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[MGD]

I don't think my point is a strawman argument. Your point, as I understood it, is that "the pink elephant in the room" is the fact that, basically, Americans/Europeans stole our south-west from Mexico. I do not believe that we did in fact steal this land at least, that is to say, no more than we stole every square inch of this country from someone. To be honest, I believe our claim on the south-west is more legitimate than our claim on any of the land comprising the thirteen original colonies. As you aptly pointed out however, native American populations aren't taking over entire regions of this country which does tend to make a Mexican cessation more likely. Both points are equally ridiculous, however, not because of their impossibility but because of the ramifications that would surely follow. It isn't entirely clear how such a thing would pan out but it seems probable that war would be part of every possible outcome. The destruction of the United States in a manner similar to what we saw in the former Soviet Union would be probable and the collapse of US financial institutions seems pretty probable as well which would, of course, drag the rest of the world into our problem which would then open up a pandora's box of chaos. All that is certain is that hell would surely follow in the wake of such a course of action. Therefore, you see, it is ridiculous not because it could not happen but, rather, because it must not happen.