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Reddit mentions of Annexing Mexico: Solving the Border Problem Through Annexation and Assimilation
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> What would UK be looking to gain from Ireland, and vice versa?
One of the biggest hurdles for Brexit is figuring out how the Ireland/Northern Ireland border would function. It seems silly to dismiss the possibility of disputes between them when their shared border is one of their biggest foreign policy issues right now.
> And in the US/Mexico case, how would war benefit either side?
I don't think it would, but it is worth acknowledging that this book exists:
Annexing Mexico: Solving the Border Problem Through Annexation and Assimilation
...so others clearly disagree.
> If we are looking at this, strictly from an economic standpoint, it seems that the world has become extremely efficient at economic exploitation of labor and resources...
That is my point! They have too much to lose from war, so they find other means.
>...so much that the opposite might actually be more beneficial - governments might prop up bad governments, to allow continued access to cheap resources and labor, instead of trying to invade and take over those resources themselves.
It has happened!
"In the early 20th century, the American businessman Sam Zemurray...conspired with Manuel Bonilla, an ex-president of Honduras (1904–1907), and the American mercenary Gen. Lee Christmas, to overthrow the civil government of Honduras and install a military government friendly to foreign businessmen. "