Mark MacLeod warns against complacency around the 2024 U.S. election, citing recent threats and a Narcos anecdote about how a cartel allegedly used software to manipulate Mexico's 1988 election results. He hopes for a smooth process but says nothing should be taken for granted.
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Yeah, I don't, I don't think you can take anything for granted this election we've had, you know, attempted shootings we've had. So true. You know so it's, it's just interesting to see all of this in 2024. I'm a huge appreciator of, of the series Narcos on Netflix season two of the Mexico version. You'll see the 1988 election was, was taken, you know, according to the the show by the cartel. They had a piece of software which was to predict the election results and the key piece was early in the day they were showing who was winning and it would have basically mimicked the rest of the day and they were able to influence those early poll results. It kind of changed the outcome of the election. So look at that as a long time ago and a different lifetime ago and I'm looking at what's ahead of for us and hopefully everything plays out smooth and there's no complications but we'll see.