• nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Honestly, Canada takes Minnesota and the great lake state, and the east and west coasts form their own countries might not be the worst outcome in 10 years or so.

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    22 hours ago

    100% Fuck No!

    There are way too many Americans that will not adapt to Canadian culture. Even on the left there is heavy “American exceptionalism” brainwashing and they love guns and Jesus way too much.

    Remember that 1/3 of Americans wanted to do something other than Trump. 2/3rd wanted him or didn’t give a shit enough to vote.

    If Americans want a better life, they can move to Canada.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Carney should send some kind of delegation down there. You know…nothing official. Just to “talk”.

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      I’d be curious to see how many are actually expatriating to Canada right now from the US.

      Whenever anyone left of The Homelander gets elected to office, there are waves of conservatives screaming about leaving the USA all over the internet and also getting on local news and shit, and the problem with this narrative from the right is that if they want to go somewhere further right than the US already is, they would have to go to somewhere like Russia… which is exactly what a couple did, ending predictably. The rest are too chickenshit to actually move to a place that doesn’t have the comforts liberal democracy has given them.

      But shit, Canada is a fantastic option if you’re trying to escape things like being sent to the frontline of a trench war and think that you shouldn’t be killed in the street for not having your papers, and they’re just a snowy fenceline away for thousands of miles. Is Carney drafting plans for a mass immigration?

      If he gets too many US refugees, will he have to make his own ICE to round up American immigrants? Can I at least ask my Canadian brothers up there to make sure it’s named ICE ICE BABY?

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    California Washington Oregon and Hawaii are in too and I don’t want to debate about Hawaii because we need to band together for protection from this evil regime standing alone isn’t an option at this time

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      It’s not new, these stories have been around a long time. And yeah nobody takes them seriously, it’s more of a meta-political cartoon type joke that gets shared as a way of saying “People talkin’ this way right about now”.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I find it hilarious that this made its way to CBC. Usually they don’t stir the international politics pot like this.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m in. I love hockey, politeness, and poutine. I can handle winter and cold. I already know the anthem in English and French, because hockey. And I hate the Leafs.

  • egerlach@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Out of all the States, Minnesota is one of the few I’d have almost zero objection to welcoming in. “Minnesota Nice” and “Canadian Polite” are closely related (but somewhat different).

    Sadly, it will never happen. Adding a province requires re-opening the Constitution, and that’s not going to happen. (If you’re too young to remember, look up the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords)

    • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
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      Minnesota is already honorary Canadian and in my opinion, always has been.

      Constitutions are made up by people and people can change them. All you need to do is either get everyone to agree, or make sure the people who don’t agree can’t stop you. Trump chose the latter, and has completely ignored and dismantled the US constitution. Whatever comes out the other side is going to be very, very different. I’m not saying that we should do that. But in the face of an existential threat like that, I don’t think it’s beyond reason that we could, in fact, get everyone to agree. It’s amazing how staring mutual death and dissolution in the face can change the bitterest of rivalries into if not perfect alignment, at least a functional working relationship. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

  • Cort@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If Minnesota goes, I bet Wisconsin would be soon to follow after recent events.

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        If Québec would be open to making poutine with deep-fried cheese curds, it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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          With both fried cheese and fried potatoes you could call it Poutine deux frite.

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          I’ve been to Quebec. They’ll poutine ANYTHING. There are so many variations on the theme, nobody would bat an eye at that.

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      Nah, Wisconsin is too purple, sadly. This is the state, after all, that voted for the semi-sentient bucket of pig shit named F. Ron Johnson over Russ Feingold. Maybe Douglas County and blue parts of LaCrosse could sneak in there on the edge of Minnetoba undetected, though.

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        I don’t think Wisconsin is as purple as it initially appears. It’s just that the Republicans have managed to get a real stranglehold on that state.

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    Putin wouldnt mind some US states fragmenting and joining canada so maybe he’ll allow trump to allow it. It’d cause more carnage in American politics.