I try to comprehend protectionist motives. A raw “superior by birth” seems to motivate much protectionist sentiment.
They are free to drive all over Mexico you know.
No. Not superior. Just born to a different nation, that's all.
You expect your family to support you and work with you in your life to ensure a modicum of success. It appears that in Nature, this is the way Nature's God set it up. Acting in this manner seems to lead to social stability and prosperity for groups which act this way.
A nation is an extended family, or so it was supposed to be.
And so we believe our extended family should act in our interests.
What's 'superior' about that?
What a load of BS.
Protections which have been built into our society over DECADES should NOT be tossed aside in an instant just to make ensure higher profits for certain corporations. Such protections include border security, vehicle safety, driver certification, drive time controls, etc. If these controls could be ensured for trucks and drivers originating in Mexico, I would have no problem. But the fact is, this will not happen. Your playing the race card is revealing. Are you one of those who believes that yelling "racism!" automatically wins the argument?
Mexico allows its state owned oil company to have a monopoly, I guess they believe they are superior by birth to foreign oil companies who could do a better and cheaper job