tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post7241421129349173176..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Is America at Fault for the State of Mexico?MadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-29905526371291933442018-03-28T23:18:49.179-05:002018-03-28T23:18:49.179-05:00Whether there is open warfare or not is hardly the...Whether there is open warfare or not is hardly the point. I wouldn't want it to happen but then neither would I want to live in a USA that is a bigger version of Mexico. I doubt you really would either or you would be living there now. You may think that America is the big, bad empire dominated Mexico and just want to be more blatant about it, okay, but even if I agree with you, I wouldn't be okay with just 'getting on with it'. I don't want the USA to be an empire, I don't want it to dominate Mexico. So, again, there's really nothing to argue here. What you would be okay with, I am not okay with and that's just that.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-3672666778827444992018-03-28T00:58:46.941-05:002018-03-28T00:58:46.941-05:00We already have a one party state in my view. Both...We already have a one party state in my view. Both parties are consistent in their desire to increase the scope government, just on different ends. The pendulum might swing to one side momentarily or a 'democratic' compromise might be reached. The differences are immaterial.<br /><br />It is a Hegelian dialectic. The goal posts are positioned before the free kick is taken.<br /><br />There is nothing sincere about a politician. Without the opposition they wouldn't have a ball game. The entire thing is a charade.<br /><br />Either way, we are a long way off from a race war. Talking heads & politicians might like to fan the flames, but it is not happening. Yeah, there will always be some hateful nutters, fearful nutters, and we can probably add the 'altruistically' concerned nutters to both categories. Maybe I've been an expat for too long, but I just don't see a race war in the US - even with any amount of Mexicans.<br /><br />Anyways, if we are going to have a large monolithic state that plays at being a global reluctant empire, we might as well call a spade a spade and get on with it.V. Chemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761930178957626298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-19394827157245399472018-03-24T02:43:05.236-05:002018-03-24T02:43:05.236-05:00So you would agree with me then that NAFTA should ...So you would agree with me then that NAFTA should be abolished? I know of no ordinary Americans who think it is of any benefit and the Mexicans I have talked to seem to say the same thing. Write your politicians and tell them to help us end it!<br /><br />As for the crime, this is very true. As an example, more than half of the population of Laredo, Texas lives below the poverty line and yet there is a bank on every street corner. It's all drug money. I assume then you will also join me in supporting the building of a wall along the border to end this drug smuggling and money laundering (not to mention all of the guns that get sent into Mexico from the United States). Making the border an impassable barrier would be a huge blow to the drug cartels and a great benefit to law and order in Mexico. I am sure you will agree.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-16965263141949479342018-03-22T12:18:00.264-05:002018-03-22T12:18:00.264-05:00 Both countries are part of a free trade area. Are... Both countries are part of a free trade area. Are the Mexicans responsible for their own decisions? Hardly Mexicans can be responsible , when the decision centers (political and economic power) of that all area of commerce are located in the United States. Anyway, thanks to USA, Mexico industrial production equals that of Brazil, and its per capita income is greater than that of Argentina. <br />Regarding crime in mexico: 246 million people consume drugs in the world but Mexico does not produce drugs. Every year between 300 billion dollars and one million million dollars of criminal origin are laundered by banks throughout the world and half of those funds go through US banks. Are the Mexicans responsible?<br />Wetbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755192925158967728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-28180042654482284032018-03-10T15:57:04.006-06:002018-03-10T15:57:04.006-06:00That seems a bit contradictory. I suppose I could ...That seems a bit contradictory. I suppose I could agree that it would simplify things insofar as it would result in one-party rule and possibly a race war by driving home the point to the English-speaking population that they will never have any power or influence again unless they scrap the system and fight for it. I'd still prefer absolute separation to that. <br /><br />It is true that the US will be blamed in any event, I have come to accept that, which is why I've come around to being pretty much an isolationist. If we will be blamed regardless, I'd just as well be blamed and not lose thousands of lives and billions of dollars for it.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-53832695407328165012018-03-07T22:31:09.896-06:002018-03-07T22:31:09.896-06:00I don't think it is a good thing, nor do I bla...I don't think it is a good thing, nor do I blame the US for Mexico's situation. No matter what happens the US is going to be blamed for negative outcomes. In the case of a positive outcome, someone in DC might try to take credit for that as well. Economic and political powers are going to try to manipulate both sides regardless of the situation.<br /><br />Given all of that, annexation simplifies things tremendously. Certainly not my ideal, but I doubt that will ever be on the table.<br /><br />Don't sell your self short MM. Your writing has introduced me to perspectives I would have never considered before. You make a convincing case for your views and I am grateful for your efforts. Thank you.V. Chemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761930178957626298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-40889181624243722042018-03-07T12:13:35.716-06:002018-03-07T12:13:35.716-06:00You may well get your wish, though not in the same...You may well get your wish, though not in the same way but you are certainly not alone in saying that the state of Mexico is due to American meddling, you are not alone in wishing the two populations to be merged. It is already happening. U.S. lawmakers are openly refusing to recognize the border or differences in citizenship, the Mexican-American population is the fastest growing in America and has already surpassed African-Americans as the second largest racial or ethnic group in the country. If you think this is a good thing, I doubt I could convince you otherwise.