Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Why Isn't Mexico a Global Power?" video.

  1. Mexico largely ends up in a situation where it was before simply a weak neighbor of the US and now being brought into the US cultural sphere. Tbh I don't think anyone will really be able to rival the US for power over the western hemisphere except maybe Brazil in future. The reason? The USA has enough of an influx of Latin American immigrants at this point so Latin America largely exports their useful individuals to the USA. And with said individuals ends up bringing a lot of cultural ties that end up remaining so what ends up happening is that the cultural force of the US ends up flowing back as well. While those immigrants will eventually assimilate, because of the Latin American tradition on family and the ease of communication and travel I can see those families keeping in touch and so the cultural force going back each direction. This will continue the flow of Latin American migrants to the US. The final fact is that the US is already on its feet while the Latin American countries are still trying to find their footing. As time goes on I can see the American cultural influence becoming very heavy in Latin America as the US's own backyard and thus essentially being brought into its cultural sphere much like the British and the anglosphere. Only reason Brazil is an exception is because they largely are out of those ties and moreover don't have that much migration between the US and itself which means that as a whole it will be disconnected from those cultural ties. We'll see how Brazil affects its local area in comparison.
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