Well, now here’s an interesting question - what would happen - if the United States
of America - hypothetically speaking - *joined* with its Southern neighbours - Mexico.
/There’s going to be a lot to unpack in this video./
I think I can do it.
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The United States of America, a country that declared its independence on July 4th, 1776
- has had an interesting historical relationship with its Southern neighbours for quite a number
of years.
242 years to be precise.
Modern Mexico - which was founded on September 16, 1810 - and has an estimated population
of over 120 million people, is a country with a rich tapestry of ancient cultural history
- some of which dates back to about 8’000 BC.
Mexico is identified as one of the seven cradles of civilization - and was home to many ancient
societies - such as the Maya, the Aztec and the Olmec.
So… what would happen, if things got a little weird - and somehow, America /joined/ Mexico?
Now, I know - with the current state of geopolitics - this happening would be borderline impossible.
But we can always imagine, *right?*
And who knows - maybe it’s even already happened in some alternate reality.
/Probably/.
So first up, what would the Mexican-American flag look like?
We’re all familiar with the iconic star spangled banner, 50 stars and 13 stripes,
but under a Mexican governance - what would have changed?
The national colours of Mexico are green, white and red - not at all a far cry from
the USA’s red white and blue - and to be honest, they’d switch pretty seamlessly
into the U.S flag - just, you know, change the blue for green.
But, I don’t know - that’s pretty boring, so let's switch it up a bit.
You know what both national flags kind of have in common?
/Eagles/.
The Mexican flag features an image derived from an Aztec legend, where their gods told
them to build a city - when they saw an eagle eating a serpent - which is now, Mexico City.
And, well - the U.S.A absolutely loves eagles.
They’ve got it stamped on everything.
Who wouldn’t want to see a Mexican-American Double Eagle Flag?
That’d be amazing.
They’d be facing off - one bald eagle with its talons outstretched - and one golden eagle
with a serpent in its mouth.
Now that’s a flag.
Coming in with our second point - we /have/ to talk about the FBI.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded on July 26, 1908 - and is the USA’s primary
federal law enforcement agency.
Since its creation, the FBI has been incredibly effective at taking down major criminal organisations
on America’s *own* turf - in the 1930’s it was the likes of John Dillinger and Baby
Face Nelson - gunslingers who rampaged their way across the country.
In the 60’s and 80’s it was John Gotti and Joe Pistone - with help from the RICO
act - the FBI’s most ambitious project to date.
And - well - if we put Mexico together with America, there’s kind of the Mexican War
on Drugs - which is a /pretty big deal/.
The FBI’s annual budget request in 2018 was an insane 8.77 *billion* dollars.
That’s a lot of money to fight crime in the 4th largest country on Earth.
BUT - compared to that, the Mexican government have *already* spent an estimated 54 billion
dollars - since 2007, and things continue to rage on.
If the FBI had to take on the absolutely mammoth task of combating the war on drugs, on it’s
own soil - then things would get /pretty/ bad, pretty fast.
It’s budget would more than likely be wiped out - leaving scarce resources left to combat
even further levels of crime back in the 50 states.
Tying in with our next point - which is the hot topic of /Texas/.
Now, the story of Texas is incredibly rich with intriguing moments in its history.
The Texas Revolution, which happened between 1835 and 1836, was a moment where Texas succeeded
in breaking with Mexico - establishing the republic of Texas, and eventually being annexed
by the United States.
And - well - since then, Texas has kind of done things it’s own way.
Since the 1990s, there have been major efforts by some Texan’s to promote secession from
the United States - which essentially means that they want to leave, and do things their
own way.
In June 2016, after the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU with Brexit - many Texan’s
took to social media with the same kind of idea, using the hashtag #Texit.
And - since we’re currently living in this hypothetical world, that’s probably what
would happen if America joined Mexico.
Now, the White House has strongly opposed the notion any time it crops up, with them
issuing several responses since 2012 that completely reject the idea.
But - for the sake of this video - hashtag #Texit would /definitely/ be a thing.
Even California’s trying to get in on it.
In 2016, after Donald Trump’s election, a fringe movement called Yes California, managed
to gather over half a million signatures on a petition to put a “Calexit” into action
and secede from the United States.
Jeez - everyone’s doing it.
But - as we’re tying this fun little rollercoaster up, we’ve got to turn things a little serious.
Both Mexico and the United States are built on /incredibly/ strong constitutions that
paved the way for their nations to step into the Modern World as free, decent, and innovative
societies.
These constitutions are the cornerstones of both the Mexican and American ways of life
- and are an important highlight of why something like this would just - /never/ - /happen/.
They’re even incredibly similar - and share a majority of key features.
A federalist system, a supreme court - separation of church and state.
We’ve got Tex Mex food and margaritas, and people in Mexico love Popeyes just as much
as people in Louisiana.
And that can -*only*- be a good thing.
That’s all we’ve got time for today guys, I hope you’ve enjoyed this strange little
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