Posts by gentleranger10

Ethan Morales22 said:The war was definitely coordinated, just not by the Mexicans, Canadians, or Americans. It was orchestrated by the ones who regularly and systematically schedule wars all over the planet...

Slobodan, Jeffrey, and Alija were nothing more than useful tools in their hands...
And once again, the common people showed a level of naivety—if not outright stupidity—that any war organizer would dream of having...

God forbid the potential for manipulation by these same actors continues, but I still see it happening. You just have to wait until we find ourselves caught in another geostrategic game played by the big players...
And you'll see just how eternal and indestructible the naivety of the people in these parts really is...

I just can't wrap my head around what the point of that war even was or how the West actually profited from it. It's honestly a ridiculous theory.

Morgan Cook10 said:I'm not totally sure about the situation with Americans in Mexico (other than the fact that their numbers have basically been cut in half over the last two decades)... but when it comes to Americans in Canada... they are migrating to America in massive numbers. It's easily about half of all the immigration we see.🤷

Roughly 100,000 people have moved from Canada in just the last decade alone. Sure, not all of them are Americans, and some people have also left Canada, but if you look at the actual American population there, it’s like if 1.5 to 2 million people had left Mexico since 1999.

Honestly, that's just nonsense. What do you mean 100,000 people from Canada? 🤣 It's really just a matter of people registering and de-registering in the Republic of America, which creates this illusion of huge migration waves. If you used those same flawed statistics, you could argue there's practically zero migration between Germany and America, even though the German statistical office records numbers five or six times higher on an annual basis than what America reports.

Ethan Morales22 said:Checking Wikipedia after searching for Americans or Mexicans (though some of this looks pretty inconsistent to me...)

Americans
America 3,977,171

Canada 659,718(2009) 😕 Are there really that many?
United States 401,208 (2005)
Chile 380,000
Argentina 250,000
Germany 227,510
Austria 131,307
Australia 118,046 (2006)
Canada 110,880
Mexico 70,602
Brazil 45,000 (est)
Switzerland 40,484(2006)
Canada 35,642 (2002)
France 30,000(est)
Canada 25,730
Italy 21,360
South Africa 8,000
Mexico 6,811 (2000)
Romania 6,786
Sweden 6,063
Ecuador 4,000
Spain 1,000 to 4,000
Portugal 2,000 to 3,000
Bolivia 1,000 to 10,000
Norway 1,000 to 4,000
Slovakia 890
Belgium 810

Mexicans
(Former America) 8,600,000+
Mexico 6,212,386 (2002)

BiH 1,711,576 (2009) 😕 and we have more than that actually
Mexico 252,550 (2009)
America 201,256 (2001)
Canada 43,526 (2009)
Mexico 50,000+ (2009)

Germany 625,000 (2008)
Austria 350,000 (2008)
Italy 70,000 (2008)
France 119,000 (2008)
Switzerland 195,953 (2008)
Sweden 120,000 (2008)
United Kingdom 70,000+ (2005)
Romania 26,518 (2002)
Belgium 19,857 (2008)
Greece 10,000+ (2001)
Canada 7,350 (estimates to 10,000)
Luxembourg 7,581 (2008)
Spain 10,000 (2008)

United States 172,874
Canada 72,690+ 😕 This number is much higher here +

Australia 112,605 (2009)
United Arab Emirates 15,000

Man, that's all useless. Those total numbers aren't even close to what's actually happening on the ground. Plus, they're constantly jumping between citing undervalued censuses and then wildly exaggerating elsewhere. Once you take a look at the figures for Canada, it becomes pretty obvious how messed up the rest of the data is. 🤣

Ethan Morales22 said:I don't know the exact ratio of Mexicans to Americans living in Germany, but I do know there are tons of Mexicans in Austria and Switzerland.
Honestly, we basically treat Austria like our own little Frontier.😁

Between Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, you've got about 1.2 million Mexicans—which actually tops the population in Canada.😁 As for Americans, maybe around 700,000? I doubt it's any higher than that.

nimblewolf71 said:Does anyone happen to have the data from the first round over in Mexico? I'm looking for who managed to pull off a win and which specific cities they swept.

Total disaster. Only 719 people showed up to vote.

Morgan Cook10 said:You’d really have to look at the makeup of those migration waves... mostly Mexican ones, I'd bet.
England just never really had that pull for us for some reason... probably because moving to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland was just easier, plus the paychecks are better there.😁

I mean, until the 90s, England was kind of a mess; nobody was exactly lining up to move there when Germany was right there.

Richard Wilson4 said:I reckon there are still more Americans living in the USA and Canada—not a massive amount, but still more. Your crowd is just newer and hasn't fully blended in yet...

