Review: Narco Cultura

Trying to draw parallel between the Mexicans who left and the ones who are still there is almost unsettling. While the former sings about the struggles back home, the latter is stuck living it. Day in, day out, the danger of it being their last is very real. As someone who's never lived in (much) fear, the movie opens up my mind to how it is in this day and age, guns and bullets are real. Of course, there are wars and more recently, the terrorist attack in Indonesia but that is something unaccounted for.

Narco culture, on the other hand, is growing in popularity. What makes it sort is how the younger generation are idolizing it, making it easier for drug cartels to justify and perhaps, glorify the drug business. In stark contrast, nobody would (knowingly, conscientiously) praise the terrorist attack. Even to the extent of singing praises. Wait, I take that back. There are people believe in killing a bunch of (innocent) people in order to prove a point. But, at least this is done in a less mainstream method. It will be a sad day if we could hear terrorists' songs being played in sold-out concerts to an over eager crowd.

On one hand, you have the people who are living the nightmare. On the other, there is this entire culture devoted to almost worshiping the very same thing that is killing their fellow comrades. After the screening of the movie, the organizer spoke about how the signing of the TPPA may lead Malaysia down the same path. Small time farmers and businesses may find themselves unable to compete in the global market and eventually end up in the drug business.

It all sounds too far fetched by my imagination but then again, would I know better?