Thursday, March 30, 2006

On Mexican Nationalism

Imagine you live in a country where your president's legacy is based on how easily he made it for people like you to leave the country, and to be granted citizenship in another country. We need not imagine. I speak of Mexico, of course. I read somewhere (I can't quite remember where) that in some towns in Mexico, there is both an astonishingly low amount of men (who have gone north of the border), and an astonishingly high--something like 125%--percent of income that is sent by family members in the U.S. So, if you think immigration is a problem for us, think about the problem of emigration in Mexico, where the ideology of escape has completely replaced any remnants of the nationalist ideologies of the late 19th and 20th century.

4 Comments:

Blogger shrf said...

I really don't see how this post has anything to do with the Mohammed cartoon scandal or professional wrestling. Is this really relevant?

4:11 AM  
Blogger Austin 5-000 said...

The interesting thing is connecting the two ideas of nationhood. An American conservative might be very concerned about the political influence immigrants might have, especially considering the possibility that guest workers will not remain such. On the other hand, a mexican nationalist could be interested in looking at how immigrants might make America more "mexican", or how mexican immigrants might return from America at a later date. China and other asian countries are making very significant attempts to recall some of their lost emigres.

I'm not too concerned with Mexico's self-image, and can imagine a scenario in which I feel the same way about America's self-image. Assuming national borders continue to become more porous, I think Mexico and America will benefit from this exchange. Even if national borders tighten up, which is increasingly unlikely, Mexico will benefit enormously by having its people in the United States, both because of the money they can send home and the deals they can secure between US and Mexican business.

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10:23 PM  

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