Reply #10: The problem is that capital knows no boundaries

[The2ndWheel]

The solution is not to make government bigger to match capital. Because that is a game that will only get worse, as each tries to out-do the other.

In my mind, things need to shrink, not enlarge. But since that isn't what civilization has done on a voluntary basis for 6 thousand years, I don't expect that to happen.

Why are you stopping at Canada, the US, and Mexico anyway? What about Central and South America? China? India? Africa? Unless you do the whole thing, your solution doesn't work, because there will always be someone somewhere willing to work for scraps if he or she needs to feed their kid.