Thanks for the mention. I wasn’t aware of just about all of that. Talk about your obscure historical facts. They are interesting though. It is amazing the information you get on this site, background just jumps out at you if you read a lot.
What I do know is that today 60% of Mexicans have Spanish blood in them. 10% are considered White vs Hispanic. 1% are listed as other. Only 30% are native inhabitants.
Seems like the first order of business would be to reclaim Mexico for the native inhabitants. 70% should be forced out.
Then you consider the language. Over 92% speak Spanish.
This is a nation that needs to reclaim land from other nations? Why? It doesn’t even have it’s own populace sorted out. Revert to Amerindian language, and boot the Spanish blood people out. They’re European.
Once you’ve done that, come back and talk to me.
When you do I’ll explain how your tribes never occupied the Southwest United States.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3228404/posts?page=46#46
Doughty, as we are raised in the English-speaking, formerly Protestant Culture, these things are indeed obscure to us. However, el mundo latino, "Hispanic" Branch, is a whole 'nother mindset, an alternative universe. Might as well be Mars.
For example, we have had 1 Civil War. The Canadians have had none, (well, a minor insurrection or two). Mexico has had at least 20 major civil wars ... and I mean major major, and so has EVERY other Latin American Republic. For example, Mexico had a pretty fair infrastructure in the late 19th C and up to about 1910. Then they threw out the somewhat benevolent dictator Diaz and the resulting round of civil wars practically wiped it out, railroads, ports, powerplants, mines, schools, agriculture, everything. It all had to be rebuilt over the following decades.
Another major difference: The Spaniards married their Indians, or at least had families with them. We mostly killed ours off. They have rigid caste systems, ours are hopefully more flexible. They have racial discrimination, but it is completely different than ours (and until very lately, unspoken).
We tend to think of these countries as quaint, colorful little banana republics. But, Latin America is huge. Mexico is 3/4 the size of the lower 48. So is Argentina. Brazil is larger. The Central American "Banana" Republics are the size of our smaller states, but Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia, Chile, are Texas/California/Alaska size. Right now, today, Latinos are 1/3 of our population. Inevitably, this country will become the northernmost Latin American Country. If we were to stop all Latino immigration today, that would still be true.
And that is our problem ... or the grandkids'.