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So the geography didn't matter in the slightest for the evolution of Mexican political, military and economic history? The federalism isn't due to the impossibi
by sofixa 3y ago
So the geography didn't matter in the slightest for the evolution of Mexican political, military and economic history? The federalism isn't due to the impossibility for a central government to exert any sort of real control?
How long does it take by train to move goods from the main Pacific to the main Atlantic port (oh, btw how many big natural harbours are there in Mexico?)? How long from agricultural lands or where industry is located?
To pretend like the geography of Mexico hasn't had any impact in it's political or economic development would be missing a decent part of the big picture.
- moralestapia 3y ago>So the geography didn't matter in the slightest for the evolution of Mexican political, military and economic history? I never argued this so I won't bite. The geography of Mexico is, if anything, privileged compared to what you find in other parts of the world. The country does not freeze completely every six months, for starters. Logistically, it's pretty much in the center of a whole continent, hard to top that.
- mason55 3y ago> The country does not freeze completely every six months, for starters. Neither does the Sahara desert. That doesn't seem like much of an argument for or against geography.
- moralestapia 3y agoWhat a dumb non sequitur. Neither does Mars, gotcha! The point made was that Mexico is not subject to extreme weather, and you bring in an example of another case of extreme weather.