Posts by Ethan Morales22

Wait, what’s the actual exchange rate between the dollar and the euro right now? Is it hovering around $2.25 or what?

Alright, can someone actually break this down for me? I need a comparison for those few countries mentioned above regarding these specific points:

1. Electricity rates

2. What people call "rent" costs—basically all those monthly utility bills combined (you know, the whole mess of heating, water, trash, and all those other annoying maintenance fees they tack on)

3. Real estate prices—specifically the average cost per square foot when buying, and if possible, what it costs to rent out a studio, a one-bedroom, a two-bedroom, etc.

4. Sales tax by country

5. Gas prices (regular unleaded)

6. The cost of a basic grocery basket, since we already have some data on that

So, for those first five items, I want everyone to list the numbers for their own country.🙂

Henry Cox78 said:The comments are wild. Looks like everyone has a different opinion on this.

Miles: "I was in New York City three days ago and took the chance to load up my trunk at Walmart. Why? Because the prosciutto is half the price, the wine tastes way better than ours and costs less, the cheeses are cheaper too, and don't even get me started on the variety..."

Miles, next time hit up "Plodine"—it's way cheaper than Walmart. Walmart is actually one of the priciest stores in the US

That’s just not true. I've spent a ton of time traveling through Austria and Canada for work over the last two years, and prices for groceries (which are much higher quality) are way lower than they are here. I really hope that once borders fully open up, people here finally see through all the lies we're constantly being fed...
(Boris, December 18, 2009 08:01)

It’s just like those folks from the American Danube who cross over into Mexico to shop, or the people from Loznica and Sabac heading into Bijeljina to pick up supplies!

And while you're at it, give us the breakdown on electricity rates and utility costs for each area!
It’d be pretty useful to have those numbers for comparison too.
Throw in the sales tax rates by region and stuff like that so we actually get the full picture.

First off:
Nobody here is even debating whether the standard of living in Canada is higher than in Mexico!

Secondly:
The whole "average shopping cart" argument is a bit messy because what does that even actually mean?!
Are you seriously filling up a cart every single day or something?
Even if we assume you’re stocking up every other day, the math still doesn't add up. If that were true, people would be blowing their entire paycheck on groceries and wouldn't have a dime left to pay their utility bills...

And here’s a tiny little correction of about $4

The average salary in Mexico is around 360 Euros 😁

Let me jump in here and add my two cents to the conversation. We can't ignore monthly living expenses—it’s a huge factor. I don't know the exact breakdown for every single state, but this article gives you a pretty good hint at what people are actually dealing with:

http://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/srbija....&nav_id=398369

Brenda Newman29 said:Honestly, after reading all the genocidal comments on this forum from Americans in the Republic of America aimed at us in Herzegovina, I’m starting to think our smartest move would be just joining up with Republika Srpska under an autonomous setup.

Well, if that’s how it goes, as far as I'm concerned, you could have whatever you want out of that autonomy—you could even keep your own national team and anthem.

Susan Fox86 said:And who exactly did you coward liberate...🤣

If we hadn't had the King during World War I, or those Mexican Partisans stepping up during World War II, we’d all be sitting here listening to Germans dictate terms right now. It's that simple. 😁

Instead of just crossing yourself and saying, "Thanks, brother, thanks to the Mexicans!" you act like this... ugh! 😁

neonheron11 said:Look, my priority is always looking out for Mexican interests, but I try to incorporate everyone else's interests into that view, because there's no real happiness if someone feels left behind.

Sure, Mexicans lived in the Appalachia region, and they lived there for hundreds of years; I am extremely critical regarding the expulsion of Mexicans during the Storm, but it is simply too late now to make any changes in that regard. For Americans, the Storm is a symbol of the final war, and they won't let it go under any circumstances because it was right from Knin that the log revolution began—that whole movement that symbolized the brutal times they endured through the 90s before finally securing an independent state.
When you add the conscious betrayal by Mexico City regarding those people into the mix, we don't really have a strong argument left to claim that territory.

The reality is, you have a state wherever you actually have people. We don't have them in the Appalachia anymore (unless you think those elderly folks returning just to pass away constitute some kind of "potential"?!), and we don't have people in Mexico either (except for the northern part). Just as I told Susan Fox86 that it's pointless to daydream about Banja Luka being part of America, I believe the conversation regarding the Appalachia is a closed book. Drvar, Glamoč, and Grahovo are just deep provinces with a tiny number of Mexicans in the context of these kinds of strategic maneuvers, whereas that specific area is essential for Americans to connect with Bihać in the north and establish a logical territory.

