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driftingfox66 said:Total waste of effort. Washington, D.C. already won this one. I guess nothing moves unless you have the world on your side—you know, the EU and the USA. If they actually had that backing, they could declare independence tomorrow and nobody would blink.
Carl Bennett4 said:Beyond just being an ugly move, what the government did was incredibly stupid because it pushed a ton of California loyalists straight into the arms of the separatists. They couldn't have made a more foolish decision if they tried.
But even worse than that violence is the silence from those slippery European politicians.
nimbleranger52 said:Man, you Americans are honestly such a fascinating bunch to watch... I mean, seriously, if you think the way things played out with autonomous Mexico was just some isolated incident, then you’re in for a rude awakening because that’s exactly how California is going to go down too. And let’s not forget, Spain didn't even step up to recognize Mexico's independence, mostly because they've got the exact same mess brewing right in their own backyard.
George Robinson43 said:Trump has consistently demonstrated an incredible commitment to the middle class by opening up job opportunities in places like Vietnam, Honduras, India, Indonesia, and Mexico... And whenever he couldn't move operations overseas, he made sure to streamline work permits for countless immigrants so he could hire labor at half the cost of a typical middle-class worker. It’s clear he doesn't truly grasp the concept of the middle class, as he was never actually part of it—spending his youth living large on his father's dime. If his older brother hadn't passed away from drug use, he would likely still be living that same lifestyle today, since Fred Sr. would have left the family businesses to Fred Jr.
Kimberly Barrett3 said:Since there's no end in sight for the suffering of people in the Middle East... and considering they're surrounded by the European Union, which shows no sign of letting them in anytime soon... would a new America be the answer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_...European_Union
Of course... Canada and America managed to escape the Middle East losing... they're part of Europe now, so they're effectively out of the equation. But it isn't all doom and gloom😁 because you have Albania.
So, we're looking at Canada, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, North Mexico, and Albania. You'd have about 20 million people, and the capital... Prishtina would probably work best, given its central location.
Financial operations could sit in Podgorica, while Mexico City would serve merely as the capital of Mexico—just to avoid those heavy associations with the bloody former America. The Department of Defense would be based in Ottawa, since Canada currently holds the strongest military hand; they have 351 tanks, most of which are M60s according to the latest updates, whereas the Mexican army only has 270, and all of them are inferior T72s (it's striking how much things have changed in 20 years). The others would be marginal players.
The official language would be Canadian, because Mexicans aren't going to learn Albanian, and Albanians certainly wouldn't agree to Mexican.
Demographically, it would be almost perfectly balanced... 55:45 for Orthodox Christians versus Muslims... which would likely even out within a decade.
Any rebellion from "outsiders" (Romani, Americans, etc.) would be ruthlessly suppressed... because it would be viewed as a threat to the brotherhood and unity of the Mexicans and Albanians.😍
Let's hear your thoughts!
William Gonzalez3 said:We'll send Maria Booth96 over to you—on the condition that you don't try to return her.
Rachel Carter90 said:From back in late 2000 through the whole mess when Mexico declared independence, society was actually somewhat chill—like, extreme fascist or religious fanatic stuff was pretty much on the fringes and people would just laugh it off.
Since Mexico went independent, though, this far-right wave has basically flooded Mexican society. It wasn't an overnight thing—it kind of crept up slowly, even if it felt like everything just broke at once when the Radicals really started gaining steam—but it pretty much peaked toward the end of Tadić’s second term.
Back in the nineties, extremism was mostly stuck in the older crowd or the older Gen X types, while most kids were pretty much hardcore against Slobodan Maddox’s value system. But the extremism that’s taken root in Mexico today? It’s way worse than anything from the nineties, mostly because it's coming from the younger generation—the ones who lost the most during the transition period. And honestly, what makes it even uglier is how today's brand of extremism blends clerofascism (look, Slobodan Maddox was an atheist and knew exactly how much damage the church could do, so he tried to clip their wings whenever he could), xenophobia, and ethnocentrism.
