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[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm 2020 52% of Puerto Ricans who voted said yes to joining the United States as a full fledged state. What about them, they actually want to be a part of this shithole country.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

They already are, technically. They just don't have a voice on who their leader can be.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If the US is willing to adopt a Westminster parliamentary system, the Canadian charter of Rights, official bilingualism (or, well, trilingualism, because Spanish) and give up silly ideas like the 2nd Amendment and life tenure of SC justices, something could be worked out. What do you mean no?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Don't forget health care.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 121 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It was a subtle declaration of war the first time he brought it up. After repeating it a dozen more times, we really shouldn't be ignoring this as a country.

The United States under Trump is a foreign threat with hostile intentions.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He literally just said he wants to take over Canada by "economic force", I wish any articles included the full quote/context though.

At this point anyone advocating for or supporting Trump in Canada is guilty of high treason against Canada.

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/trump-threatens-to-use-economic-force-to-make-canada-51st-state/article_157f3b30-d8e7-5e49-8e10-a1b39d680c16.html

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

minor ancedote, high treason is a term reserved for people already within the government or positions of authority. *

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I better hit the gym and get back in shape just in case...

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 67 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Trump can get fucked. I'll fight tooth and nail before we become a 51st state.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Start learning how to resist his nonsense now. With Trudeau's resignation lil pp has adopted an election stance.

The fuckery is about to ramp up.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago

With Trudeau’s resignation lil pp has adopted an election stance.

Oh, it's been going on for a while.

I can't find it right now, but there was a graph posted a few weeks ago showing how much the CPC outspent the other parties on campaign advertising in 2024. It was astounding.

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

I hope you realize that by posting this ignoramus' nonsense you are actively a part of the problem.

If you don't, this is me telling you to stop being an active part of the problem by posting this ignoramus' nonsense.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago

Don’t feed the trolls! He’s only repeating this because it got attention the last time he spewed this bs.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That stupid Nazi fuck may discover just how vicious Canadians can get when defending their country.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not a war crime the first time...

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago

I will say that I think a lot of people are about to get a taste for how much worse we can do than Trudeau.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I like how he says "Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st state", where did he get that? any polls he did recently?

Let him talk as much he want, nothing he can do IMO.

[–] Badland9085@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

Those are meaningless questions to ask someone like Trump. It doesn’t matter and never will matter where he gets the statement. He just needs to never admit that he pulled that out of his ass, and accuse every fact checker of political bias or lying. Those are the rules in his playbook.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He is manufacturing your consent for the takeover.

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[–] Breve@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's the same reason that Russia used for invading Ukraine and China is using for it's threats of invading Taiwan...

We really need to stop laughing at this.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

This.

Dictators love to pretend they are a saviour and use that pretext to invade and mutder

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[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (7 children)

It's getting to the point where I don't think dicking around on internet forums is good enough. Every time trump repeat the phrase "51st state" it gets a little more serious. We need to start organizing irl like, yesterday.

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[–] zante@slrpnk.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There is little growth left in the US. The natural resources are allocated, the population rinsed for $2 for every $1 they earn. National debt runs at numbers that are practically unimaginable by humans.

What is an expansionist empire to do ?

It’s not coincidence he’s talking about Canada, Greenland in this way. The oligarchs have been going after Europe for a decade.

These aren’t the ramblings of an idiot . It’s Americas plan.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Canada Mexico Panama Greenland now president Musk is talking about freeing the UK. America is on the war path it seems. I think the world is going to be blind sided by this. Europe should get off of US tech. Everything the US says about China is something they can do also.

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It might happen if pollievre gets elected. Conservatives are little America worshippers.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The Bloc Québécois might start getting elected outside Québec to form its own country... with other provinces.

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

actual conservatives aren't, the problem is moderate conservatism has been taken over to use as a vehicle to normalize ultranationalism and fascism.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 21 points 3 days ago (7 children)

He obviously hasn’t thought it through. As one state, with a proportionate number of congressmen and electoral college votes, Canada would end up as the anti-Texas, dragging the political centre of gravity well into a Democratic majority. A Trumpist annexation would have to split Canada into two states, Alberta and the rest, as to gerrymander the outcome.

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Assuming they have the grace to make us all citizens and allow us to vote. I'm not holding my breath.

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[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Le Anschluss?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (11 children)

US deficits/debt are too high to be sustainable. Low taxes come with high health insurance costs. The threat of Russia/China has always been complete BS, but they are not "surrounding us constantly"

The best reply to this asshole would be to openly talk of US states joining Canada as a province. Or to have a constitutional convention with 50 states to decide which 2 countries to form.

We can also offer to trade with China/Russia/others more to lower any trade surpluses we have with US.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

This, Greenland... What is Trump's obsession with trying to get more territory? Is he trying to start a war with someone? Does he think if the country is at war he can postpone the next election?

Or is he just copying daddy Putin? Insisting ~~Ukraine~~ Canada wants to be part of ~~Russia~~ the US and that makes it okay to go "Liberate" Canada...

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago

They’re physically large territories so the map looks very impressive, especially with the Mercator projection.

This is the man who redirected a hurricane with a sharpie. I don’t think there’s any more to it.

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's quite simple. Resource extraction, and coloring more of the map in his country's color.

Russia's reasons for invading Ukraine mostly boil down to the same, although their country is so fucked, they actually need to forcefully graft 40 million people onto their population against their will, just so Russia can survive another generation, Russia is a doomed country demographically, America isn't, America is doing it just because. That's Ultranationalism and Fascism for you. Making enemies to distract yourself from internal strife

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