created a large middle class and historic opportunities for wealth for the common man. For some reason the British aristocrats never moved here in any great numbers.
Contrary circumstances in South and Central America resulted in the kind of mess that is now threatening the integrity of our own borders.
Perhaps we should consider an invasion of Mexico, removal of the ruling elites from power, redistribution of land and money there, and education of the masses as real solutions to our southern border problems.
The big problem with Mexico has always been the direct correlation between political power and wealth. The wealthy had political power because of their wealth, and were always willing to co-opt an efficient warlord into their midst, providing him with wealth through corruption, intermarriage, etc.
Another way of looking at this is that you never want the same people to control most of the money and most of the guns.
There is relatively little “churning” of those with wealth. The families with great wealth today are largely those who were wealthy 75 years ago. This is not true in the US, where the wealthiest people in the country had never been heard of 25 years earlier, or in some cases 10 years.
“Is it any wonder socialism and communism would flourish in such an environment?”
Mexico (and most Latin American countries) have never had true free-market capitalism, even the diluted version we have in the US. Their system is crony capitalism, a very different animal.