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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm down for that. I live in California, being a Canadian province would double Canada's population and more than double its GDP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I think there’s a lot that we could offer each other. I’d personally love to see it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Actually id rather just break the united states into smaller countries.

Finding common ground and priorities with such a large populace is so non-productive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's an argument for states rights and a smaller federal government.

Individual Canadian provinces enjoy more Autonomy than your average US state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

So i need to move?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

States' rights can be great when you agree with the policies, but I'm personally harrowed by stories of state government showing obvious contempt for their big cities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

That could be solved by big cities having autonomy as well. Just like big cities in most European countries being their own province-level entities. Heck, don't even need to look further than Mexico City.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

This is a horse shit idea. I don’t want the culture here to be watered down. I’d be wary of any state wanting to join confederation, and also concerned about the uptick in immigration from the USA.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'll offer you the state of New York. You can have the tax base of NYC. I'm sure most of New England minus New Hampshire would be down with this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Even NH could join up, and straight go the same way that Quebec enjoys.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

sorry we got to do a purge first. we can't be joining any canada until we deal with this problem internally...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I, an Arizonan, would gladly become part of Mexico. A quarter of my heritage is there already.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can we have California? I want their movie industry to be Canadian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

A lot of filming is done in Canada anyway because cheaper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 days ago

Those statistics are bs

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Issue: Canada exterminates natives, proving extreme racism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

The inuit have their own area which is basically all of the northern part of Canada

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 week ago (20 children)

I’ll beat this drum again: I would fully support a program where we exchange equal numbers of MAGA loyalists in Canada for trained doctors, engineers, and tradespeople looking to escape fascism.

The Americans have already shown interest in this with their idea of importing white South Africans. Is this an impossible idea?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

If it's dumb and it works, then you take the dumb and exchange it for the works, it's not dumb, well, the dumb isn't there anymore and now you have more works!!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Europe could also send over our USA-lovers to MAGA-land. I like the way you think.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah just put them all in a big dystopian hellhole, its basically what they want so you're actually making them happy by doing it. They can worship billionaires while complaining about not having any social benefits and experience hardships like a bunch of repressed peasants.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And nobody in Canada wants this because 70 million americans voted for Trump

I'd way rather join EU so we get smart people coming into the country

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh grow a pair and start setting shit on fire.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (5 children)

if yall could do the white house again like last time it'd be much appreciated

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That was the British, in 1814.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Huh. Read up on it and yeah that's a more accurate description of "who" burned down the white house since it was British generals

In retaliation for US aggression against the Canadian (then) colony, which I guess is where the misconception comes from

In my defense my US public school history education was pretty dogshit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Make sure Krasnov and his little dog Vance are in it though.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It’s me. I’m the 1 in 5 Americans. I would so much rather be there than here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but, I would much rather Americans actually came together and fixed their own shit rather than bailing on hundreds of years of work by leaving.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (14 children)

As a Texan, as much as I want to be a Canadian, I would not wish my asshole neighbors on my friends to the north.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

We already have a Texas. It's called Alberta.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

No thanks. More Americans is the last thing we need in Canada

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