[TheGipperWasRight]

I’m sure if the southwest decided to secede, or join Mexico, they would get the same treatment the Confederacy did. /sarc

[Rebelbase]

Is it the cost of living that keeps New England lily white?

[BunnySlippers]

Livin’in LA my whole life. Yep.

[Theoria]

Demographics is destiny.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The map merely depicts the “Reconquista.”

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Then what the heck are all of them doing in Washington?

Shouldn't that be going back to the Russkies?

[omega4412]

But a century and a half later, communities have proved more durable than borders.

More like, the courage and determination and self-confidence of Anglos has not proved durable enough to hold the land and the culture. ("Anglos" broadly construed.) We need less moral relativism and more Manifest Destiny.

[txrefugee]

Wrong. Texas became a state in the USA in December 1845, before the Mexican-American War. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, with the USA paying Mexico $15,000,000, quite a generous chunk of change considering that the US won the war handily, thanks to military men such as Robert E. Lee and Zachary Scott.

Mexicans whine about the fact that they lost their territory, but when you lose a war and sign a treaty, and get paid millions besides, you have nothing to whine about. Of course, through the invasion of our country by their citizens they’ll reclaim much of this territory, while Uncle Sugar feeds them, educates them, and medicates them at no cost. Can any country this stupid last?

[House Atreides]

Wow, this map is certainly outdated...at least as far as the Sanctuary Peoples Democratic State of Maryland goes.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Hmmmm...that’s a tough one. Live under a government that is openly corrupt, disrespects its people’s civil rights, is actively in league with one or more of the cartels, and skims off all the profits form private enterprise for its own purposes - or become a part of Mexico. :)

[marron]

But a century and a half later, communities have proved more durable than borders.

Not exactly. A couple million immigrants per year (between legal and illegal) combined with a million abortions per year over 3 decades will give you a dramatic demographic shift.

[virgil283]

"...Mexico agreed to cede more than half its territory to the United States..."

It is a bit of a stretch to say Mexico gave up half of its territory when the area they gave up had no military, no police, no postal service, no court system.

What Mexico had was a claim on the land but did not occupy it beyond a few towns. Then as now, Mexico is about the goings on in Mexico City and not any thing else.

[central_va]

This is only half the story. It isn’t just Mexicans. Look at MD. If you put in Central America as ethnic origin the counties around DC would be very brown too.

[blam]

This Fascinating GIF Shows America's Foreign-Born Population Since 1850

[P.O.E.]

Wonder what it would look like if we turned off the freebies

[CedarDave]

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[Tammy8]

We have far more claim to all of Mexico than they do to the Southwest. We won the war, then outright bought part of the land from them.

Mexico has tons of natural resources, might be a good idea to just take over...