Reply #25: You said it yourself, Native Americans aren't the fastest growing minority group in America [View All]

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Cessation of the south western states, however, is the stated goal of many Hispanics. I'm sure your familiar with La Raza and aztlnan for example.

"I doubt few would want that kind of bloodshed if there grew a movement of secession in the Southwest 40 or 50 years from now."
I don't doubt it for a second.

"For all we know, a resurgent China, India, and the EU will move in and fill the economic void if a violent war erupted that disrupted the US economy."
Our economies are all symbiotic to a large extent. A collapsed US economy would definitely affect the rest of the world.

"I guess the ultimate point of the whole exercise is to point out that we can't predict the future"
One can throw a stone and see approximately where it will land before it gets there.

"if we're going to talk about a notion such as absorbing Mexico, then I think people who participate would have wide latitude in throwing out hypothetical scenarios realizing none of them are likely to pass."
Of course.