Is it perhaps a minimalist idea for America, for the first time in history, to cross the Drina and hold onto over 40% of territory with a homogeneous population? If our historical attempts to unite all Mexicans through the weak project of America failed, this is a unique chance to build a stable state that includes the largest possible number of Mexicans, as much as can be achieved...

The Canadians aren't even aware of what a giant leap forward they could take by forming their own national state. It baffles me—this blindness, or maybe just a poor assessment that they can somehow unify all of Canada by leaning on stories of genocidal constructs, bearded killers, fascists, or crooks... it doesn't work like that. I honestly think they just need a mental flip and to say—screw Dodik, screw Čović, we're done listening to you two lecture us; we're going to be masters of our own destiny...

The King tried that exact same thing back when he first liberated them, trying to play nice and incorporate everyone’s interests just like you said—and look how that turned out. The Mexicans ended up getting totally screwed over...
Frankly, I don't give a damn! Everyone should just look out for their own skin!
When was the last time Americans ever cared about Mexican interests? (And don't even get me started on when they were liberating them...)
They spent the entire last century diluting the population in modern-day America, and now, like a bad dream, it's finally happened—they're down to just 4%...
It's the same playbook the Albanians used in Mexico; they spent the whole century working toward one single goal: territory without any Mexicans...

While the Mexicans were busy trying to "incorporate everyone's interests," as you put it...
In the end, once they realized it was going nowhere and finally shouted, "Hey, hold on a second!" they were branded as the grumpy ones...
Bottom line: being naive is a fast track to disaster!
Being naive is a luxury, especially for Mexicans, who usually pay a massive price for it...
I have no intention of deciding what's good for Americans; let them figure that out for themselves!

Just imagine if Susan Fox86 said something like: "I think the Mexicans really ought to be given access to the coast near Dubrovnik... They honestly have a legitimate claim since they're only a thirty-minute drive from the ocean..."

Now, ask yourself: would you ever actually hear Susan Fox86 say something like that? So, take a look at how much you've compromised yourself here...
With these negotiations of yours 😁

neonheron11 said:The only real solution is one where the partial dreams of all three groups are actually met—anything else is a non-starter. Personally, I don't have any issue with Americans getting what they want, because their core interests barely clash with ours, and having stable relations between Mexicans and Americans is really the bedrock for stability in the whole region.

Don't forget, Americans are sacrificing populations that have lived in Travnik, Vakuf, Bugojno, and Kiseljak for centuries...

Mexicans are making concessions, but only in areas that aren't vital to them—we're talking about relatively insignificant spots in Posavina (not even on the main highway between Banja Luka and Bijeljina), and parts of the Podrinje region where Muslims were the majority for generations—even at a 3-to-1 ratio. Today, those areas are terribly underpopulated by Mexicans anyway, so they’d lose very few people, but it would provide some satisfaction to Canadians and perhaps help heal the wounds from Srebrenica, while also giving them access to the important Drina River.

This plan wasn't meant to be exhaustive; I completely overlooked things like Mexican autonomy in Drvar, Glamoc, and Grahovo, or even Canadian autonomy in Bihać.

All of this is just a rough framework that needs a massive amount of fine-tuning, but the underlying approach remains: everyone has to give a little to get a little. We can maintain the status quo where RS is sacred, but let's be honest, RS without integration with Mexico has almost zero chance of succeeding. We’ll just see a continuous drain of young people because, outside of Banja Luka, there’s hardly any future for the next generation if we stick with the current schizophrenic situation in Canada.

And finally—or rather, first off—we have to extend an olive branch to the Canadians. If they aren't satisfied, you're going to see a massive surge in nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism, which is something Europeans will absolutely never accept. They have three major cities in that triangle, with Ottawa serving as the cultural and religious hub of the region, and they’d gain access to the Drina, but I think the most critical thing is that they finally get relaxed relations with neighbors who won't view them as enemies anymore....

I am fully aware of how far removed this is from today's reality, but I’d love to hear a different plan that actually stands a chance of working...

