Geopolitics

Anyone else starting to get worried about this rise of casual open imperialism? Like, not "peaceful trade at prices social justice activists don't like" imperialism but actual "let's go conquer stuff" imperialism. I know it's "meant to be a joke", but often such jokes are a first step to normalizing something dark...

How would the lives of Mexicans and Canadians become somehow worse if they became the 51st and 52nd states?

they can join and then play with inconsequential separatist regionalism movements