The economic size is not very diffrent , the level of socialism is not very diffrent , yet while Denmark is busy proveing that socialism can work, Mexico is busy proveing it can fail.
I notice that Denmark is a center of trade and a broker of trade , this took centuries to develop , centuries of capitolism. Mexico has been socialist far longer than Denmark but hasn't really made a success of Denmarks sort of it. Could it be that a legacy of Capitolism can allow a socialist program to coast for a long time ? Perhaps Denmark will not run out of steam for a generation or two , but why can Mexico get up no steam?
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Mexico is in NO WAY socialist. The government owns and operates the oil business, Pemex, and there are some government-operated stores, called Conasupo, that sell a market basket of basic foods, such as beans, tortilla flour and tomato sauce to poor Mexicans (or anyone else with money) while supplies last, mostly in the larger cities. Ferrocarriles Naciones, the national railroad network, is run, rather poorly by the government, and generally costs about the same in intracity fares as second class bus lines, which are privately owned. The government owns a portion of Mexicana, the national airline, which is about as good and as cheap as private airlines, unless one is an employee and gets a discount.There are price controls on pharmaceuticals, and government workers are covered by a national group of IMSS hospitals. That is the extent of Socialism in Mexico. Oh yes, poor people can sell lottery tickets in the street if they know someone in the Loteria that will vouch for them.
The Partido de Acci?n Nacional, PAN is a rightist Christian Democrat affiliated party, and has made no moves to increase the number of government services since it has been in power.
For most Mexicans, Mexico is far less Socialist than the US. All Americans, not just government workers, have a right to Social Security. Whoever told you Mexico is Socialist knows very, very little about Mexico.
Danes are quite intolerent of corruption, and there is very little of it in Denmark. Mexico is generally rated as among the world's most corrupt nations.