Could/should the USA incorporate Mexico?

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
The simple answer is, it’s too late for that. There was a window after the Mexican-American war that it could have worked. We opted for the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and paid Mexico some odd millions for the land we conquered. It was not stolen as some assert. With that cash, Mexico survived and rebuilt.

Since then our cultures moved antipodally. We advanced while corruption prevented their advancement. Now we are two societies spinning at dissimilar rates. If they were to merge, friction would be destructive. It’s sad really. Mexico is beautiful and rich in resources. The average patriotic citizen there is just like you and me. Or at least it was so 45 years ago when I lived there for a few years.

There’s no chance of a union now absent some unilateral collapse.

Yes, we should never have given it back after they surrendered to us in 1847. Had we not done so, we might likely own all of Central America by now, if not much of SA down through Colombia at least. Who knows, maybe Nicky would even be a US citizen? Imagine what "American ingenuity" could have accomplished with the rich resources of the rest of America?

I agree that the cultures have grown too far in different directions, but "owning" the territory of Mexico would not be an entirely bad thing for our country.

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