With the advent of post-Fordist globalisation, instantaneous communication networks across several cultures and languages, and increased worldwide human migration, national borders and national identity are becoming more arcane and dated. Supranational entities such as the European Union have grown stronger over the years while nascent entities like the African Union have recently arose. Given these conditions, it seems odd that there does not exist a North American Union between the countries of Canada, the United States, and Mexico for the purpose of coordinating increased trade and security ties in the name of greater cooperation and mutual benefit for the region. The idea is politically infeasible for the foreseeable future, this despite the fact that supranational government is viewed as appropriate elsewhere, and indeed a global government will probably be in humanity's distant future if our species exists for a few more centuries. What has held the North American Union back?
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