I was thinking about this recently. I stopped going into WalMart and grocery stores after covid. It was just depressing. I switched to buying everyday stuff online.
But in the last few months, more and more everyday items are chronically out of stock online.
And prices are rising again.
I spent a lot of time in Mexico from the mid ‘70s through the late ‘90s and one thing that stuck with me was all of the empty shelves in the little mercados. It was an eye opener to a young Estadounidenso. I saw the rampant inflation and the introduction of the “nuevo peso”.
I met a man in Sinaloa back in the mid ‘80s who was making adobe by hand to earn the equivalent of about $4/week. He was 70 years old.
Indigenous children were selling gum, alone in the streets.
Now, on an almost daily basis, someone will knock on my door, looking for work, any work, just to make a few dollars.
We all know why, but talking about it here is against the rules.
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In the mountains of southeastern Sinaloa in the mid '80s.
