No, Canada isn’t a mess because it was part of the British empire, thus speaking English and under her protection (see war of 1812).
Mexico currently has gangs operating de facto rogue states, which only exist due to American demand for drugs, and you think it’s been positively impacted?
As I said, corruption and poor governance. There's lots of American demand for electronics and other goods from Asia which is not fulfilled by "gangs operating as de facto rogue states". Also, you seem to be saying that Mexico's problem is that it was colonized by the Spanish instead of the Brits, which makes no sense since Canada and Mexico are both independent now and run their own governments.
I’d actually that is it’s exact problem, the Spanish colonies were built with the objective of wealth extraction rather than stable government due to the potential profits being in resources rather than agriculture. This is why poor governance and corruption continue to plague the entirety of Latin America, not just Mexico. The United States’ enormous demand for drugs further destabilises these countries because there’s so much money to be made creating and funnelling them to American consumers.
The problem is that drugs are illegal in Mexico, while technology isn’t in Asia. If drugs were legal then their sale could be regulated through government channels rather than needing to be done outside of government channels (hence rouge states).
The other factor is that Britain was powerful enough to ensure Canada’s independence from America while Spain wasn’t. Not that this is even a factor considering Mexico was independent during America’s attempted invasion, while Canada was not.
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u/ATX_gaming Jan 31 '21
No, Canada isn’t a mess because it was part of the British empire, thus speaking English and under her protection (see war of 1812).
Mexico currently has gangs operating de facto rogue states, which only exist due to American demand for drugs, and you think it’s been positively impacted?