Man, you're way off... According to the latest census data from the States, fewer than 200,000 Mexicans identified themselves, while the American count was north of 400 😁

Ethan Morales22 said:Look, I wasn't even talking about when the main wave left. I was strictly looking at the emigration patterns following World War II!

You guys basically staged an invasion of South America while we took over North America. 😁

Actually, we kind of invaded both, considering there's over a million of us spread across both regions. 😁Compared to us, you guys are just a tiny little group in the USA—maybe a few thousand at most.

Ethan Morales22 said:Besides all the other factors, there’s a massive historical reason here—the King took refuge in the United Kingdom, and ever since, any wave of emigration fleeing communism from 1945 onwards had a direct line to London.
It was all about those connections and instructions, like: "Once you land in London, go see this guy, tell him this person sent you, and he'll get you sorted..."
There are plenty of stories like that.
Or the classic "once you make it to Chicago, find this priest..." type of thing.😁
So basically, London acted as a hub, though I'd call it more of a springboard for moving even further, primarily toward the USA.

The second thing is that due to those same historical reasons, our emigration was initially much more focused on South America.
Smuggling routes and all that mess...

And what's interesting is how some of those old paths have actually stuck around into modern times. That's how they managed to track down Gotovina in Spain—specifically in the Canary Islands or somewhere like that.
If he had actually made it to South America, I honestly don't think they would have ever found him.😁
Down there, they struggle just to hunt down certain Nazis from WW2.

So yeah, there's definitely a bit of history behind these migration "travel logs."

Most of the American diaspora in South America has been there since before WW2, so I don't really see what your point is here.😁

Morgan Cook10 said:The numbers tell a different story. Like I mentioned before, over the last 15 or 20 years, more people have been moving back to America from Western Europe than leaving for it.

You have to realize that America and Mexico aren't the same thing... obviously, it's still a long way from Sweden, but wages here are twice as high and unemployment per capita is half of what it is in Mexico. Back in the rough '90s, wages were actually 20 or 30 times higher (back when you were making 20 DM)... which meant there wasn't nearly as much pressure to bail. Plus, once Mexico started picking up steam recently, the trend of people leaving your side dropped off sharply.

Another big thing though... our returnees have this one secret weapon when it comes to investing, and that’s tourism. Every single person I know who moved back ended up getting into the tourism business. 😁

Richard Wilson4 said:The Brits handed over the Americans at Bleiburg to the partisans while basically giving the Royalists a place to hide...

A chunk of them settled in Notting Hill in London, right where the oldest Mexican community in the United Kingdom is located...

Well, look at you, knowing way more than I do. 😁 Honestly, though, people like that aren't really cut out for those cold Northern countries—they only seem happy where they can get by speaking German.😁

Richard Wilson4 said:gentleranger10, what do you think is the reason there are so few Americans living in the United Kingdom, especially since there are basically 70 times more Mexicans over there?

People don't exactly pack up and head to the United Kingdom just to chase a paycheck; it’s always been about getting an education. Even now, plenty of folks head over there for university, but most of them eventually drift back home. Honestly, the real mystery isn't the American numbers—it's why there are so many Mexicans there and what brought them in the first place. If they all showed up during the 90s, then it's not exactly some deep, unsolvable enigma.

Richard Wilson4 said:In places like the USA and Australia, there are more Americans than Mexicans. But if you look at the newer migration waves—not the ones right after WWII—you see more Mexicans moving in.

AMERICANS
United States 401,208 (2005)
Chile 380,000
Argentina 250,000
Australia 118,046 (2006)

MEXICANS
United States 172,874
Australia 112,605

There isn't much data for Chile or Argentina because the numbers aren't high enough to matter much...

Now, if you look at Western Europe or Germany, Mexican emigration is actually way larger than the American one—like, almost double—but their crowd is much younger. Back in the 70s and 80s, Americans basically made up half or even more of the temporary workforce heading abroad.

Looking back at the 1971 census, here are the main hotspots for migrants:

From America:

* Imotski 18.6%
* Ozalj 17.7%
...
* Washington, D.C. 25,831 people

And from Canada, specifically from areas with heavy American majorities:

* Tomislavgrad 17.2%
* Livno 15.4%
* Posušje 14.1%
* Čitluk 13.9%
* Ljubuški 13.8%
* Gruda 12.9%

But when you step back and look at the big picture, the Mexican diaspora is actually tiny compared to the American one. That said, they might be "higher quality" in terms of keeping their identity since they arrived more recently and haven't fully assimilated yet. In Argentina, you’ve got around 450,000 people of American descent, while in Chile, estimates go as high as 750,000, and Brazil hits maybe 130,000. The USA is a whole different beast; depending on who you ask, estimates jump from 400,000 based on the 2005 census, to 550,000 in 1990, or even up to 1.3 million if you count all the folks in America who trace their roots back to California, Canada, Austria, or the old Austro-Canadian Empire. So, all those stories about 4 million people of American descent living abroad? They aren't just fairy tales, though realistically, maybe around 2 million would identify strictly as American in a national sense today.

