• @Fuzemain
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    -1810 hours ago

    Let’s not joke hear CA doesn’t stand a chance. They’ve no nukes. They lack economic power. And they don’t have a cultural identity beyond “hey we aren’t America”. The last thing Canada wants is to fight a global super power.

    • @[email protected]
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      189 hours ago

      Sure, maybe they’d win the invasion easily, but can they win an occupation of a hostile populace for an indeterminate duration? The 21st Century repeatedly suggests the answer to that is “no, eh”.

      • ...m...
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        78 hours ago

        …last i heard, canadian snipers outperform the finns…

    • @Delphia
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      159 hours ago

      The last thing the US wants is to be a pariah to the UK, Australia, NZ and South Africa. Them old commonwealth loyalties run deep. Not to mention France would take extreme exception to Quebec.

      Even if we didnt intervene militarily we all love Canada, It would be economic suicide.

    • @[email protected]
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      58 hours ago

      They’ve no nukes.

      You’re gonna nuke an upwind state that you’d like to conquer? It’d be a drone fight like Ukraine.

      They lack economic power.

      California’s economy ranks fifth internationally, behind the US, China, Germany, and Japan. On a per capita basis, California’s GDP is greater than that of all of these countries.

      they don’t have a cultural identity

      Dude, that’s bogus. This is literally the same bullshit Putin says about Ukraine.

    • @[email protected]
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      89 hours ago

      “Hey we aren’t X” has earned the presidency of the United States every 4 years for at least as long as I’ve been alive. Never doubt the power of “hey we aren’t X”.

      In fact, that should be Metas new slogan.

    • @Maggoty
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      16 hours ago

      Sir I assure you this community tolerates only the most serious conversations.

    • nukeM
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      49 hours ago

      I here you but what if they challenge us to a hockey game? I don’t think we’re prepared for how ugly this can get.