Amero

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(So, copied from Wikipedia but I can't think of a better wording at all!)
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The '''Amero''' is the imaginary<ref name="hypothetical">Read "hypothetical"</ref> currency of the imaginary<ref name="hypothetical"/> [[North American Union]]. Its name, though extremely dumb in every other way, is ingenious in that it both references the [[European Union|Euro]] and plays into [[Racism|anti-Mexican paranoia]] with its vague Spanish-soundingness.
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The '''Amero''' is the hypothetical<ref name="hypothetical">Read "imaginary"</ref> currency of the hypothetical<ref name="hypothetical"/> [[North American Union]]. Its name, though extremely dumb in every other way, is ingenious in that it both references the [[European Union|Euro]] and plays into [[Racism|anti-Mexican paranoia]] with its vague Spanish-soundingness.
  
 
==Conspiracy!!==
 
==Conspiracy!!==

Revision as of 14:01, 28 July 2009

The People's Republic of China holds $2tril which must be redeemed in these

The Amero is the hypothetical[1] currency of the hypothetical[1] North American Union. Its name, though extremely dumb in every other way, is ingenious in that it both references the Euro and plays into anti-Mexican paranoia with its vague Spanish-soundingness.

Conspiracy!!

Conspiracy theorists contend that the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico are already taking steps to implement such a currency, as part of a "North American Union (NAU)".[2] This has even reached the point where rumours and conspiracies were being made up that stated that the coins were already being made. No current members of any country's government have officially stated a desire to create such a body, nor has anyone introduced a common currency as part of this concept.

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Read "imaginary"
  2. NY Times - The Amero Conspiracy
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