Since the Aztec FLOWER WARS, Mexicans have institutionalized paradoxes; the height of their paradoxical institutionalization is MAGIC REALISM. The institutionalization of paradox, Magic Realism, is deeply ingrained in Mexican culture and Mexicans, beginning with the faux wars of the Aztecs, THE FLOWER WARS. The Aztecs were so caught up in the Magic Realism of war, they turned war itself into a ritualistic pageant, a Flower War, a production rather than a war. Thus they became easy pickings when the conquistadors  from Extremadura showed up, under Cortes, to wage un-magic war, a truly realistic war. Only a society inculcated with the institutionalization of paradox would open a Museum dedicated to Corruption, honoring the spoils of a corrupt Mexico City Chief of Police( the Museum was housed in his sumptuous home). Only a society which has institutionalized  paradox would loathe the conqueror , Cortes, yet be slavishly devoted to the language of conquest, the Spanish o...