Yeah, perhaps we do agree, but you do phrase things in a way that pushes people's buttons more. ;) I'm not as pessimistic about Latin American integration as y

Yeah, perhaps we do agree, but you do phrase things in a way that pushes people's buttons more. ;) I'm not as pessimistic about Latin American integration as you are. Their values are pretty much identical to mainstream America. I don't expect they will ever vote in blocs; they don't even do that today. The worst thing about that situation is the hypocrisy about so-called "illegals", especially in California. BTW, the French in Quebec were never excluded from government, higher education, or the professions, although they were excluded from the business and managerial classes for centuries. So it wasn't quite oppression, like say Cuba, but the French did feel like second-class citizens in their own country. It's not comparable to any other situation I know of.