On your first point, you are mistaken. Most Spanish-speaking countries have good literacy rates, literacy being the most common international indicator of education. (Source: CIA World Factbook)
| Argentina | 98% |
| Bolivia | 95.7% |
| Chile | 95.7% |
| Colombia | 90.4% |
| Costa Rica | 94.9% |
| Cuba | 99.8% |
| Ecuador | 93.2% |
| Mexico | 93.4% |
|---|---|
| Panama | 91.9% |
| Paraguay | 94%% |
| Spain | 97.7% |
| United States | 99% |
On your second point, you are mistaken, because most Spanish-speaking countries are right around or below the world average fertility rate, which is only slightly above replacement; and many of them are, like the United States, actually below replacement. (Replacement=2.11)
| Ecuador | 2.58% |
| Panama | 2.56 |
| World Average | 2.55 |
|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2.55 |
| Peru | 2.51 |
| Argentina | 2.25 |
| Colombia | 2.22 |
| Mexico | 2.21 |
| Uruguay | 2.12 |
| Costa Rica | 2.10 |
| United States | 2.05 |
| Chile | 1.94 |
| Puerto Rico | 1.83 |
| Cuba | 1.49 |
| Spain | 1.41 |
On your third point --- drugs--- I wouldn't want to boast much as an American, since, listed next to the Spanish-speaking countries, the U.S. is comparable in addiction to illgal drugs, and in fact exceeds them in addiction to pharmceuticals --- the main source of addiction in the orld toa. industry.
And lastly: thugs and corruption?
Gangs, Obamunists, and look: everything they touch turns to Chicago. Or Detroit. Q.E.D.
Very nice response. Let’s address them point by point.
Point one: Literacy.
It’s one thing to read, it’s another thing entirely to do something with the material you read. When is the last time you saw a company like Apple, MSFT, Ford, Dow Corning, 3M, or any other technology company originate from one of these countries? Why not? These are sources of cheap unskilled labor - and that’a about it. With the literacy rate you are quoting, shouldn’t they be keeping up with India, Russia or China?
Average fertility rate - ok, they are inline. Why are they fleeing their countries, instead of repairing them. Mexico has huge reserves of oil, natural resources, and if they could get their act together - they could actually be a prosperous country instead of a parasite.
The drugs, their creation, import and the cartels that ruthlessly control them - are typically from our Spanish speaking friends. When is the last time Merc, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer or GlaxoSmithKline sponsoring a gang? Carrying out a drive-by, kidnapping, torturing or getting in a gunfight where innocent bystanders are killed? So, let’s keep this discussion intellectually honest, and not lump LEGITIMATE drug manufacturers that generate real jobs, contribute to society - with drug cartels that are a parasite that kills, tortures, kidnaps and suppresses entire regions. There is a remarkable difference.
If you look at European, Asian and the typical culture, gangs and thugs WERE considered to be a degenerate culture, that gathered degenerates. This is not the way we are seeing things today, is it?