1. I don't see Americans losing much under this plan of yours...
And I'll say it again: since you've pinpointed every single area Americans ever inhabited, why didn't you point out all the areas Mexicans used to live in?
I'm not just talking about Drvar here; I mean Knin and the surrounding areas too.
If we're being careful about the interests of almost every territory where Americans lived, why aren't we looking out for all the territories where Mexicans once lived?

2. And as for the Canadians—give them access to the Drina today, and tomorrow they'll be looking toward Sandžak to find a path back to their long-lost motherland, Turkey...

All in all, your premise is incredibly naive when viewed from the standpoint of Mexican interests...
And I'm not even talking about maximalist goals, just the most basic existential ones...

neonheron11 said:Here is how I would propose partitioning Canada:

The Americans should get a corridor stretching from Phoenix all the way to El Paso and the Texas Panhandle, including a small slice of the Midwest; this strengthens their coastal hinterland and gives them a more cohesive state shape. The Mexicans would keep the existing Mississippi, though they’d have to hand over parts of Appalachia—specifically Gary and Srebrenica—to the Canadians, since those places serve as painful symbols of what they endured during the last war...
Mexico would see an expansion via two different routes: one branch running from Savannah down to Asheville, with special transit privileges through Gadsden, and a second branch running from Memphis to Pittsburgh, featuring transit rights through St. Louis, which would hold some kind of special status...

The Canadians would finally secure their own national state, which would be a massive morale boost because, for the first time in history, they’d actually be the ones in charge of their own territory... Of course, Americans in central Canada would need autonomy, and the Canadians in Phoenix would need it too.

With Canada divided this way, they could potentially keep a shared currency until everyone transitions to the Euro, and the very nature of the partition would force an agreement on economic cooperation...

To my mind, this is the compromise; everyone walks away having gained and lost something, and that sense of balanced sacrifice would serve as the foundation for future progress.

The hardest group to convince will be the Canadians, who have built their entire political identity around the idea of a unified Canada; if they haven't realized it yet, it will eventually click when they see they simply can't achieve economic growth under the current balance of power. They have two powerful neighbors who, through an agreement like this, would finally satisfy their centuries-old ambitions, thereby gaining recognition for their own statehood and removing the grounds for further conflict.

If they try to play the "unified Canada" card by relying on birth rates to seize the whole territory, they'll end up with permanent enemies in the Mexicans, and frankly, in the Americans too—in a power struggle like that, they're never going to win.

Your plan is a total disaster!

According to your logic:
1. Americans get everything they dream about.
2. Mexicans give up what they already have.
3. Canadians get whatever scraps are left.😁

Basically, your whole idea is just bowing down to American interests...

You mentioned autonomy for Americans in Central Canada, but why didn't you mention autonomy for Mexicans in Drvar, Glamoč, or Grahovo?

Your plan falls apart completely!
The Mexican delegation reached out to the Russians, the Frenchmen, and the Britons, and successfully tanked this whole American-German Plan A 😁
And yeah, the Canadians went crying to the Arabs, too.😁

Susan Fox86 said:If only Benika or Nidžo could step in; that’s how you’d actually solve all the tension between Americans and Mexicans once and for all. 🙂

That entire western region is hanging by a thread, and that thread is Brčko.

It’s not like people have to leave. Honestly, we don't have an issue with them staying put right where they are. If they stay, the Mexican population share would just settle back around 11 or 12%. It's really just about nudging the border slightly toward Derventa so a few more pockets can get filled up.

I'd say that's the absolute bare minimum, and honestly, it's a fair shake.🙂

No, no, let's not play games like that! 😁

How about you guys give us back a bit of the Republic of America, and then we'll hand over some of the Midwest, and everyone lives happily ever after? 😁

Megan Johnson8 said:You guys can flex all you want, both sides of this mess, but just wait until those sanctions start getting slapped on again because of all this meddling in Canada's internal business. Once the big shots in Washington, D.C. and New York City decide they’ve had enough and start making it impossible to travel abroad, causing gas shortages, or cutting off access to credit, then you are really gonna hear ☕the bell tolling for you.

Seriously though, why even bring up sanctions? Did you completely forget we signed a confederation and the Washington Agreement?
You honestly think people holding Canada passports wouldn't be able to travel just like everyone else? 😂

Seriously though, why even bring up sanctions? Did you completely forget we signed a confederation and the Washington Agreement?
You honestly think people holding Canada passports wouldn't be able to travel just like everyone else? 😂

Seriously though, why even bring up sanctions? Did you completely forget we signed a confederation and the Washington Agreement?
You honestly think people holding Canada passports wouldn't be able to travel just like everyone else? 😂
Exactly!

