The Mexican author and political scientist talks drugs, racism and masculinity with Graeme Green
Does studying politics turn you into an optimist or a pessimist?
You can’t be permanently pessimistic or permanently optimistic. Sometimes you find people who’ve had really tough lives but they’re not complaining all the time. They just go ahead and do their thing and think life is worth living and that certain causes are worth fighting for. When you do that, you become moderately optimistic.
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