There are good reasons to be wary of geographically large states
America Is Already a Large Country. Let’s Not Make It Bigger
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One of the themes that seems to be emerging in the first weeks of Donald Trump’s second term is geography, and specifically cartography. He has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, he has floated the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state, and he has also expressed interest in bringing Greenland into the fold.
Suffice it to say, a lot of maps will need to be redrawn if he gets his way.
This isn’t the first time Americans have set their sights on acquiring new territory. Indeed, American history is littered with expansionist schemes, from westward expansion to the Alaska Purchase and so on. It’s apposite that Trump has also changed the official name of Denali back to Mount McKinley, after another expansionist president.
Not everyone is happy with these latest designs, of course. Canadians in particular have mostly balked at the notion of being absorbed by the US. But while the merits and demerits of these proposals can be debated, what’s really interesting about these border conversations is the fact that we’re even having them.
Thinking Outside the Box
National borders have become deeply ingrained in many parts of the modern world. While some borders do change from time to time, many others—such as the Canada/US border—have been the same for decades and have come to be taken for granted. From a young age we learn that…
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