Your last paragraph is an interesting thought on this, a framing I'd never really thought about. I'd profer it goes beyond colonialism even to flat out annexation and a moral duty towards invasion, i.e. to your point, if Mexicans would be better living in America, and America as well, we should just invade Mexico and make them a 51st state as it would be be a win/win for all.
Your last paragraph is an interesting thought on this, a framing I'd never really thought about. I'd profer it goes beyond colonialism even to flat out annexation and a moral duty towards invasion, i.e. to your point, if Mexicans would be better living in America, and America as well, we should just invade Mexico and make them a 51st state as it would be be a win/win for all.
Mexico is already composed of 31 states, and it wouldn't make much sense to have a single state that is more than 3 times more populous than California, so probably the 51st through 81st states. Mexicans would be almost 40% of the Senate and almost 30% of the House of Representatives and electoral votes for President. So how much would the post-annexation country be similar to the pre-annexation country, and how much would it be similar to Mexico as it is now? So colonialism is probably more justifiable.
Your last paragraph is an interesting thought on this, a framing I'd never really thought about. I'd profer it goes beyond colonialism even to flat out annexation and a moral duty towards invasion, i.e. to your point, if Mexicans would be better living in America, and America as well, we should just invade Mexico and make them a 51st state as it would be be a win/win for all.
Mexico is already composed of 31 states, and it wouldn't make much sense to have a single state that is more than 3 times more populous than California, so probably the 51st through 81st states. Mexicans would be almost 40% of the Senate and almost 30% of the House of Representatives and electoral votes for President. So how much would the post-annexation country be similar to the pre-annexation country, and how much would it be similar to Mexico as it is now? So colonialism is probably more justifiable.