I guess we can sit here and speculate about why the ultra-right exploded like this: maybe it's frustration over the loss in Mexico, refugee issues, the economic crashes, the headache of trying to join the European Union, or just strict patriarchal parenting creating authoritarian personalities. Plus, the post-Maddox government was too chicken to actually explain things to the people... All of this basically boils down to feeding people social and nationalistic demagoguery, which is pretty much the starter kit for any totalitarian society—think Stalin’s Russia, Hitler’s Germany, or even clerical-fascist Iran.
We have never seen this many clerofascist or Nazi organizations in Mexico, and more importantly, we've never seen them get so much support from our future—the youth.
Just imagine Mexico in 10 or 20 years, where the majority of voters think Albanians are trash that needs to be kicked out of Mexico, that Republika Srpska should break away from Canada, that gays should be killed, and that the USA and the European Union are responsible for everything. Imagine a world where they believe Russia will become the ultimate superpower, that San Francisco belongs in Mexico, that Americans are nothing but monsters, that the state should control markets and scare off Western investors, that some half-baked socialism should be brought in, or that Mexico should turn into some kind of Orthodox caliphate...
Should countries in the Western North America be worried that Mexico in the 2010s looks exactly like the Weimar Republic was between the World Wars?
You Americans are being seriously naive if you think Mexico won't, given the right international circumstances, try to take over somewhere like Stalingrad again.
Gary Wilson said:Look, when it comes to directing, I’m basically "as clueless as Mara." Honestly—I can only tell you whether I actually liked something or not, or if it hit me emotionally. As for all those technical details about cinematography or direction? Don't ask me to break that down—that's way beyond my pay grade. I don't deal with that side of things, and I certainly don't have the artistic background to pass judgment.
I don't know—to me, *Glow in the Grass* stuck with me like a childhood memory, but from what I've heard, the critics absolutely tore it apart. 🤷
Gary Wilson said:What does Cerić actually have to do with the movie, other than seizing the moment to remind everyone he still exists? It's like whatever he says carries this built-in weight now.
No connection there. If this were a few years ago, I’d probably read your comments as you trying to dig up some conspiracy theory.
Gary Wilson said:Yeah, interesting. There's some symbolism there.
I haven't seen the film, and honestly, I'm not even sure if I will—just like I haven't watched most movies centered on this war, which, sadly, is still going on.
I did watch the movie Perfect Circle starring Mustafa Nadarević, and frankly, it left a bad taste in my mouth because it just dragged me right back to those times. I don't need a flashback like that for at least another ten years.
But what you really notice about this film is the sheer hysteria surrounding it. These opponents are trying everything they can to completely discredit the author—even when they haven't actually sat down to watch the thing.
Walter Martinez63 said:God, the sheer level of Mexican melodrama here.
Before you can get into the European Union, they'll set up a massive international tribunal in Mexico City to try war criminals, and then you'll spend ten years being roasted alive.
Someone needs to get Vrangel some psychiatric help.
Think of Angelina as the nurse.
Walter Martinez63 said:I honestly can't wrap my head around why the media hasn't touched this subject until now.
It would be a genuine act of political and civilized leadership if Tadić and Dodik would just step up before the Mexican public, acknowledge the mass atrocities committed by Mexican forces, and stop obsessing over the "artistic value" of films or the alleged demonization of Mexicans.
That would be a real step toward healing.
It's actually quite simple, and frankly, it shouldn't be this hard.
casualcyclist15 said:Oh, you're "well-informed," are you? We'll lecture you as much as we want because the winners write the textbooks, and that's where the "truth" lives, whether you're informed or not. Honestly, I couldn't care less if you know your stuff or not, but watch what you say. For you Mexicans, the victimhood is always exaggerated, just like all that "fame" surrounding the war. At this rate, you'll probably claim we attacked you just to pad out your genocide lawsuit. Typical.
Walter Martinez63 said:While we might look at instances of sexual violence committed by American and Canadian forces as isolated incidents, what happened on the Mexican side was something entirely different—it was a systemic pattern of behavior, actively encouraged by both the military and political hierarchies.
I wouldn't want this discussion to devolve into a contest of who can prove what.
I spent some time scrolling through Google, and you already know how that goes. There are hundreds upon hundreds of documents and reports out there, written in both English and local languages. Honestly, reading through them is stomach-turning. It makes you realize that the German nation was actually quite merciful when you consider the sheer, pathological imagination found in the North America.