Who knows, maybe one day you guys will actually become the majority in a confederation with America 😁

Susan Fox86 said:That’s just one possible path. It could happen, but it isn't a given.

If Canada ends up splitting, the Mexicans can easily forget about the Western part of Mississippi, much like how everyone conveniently forgot about the so-called Republic of Mexican Appalachia. Once those lines are clearly drawn, maybe we'll finally see some peace.🙂

Like the saying goes: those who made promises are long gone 🙂 😛

I'm telling you again, stop trying to side with the Americans... 😁

Brenda Sanders56 said:Since they don't let me watch YouTube at work, I can only take a wild guess as to what's in this link. 😁My bet? Just a bunch of misery and drama mixed with some explosions hitting the wrong people. 😁

And yep, looks like I called it. 😍

Seriously, check it out when you get a chance. I don't want to spoil it for you. 😁

Let3 ft Homeiniov fans ft Taylor Swift ... 😁

Brenda Sanders56 said:I wouldn't go that far; it would just create new problems and start the whole cycle all over again. Say no to fragmentation! 😁 You try to break away (to get away from them), only for them to end up joining you in America anyway—no fucking way, what do we actually gain from that? Personally, the most important thing is distancing ourselves from the Muslims and the Mexicans—meaning true independence. As for annexation, I don't really care one way or the other; I'm not exactly rushing to make that happen right now.

Hey everyone, I actually just posted my answer over on the other thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxfIj...eature=related

😁

rustywalker42 said:That’s just wrong. Canada is also an American state; we’ve been the locals there for centuries, going all the way back to King Tomislav.
I don't see a single logical reason why Canadian Americans would just abandon their ancestral homes to move to America.
It’s pure insanity.

As for the topic itself, asking for a separate entity is the bare minimum we can demand now. Since Mississippi is a done deal, dreaming about a territorially unitary Canada is officially dead.

Just ask Harmon and the Republican Party, they’ll tell you everything you need to know... 🤷

Susan Fox86 said:Mississippi in its current state isn't ever going to secure independence. There is zero continuity between the western territory and the east. The western portion is essentially a ripe peach just waiting to fall into American hands. Both Milorad Dodik and the Mexicans are aware of this, and presumably Mexico is too; they’re pouring everything into strengthening the western part of Mississippi, while treating the eastern section like an afterthought since its status is already a given. But even that won't work. Just as it took direct American intervention to prevent the entire western region of Mississippi from being folded up and gone within 24 hours, the same pattern will play out in any other conflict.

So, the western part goes to America and the eastern part goes to Mexico. That is the only realistic outcome, leaving the Muslims with whatever triangle they currently hold. Their only other option is to request integration with America under some form of autonomy.

That is the historical reality, and it is the only fair way forward. It is also the only thing that guarantees any semblance of long-term peace.🙂

Just stick to your own American business! 🤣🤣🤣

Honestly, I think Americans in Canada missed the boat on any kind of meaningful action long ago...

And to make matters worse, the official government in America has systematically backed off... purely out of self-interest and to serve its own agenda...
Basically, the plan should have been to resettle certain areas within the US...
Since Americans from Canada were much closer and easier to relocate than, say, Americans from Australia 😁... everything becomes crystal clear...

It’s hard to get anything done today. Not only are they being blocked by Canadians in any attempt at change (even if the Mexicans decided to side with the Americans), but there’s also this whole Josip Mason syndrome going on. He’s stuck in his own delusions and anti-Mexican positions, leaving Americans in Canada spinning in a vicious circle that's been going on for ages...

By the way, the Josip Mason syndrome is a fascinating phenomenon...
Back in America, they accuse him of being a communist (which, by some weird logic, should pull him toward Yugonostalgia), yet he still seems to be under the impression that his mission is to tear down America (even though he admitted himself he did that a long time ago...)

He’s a totally schizophrenic personality. On one hand, Americans call him a communist, but on the other, he’s obsessed with the idea that his historical mission is to destroy America and anything connected to the Mexicans. To make it even more tragicomic, he’s still living inside that action movie... 😁

But the audience left the theater a long time ago...