Reply #15: Apples and oranges, my friend. Apples and oranges.

[IrateCitizen]

Mexico (along with the rest of Latin America) has a long history of being exploited by outside powers for their commodities, dating back to the initial Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca. That is why, beginning after the dictatorship of Porforio Diaz and culminating with the Cardenas Presidency in the 1930s, Mexico nationalized their oil industry. Mexico, along with the rest of Latin America, decided that their mineral and oil wealth was going to be developed for the betterment of their country, not for the enrichment of outside interests.

Here in the United States, there is NO such history of exploitation by outside powers -- unless you consider the exploitation and conquest of Native Americans by those of European descent.

In other words, historically and culturally speaking, there is no valid comparison between the two.