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-57831725739942457832018-03-06T22:39:13.196-06:002018-03-06T22:39:13.196-06:00The neocolonialist drive fails again and again. Th...The neocolonialist drive fails again and again. The question of blame is unimportant for me in this context. It is too easy to blame the Mexican institutions for not being stronger or US interests for taking advantage.<br /><br />The founders of Mexico's cartels were rogue paratroopers trained by the US at "The School of The Americas". The training camp has a sordid history and the name pops up in connection to (mostly anticommunist) coups and torture incidents throughout Latin America. How much of that is legitimate and how much is simply the opposition's rhetoric is beyond me.<br /><br />For myself, I wonder if the whole issue would not be simpler the US stopped beating around the bush. If Mexico were annexed, Mexicans would not need visas. The US would be directly responsible for Mexico's stability and security. On the economic front, Mexico has state run petroleum concerns, cheap labor, and younger demographics. <br /><br />It is hardly a PC solution or one the anti-immigrant community can get behind, but it makes more sense than neocolonialism. At least people would know where things stand.V. Chemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761930178957626298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-36567041437335662502018-03-06T13:43:46.427-06:002018-03-06T13:43:46.427-06:00The question at issue, however, is not the rest of...The question at issue, however, is not the rest of the world but Mexico. Mexico is not a colony of the USA, obviously, as the Mexican government expelled the American businesses and made a law that they could not own land in Mexico. If Mexico is an American colony, America is obviously responsible for it but then Mexico must also submit to American rule. If Mexico is not a colony but is still being influenced in a negative way by the United States, the obvious answer is to sever all ties with Mexico, stop all trade and interaction, build the wall, return all Mexicans in America to Mexico and return all Americans in Mexico to the USA.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-7048243287048006172018-03-06T13:39:28.043-06:002018-03-06T13:39:28.043-06:00I don't think so but you are also not on to no...I don't think so but you are also not on to nothing. When Napoleon III was under pressure to pull out (and this came before the U.S. got involved) from a war weary public and the economic strain, he did try to basically 'pass the buck' to Austria by encouraging them to send more troops and basically take over for the French in keeping the Mexican Empire alive.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-3392834374364600172018-03-06T13:37:33.263-06:002018-03-06T13:37:33.263-06:00Take into account, certainly but if, for example, ...Take into account, certainly but if, for example, simply sending an envoy to Mexico was harmful to them and yet they were themselves unable or unwilling to expel him, the only solution would be to have no contact at all with Mexico which, based on the wall controversy, would seem to upset Mexico more than anyone.<br /><br />For the choice of Maximilian, some say it was the Archbishop of Mexico who proposed him, but I have heard others as well. It has been pointed out that there was some degree of legitimacy in choosing a Habsburg but, at the same time, the Spanish were still so unpopular in Mexico that Maximilian had to drop his first name (Ferdinand) because of its association with Spain.<br /><br />I don't think there were any pretenders then, at least not of any significance whatsoever. These things were taken more seriously then and would have been a major problem for international relations if this was so. For a Habsburg to maintain a claim to the Spanish empire would have meant breaking their word on the treaty ending the War of Spanish Succession.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-70675644378457001682018-03-06T06:30:20.301-06:002018-03-06T06:30:20.301-06:00It is not a question of blame you, but the America...It is not a question of blame you, but the American Empire can not say what happens in my colonies is not my bussiness. If United States has always aspired to control the natural resources of weaker countries, obtaining advantages of incalculable value sowing wars and calamities around the world, this is something that Mexico can hardly be accused of. Wetbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755192925158967728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-82233147072073818402018-03-05T21:37:19.876-06:002018-03-05T21:37:19.876-06:00Was the selection of Maximilian a French ploy to e...Was the selection of Maximilian a French ploy to encumber Austria with an unstable Mexico and the Monroe doctrine?<br />V. Chemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761930178957626298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-90335581202818452422018-03-05T19:49:41.926-06:002018-03-05T19:49:41.926-06:00Great article, MM. I’d say I’d fall into the Ameri...Great article, MM. I’d say I’d fall into the America first crowd, but our history in Mexican affairs is something we need to take into account.<br /><br />A bit off topic concerning the Second Mexican Empire, but was the reason why a Hapsburg was chosen was because of the dynasty’s past hold of the Spanish Empire? Mexico was the crown jewel of Spain’s New World holdings. <br /><br />I was going through a Wikipedia list of claimants to thrones, and according to the list, Carlo of House Poletti-Galimberti has a claim on the Kingdom of Spain. Seeing as though the Hapsburgs were long gone from ruling Spain in the 1860s, were there then, as their is today, Habsburg pretenders to Spain, or at least, to Mexico? <br /><br />I apologize if the question is a bit hard to answer. Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788514289362246761noreply@blogger.com