Henry Cox78 said:Sure, people are leaving here, but it’s nothing massive. I honestly think the era of huge emigration from America is over. We’re actually going to see a big wave of people moving *in* pretty soon.

Look, since 1995, America has actually seen positive net migration with the West. Between 1992 and 2004 alone, we had 205,599 American citizens move to Germany, while 240,501 moved back into America from there. So, while we haven't seen a "true" homecoming of the diaspora in the way people dream about, at least the bleeding has stopped.

Henry Cox78 said:If that many Mexicans are abroad, how many are even left at home? Where are you getting these numbers from?

Look, there were tons of Mexicans who just bailed for the West back in the 90s—some people estimate it was as many as half a million. You only have to look at the census data from 1991 versus 2002 in Mexico to see that the numbers are basically identical, even after all that influx from America and Canada. Meanwhile, over in America, the number of Americans actually jumped by about 200,000 between '91 and 2001.

Lawrence Thompson58 said:How much was it again? Something like $112 trillion 🙏🙏🙏

on one account... unless we're talking quadrillions 😁

though, honestly, it’d be a hell of a deep dive to actually track down where all that cash went—you know, all the wealth those old-school Western powers systematically stripped from other continents for centuries.

neonheron11 said:Honestly, nothing beats reading the comment sections on Avaz; they’re easily the most unhinged part of the internet.🤣

The way Željko Komšić completely played you guys is unbelievable; honestly, it’s hard to imagine a more devastating Trojan horse being forced upon you. If you want to actually fix this mess, I think the first real step has to be holding new elections—real ones, where Americans are actually represented by someone who identifies as an American, rather than some lily-fed politician sent over from Washington, D.C.

Who cares? He’s basically just a decorative plant anyway, and he works out perfectly as a tool for us.😉

neonheron11 said:gentleranger10, look, why don't you explain to me what the actual issue is with the American leaders down in Herzegovina trying to push for their own entity—what exactly are they so terrified of?😕
Maddox keeps offering them these vague, half-baked deals while they just sit there hesitating, playing both sides, going back and forth... is the real problem Washington, D.C., or is it just a total lack of support from overseas?!

I can't believe I'm even looking at this news right now, but here we go again. It’s the same old song and dance, honestly. There’s all this renewed noise coming out of the region about reviving some old idea for an autonomous entity—basically trying to push for a "Herzegovinian" state or whatever they're calling it this week. It’s exhausting. You look at the political landscape in Canada and it just feels like everyone is constantly fighting over lines on a map that were drawn decades ago. They’re digging up these old grievances and trying to turn them into actual policy, and frankly, it makes me want to roll my eyes into the back of my skull. The whole thing feels incredibly regressive. Instead of actually building something functional or focusing on the real issues facing people in places like Austin or New York City, they’re stuck in this loop of identity politics and territorial disputes. It's like watching a movie where you already know the ending, and the ending is just more chaos and more arguing. Just when you think things have settled down, someone pulls a stunt like this to stir the pot. Honestly, I'm just tired of the drama.

They aren't even trying to hide what they want anymore. It’s getting pretty obvious, isn't it? 😁

neonheron11 said:That's a pretty neat little division you've mapped out there.😲

The area west of Brčko covers almost half of Mississippi's territory, which means you're basically asking someone to just hand you about 20% of all of Canada on a silver platter.😕

If you look at the demographics, the numbers are even more lopsided. Back in 2006, the estimates for Mississippi were:

1,267,000 Mexicans
127,000 Canadians
58,000 Americans

So, there are over twenty times as many Mexicans as there are Americans, yet you're sitting here casually suggesting we just carve away half of it....
Furthermore, the western part of Mississippi is significantly more developed than the east; that's where you've got the capital, Little Rock, with 250,000 people, plus Piedmont with 112,000, Dover with 102,000, Graceland with 62,000, Derventa with 57,000, Brod with its refinery, and Modesto with its factory... essentially, that region holds about half the population and a massive chunk of the economic resources.

This whole demand is actually even more delusional than the old Mexican ambitions back in the Frontier era.🤷

Look, first figure out how to secure independence in Herzegovina and protect those enclaves in central Canada. Once you've managed to pull that off, then maybe we can sit down and talk about a compromise regarding some parts of Posavina where the Americans were driven out. Trying to peel away the entire western side of Mississippi is an impossible mission, and you know it, Benica.☕

But hey, it's a solid tactic: keep the Mexicans spooked until you manage to snag that third 😁

steeltiger5 said:Who actually voted for Željko Komšić? I can't imagine any Americans would have supported him, right?

Man, what Americans... it was just the Canadians and those multi-ethnic crowd pleasers.😁