Mexican Cartels have the moral high ground over the U.S. and I am safe living around them. You are too.

Mexican cartels are more moral and much safer to live around than the American government. You must first understand the cartels are a government and not a gang of thugs. They control the drug market in Mexico just like the DEA controls the drug markets in the U.S. Just as the DEA is not a "gang" neither are the cartels. Both governments are guilty of immoral acts but in a morality contest, the Americans embarrassingly lose.

(Continue reading then watch the eight-minute video I posted above. I discuss this article and buying and selling drugs in Mexico.)

Through propaganda, the U.S. government has purposely painted a bias and unfair picture of the cartels. The purpose of the propaganda is to scare Americans and make the world believe the cartels are responsible for the drug problems and violence in the United States.

When using the Non Aggression Principle as a morality gauge, we know it is not immoral to deal drugs, sell weapons or smuggle cash. We also know it is immoral to use force unless in self-defense. The cartels are not the only government guilty of gruesome beheadings during war-time. The U.S. military and American police forces have a reputation for torturing and murdering millions of humans around the globe.

It is immoral to punish others with force while committing the same acts. Evidence proves the U.S. government is guilty of this immoral and cruel hypocrisy. It is a known fact the American government smuggles and sells large quantities of drugs. One example is the infamous Iran/Contra affair. The scandal involved Ronald Reagan using his "cartels" (the DEA and CIA) to smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States. Reagan used the coke money to support the Contra rebels in Central America.

While the American drug lord was selling more powder than Tony Montana, he ordered the arrest and imprisonment of millions of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters for possessing the cocaine that he trafficked into their neighborhoods. During his violent and dark humanitarian crime spree, his wife launched a national campaign that taught American children how to avoid her husband's product by "just saying no."

In comparison, the Mexican cartel government does not arrest, cage or imprison their citizens for using drugs. I live in Mexico and we all feel one hundred percent safe using drugs. While there are over 50,000 S.W.A.T. style drug raids each year in the United States, Mexicans do not conduct house raids unless you are selling drugs. The cops will take a small fee if they catch you using drugs in public but you are free to do whatever you want in your own home. Since the cartels have the entire drug supply and sentence rogue drug dealers to harsh beatings or death, it is unnecessary to raid homes because no one is brave enough to cross that line.

Mexican authorities rarely make traffic stops and it's even more rare for them to search you auto. In comparison, thousands of Americans are arrested each month after being targeted for drug searches under the guise of committing a traffic violation.

Another reason cartels have been demonized is to scare Americans so they will stop vacationing in Mexico. The U.S. economy is struggling so instead of spending billions of vacation dollars in Mexico, their rulers want Americans to vacation in crime-ridden spots such as Florida, California, Arizona and Hawaii.

The reason Mexican cartels win in a morality contest is because unlike the American cartels, Mexican cartels allow their citizens to be free from the fear of being kidnapped and tortured in a cage for using drugs.

Forgive me if I sound like I hate Americans because I don't. I hate their government. I have nothing but love for my American brothers and sisters. I long for the day I can visit my country again but at the moment, I have warrants for my arrest.

If I offended you, please don't penalize me by forgetting to upvote and follow me. Even if this information hurt your feelings, I deserve your love because I had the balls to tell you the truth.

I promised to always keep it real with you and I can't unknow what I know. Upvote me and follow me please. I need your support.

After publishing edit: Upon reading my post, some commentors interpreted this article as me "admiring" the cartels. I don't "admire" the cartels because they use violence. I made that clear by explaining their immorality. I do like the cartels and prefer their way of governing compared to the rest of the world's governments. And I do respect them for protecting and not caging their own citizens.

About the author: Barry Cooper

"You may have seen him on the pages of Maxim, or during one of his many appearances on CNN, Fox News and Spike TV. He’s the cop who turned against the drug war. In American pop culture right now, there’s nobody quite like him. As one of the former top drug cops working the Texas highways, he was ferocious, bringing down hundreds of people for possessing even tiny amounts of an illegal substance.In his new life as an anti-prohibition crusader and activist filmmaker, he’s just as ferocious, but now it’s his former colleagues in law enforcement who are sweating his intimidating gaze…Cooper is on a mission to free America’s pot prisoners and take down the abusive cops he once sought to emulate. In the terminology of war, Barry is an insurgent, lobbing bombs into the fourth estate as his form of penance for all the people he put behind bars on drug offenses.” —True/Slant

Barry Cooper has received global attention by being reported in over 700 newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stones, High Times, a feature in Maxim Magazine and a front cover feature in Cannabis Culture Magazine and the Texas Observer. He has been a guest on numerous radio shows and every cable news channel including MSNBC Tucker Carlson, FOX Geraldo At Large, ABC I Caught, NBC Mike and Juliet Morning Show and NPR’s, This American Life. He has also appeared as drug and legal expert in five episodes of SPIKE TV’s reality show, MANSWERS. Barry recently starred with Woody Harrelson, 50 Cent, Eminem and Susan Sarandon in the anti drug war documentary, “How To Make Money Selling Drugs.” The movie features Barry freeing prisoners.

“Barry was even better than he says he was. He had a knack for finding drugs and made more arrests and more seizures than all of the other agents combined. He was probably the best narcotics officer in the state and maybe the country during his time with the task force.” –Tom Finley, Commander Permian Basin Drug Task Force