• @isyasad
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    143 hours ago

    Accepting pleas from other comments here, Canada could get away with about this. And if they have the whole Pacific border, I’ll also throw in Hawaii for free.

  • @LovableSidekick
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    Trump: Fine, they can have California for all I care.

    Advisors: Sir, if California were its own country it would be the world’s 6th largest economy.

    Trump: How about if we just send all the Mexicans there with some beautiful rakes?

  • @[email protected]
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    144 hours ago

    Solving the problem is dissolving all borders so the working class isn’t divided into easily managed nation states.

  • @fadhl3y
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    53 hours ago

    Can someone ask r/askconservatives how they feel about this plan?

  • nifty
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    125 hours ago

    WI and MI want in on that, for sure

    Well, MI at least

  • @gmtom
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    44 hours ago

    Poor Colorado

  • @Shardikprime
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    44 hours ago

    I’d love this to happen just so the USA can steamroll Canada into their backyard.

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    On behalf of California, we accept this proposal, and we accept Canada as our new federal government.

    I also propose we officially refer to the remainder of the US as “Dumbfuckistan”.

  • @[email protected]
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    65 hours ago

    The question is, would Canada want that? I get the feeling that most of us living north of the border just want to be left alone and we would send you all the thoughts and prayers we could spare and wish you all the best so long as you let us be.

    • @[email protected]
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      251 minutes ago

      Almost nobody would want this. Canada has the same size population as California and it already feels full lol

    • @Isthisreddit
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      105 hours ago

      Yes, they absolutely want it - minus the dumb fuck part of Canada (is that Alberta?) - west coast and north east USA are highly educated, powerhouses in industry, and basically pay for the welfare queen red states. It’s so fucking crazy how the east coast and west coast are held hostage by all that land in the red states

    • @[email protected]
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      44 hours ago

      Canada cannot accept US rule because of US debt burden which is unsustainable, in addition to pensions, healthcare, and a demonic ruler under extreme corruption permitted by SCC. The US is a genuine shithole that is bound to collapse and, while that collapse will hurt Canadian economy, it is worse to be inside it.

      Canadians like American people. Certainly, it is both an economic boom without sacrificing Canadian sustainability to absorb US states. A guide to secession written last time Trump won: https://www.naturalfinance.net/2016/11/opposition-to-new-us-republican-control.html

      The big issue is US debt and the fair share of “leaving states”. There is a fair number, but also an asshole version of the number.

      A “future fiction history” of Canada assimilating the US one state at a time.: https://www.naturalfinance.net/2018/02/fictional-future-history-reclaiming.html

      • @parricc
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        23 hours ago

        Thing is Canada shouldn’t have its politics influenced by the US from absorbing it either. As a Texan, I can say both our politicians and voters suck. But there could be an easy solution around this problem. Canada could just absorb the US as a newly created Southwest Territories. Territories are directly under the federal government and have no government of their own. Canadians would get new land and resources. Americans would get better healthcare and to be ruled by a less shitty government. Everyone would win.

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          22 hours ago

          I don’t believe people understand any advantage to being in a territory, rather than having “full” input in a federation. Provincehood is an easier sell to the people who would have to ultimately accept. I do like the idea of enslaving Texans, under a posession, there is just a “who with what army” aspect to enforcing that.

      • @abigscaryhobo
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        139 minutes ago

        Good lord what is that future fiction article? It reads like an edgelord teenagers manifesto.

    • @Crashumbc
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      65 hours ago

      California alone would double your GDP…

      • @[email protected]
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        23 hours ago

        Not true, we hate parts of America. I see nothing wrong with the image. Those states are ones I actually like to visit. Hell in the beforetiimes there was never really a border between Vermont and Quebec. Whole towns were split between the borders, and people could walk across the border for a pizza across the street.

  • Phoenixz
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    237 hours ago

    Seriously, why isn’t the Canadian government offering US states to join them? It would be the perfect response to Trumps bullshit.

    You want Canada to submit to the US? Hey Oregon, California, and the others, wanna join us instead?

    If California leaves the US it would fucking bankrupt the US.

    • @[email protected]
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      250 minutes ago

      Because Canadians don’t want it so they wouldn’t be representing our best interests

    • @[email protected]
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      107 hours ago

      Washington State: “Come on! We’re right there. Are we a joke to you and just here for you to shop?”

    • @[email protected]
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      77 hours ago

      America has already proven it’s willing to go to war to keep territory, Canada doesn’t want that fight.

          • @NotMyOldRedditName
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            22 hours ago

            We’ll just put up free guns signs pointing away all the way between our border and the Whitehouse and the path will be clear to burn it down again.

      • @OldChicoAle
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        47 hours ago

        I don’t think it’s a serious comment. It’s a joke to be shot back at Trump since he made comments about taking Canada