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| quote: | Originally posted by metalgearsolid
Canada will fail.
I love canada. I just don't like the fact that they have America as their neighbor. Thankfully though they weren't fucked over like Mexico and other nations in Latin America. You think it's because they are not white? |
A) I disagree with you completely.... Canada will not fail. Given our vast resource wealth in a world that is increasingly in need of the very natural resources we have (oil, water, uranium, nickle, lumber, corn, grain, etc) we have a great base economy to work with. Add to that a strong technology infrastructure, educated work force, and favorable conditions for employers and we are well positioned for moving forward in the "new economy". The political/regional clevages that are widely talked about are over-blown and not really of much concern. I would suggest the US has a far greater likelihood of becoming a failed state then Canada does (especially since nearly all the conditions that lead to their first civil war are once again present plus one big new one... religious intolerance).
B) I don't think that being "white" has anything to do with it. It's not a colour of skin thing; rather, it's a shared culture thing. Not only does Canada and the US share a common British cultural base, language, economic system, etc. but Canada was largely created by those British Colonists that wished to stay loyal to the crown following the revolution. These people had social and economic networks well in place when they left the US that were simply tranposed to Canada. The end result is that the social, cultural, and economic systems of both countries were from the start, and remain today, interconnected and largely interdependent. This differs greatly from Mexico, which has no shared culture, language, and history of economic intergration. It only makes sense... you do buisness with those whom it's easiest and most comfortable to do buisness with... for the US that's Canada not Mexico. It has nothing to do with race (which is really a misnomer because Mexicans are largely caucasian with a slightly deeper pigment) and everything to do with shared heritage.
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| quote: | Originally posted by RickyM
you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about. |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down 
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