Mexico Called. They Want Texas Back.: Difference between revisions

Thus, whenever in speculative fiction you see the United States somehow greatly weakened, or in the past before the USA became a superpower, you can pretty much be assured the back story will involve Mexico conquering at least Texas and California.[[hottip:*: <ref>Some Northerners would say [[Take That|good riddance.]]</ref> This is particularly ironic, because Mexico's economy is barely larger than Texas <ref>And not even as large as California's; in fact should Mexico hypothetically succeed this very moment in recovering just these two states, the Mexican economy would practically ''triple'' its size.</ref>. But then again, [[Everything Is Big in Texas|it IS Texas]].