• michaelalf@lemmy.world
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    I rarely get ads, thanks to pihole. But whenever my server is down for maintenance etc. I get spammed with “Visit the USA!” and “America the Beautiful” ads. I live in Australia… Why the fuck would I want to visit that shithole country?

    It seems like the US is drowning and is trying desperately to get more people in to replace the “illegals” they’re deporting. Maybe I’m just their target audience (straight, white, male) ughh… makes me feel gross.

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      Hi, American here. Please never come here. While YOU would be mostly safe, we are still a dumpster fire.

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    Do you want Cascadia?

    Because this is how you get Cascadia.

    Literally 0 chance that BC would join a MAGA controlled USA.

    … Non-zero chance that it would join WA OR and CA, should an actual dual civil war kick off.

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      California can’t survive intact without the Colorado river, so you need to convince at least NV, AZ, UT, and probably CO to come too. If California left but Nevada was still part of Trumplandia one of the first things they would do is shut off all outflow from the Hoover Dam.

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      Non-zero? How about 100%? Every single person I’ve ever spoken with about this idea in my life has been on board. I bet 85-90% of the public would support it if the facts could be communicated to them without interference (so, never)

      Cascadia would be insanely powerful and competitive on the world stage, probably a superpower.

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        The immediate problem would be that Idaho, eastern OR and eastern WA are very very seriously trying to do the whole Greater Idaho thing, and are basically chalk full of armed white supremacist theocrat bigots.

        So… yeah.

        I guess the ‘good’ news is that western WA has JBLM and a lot of Navy bases, and maybe enough of them would align with Cascadia … ?

        The bad news is the Holy State of Greater Idaho would probably be able to dash and seize Hanford, and then be able to make dirty nuclear bombs.

        But anyway…

        Throw in Hawaii and then Cascadia and Japan and SK can form a trading bloc, and theoretically be able to back that up with maybe a little bit of the formerly US Navy?

        Total spitballing here.

        Alaska sure would be completely fucked.

        Airline fuel is pretty expensive these days… for some reason… Didn’t BC/Yukon already basically say ‘fuck you’ to US truckers going between Alaksa and the 48, or I am not remembering that right?

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          I think there was some kind of levy they had to pay, but definitely not a complete ban. I don’t think it stuck.

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    There has been a concerted effort to isolate Canada and the US from each other in recent years. Also within Canada itself the rise of US style individualism has been depressing to see. Its wild how much social media has been weaponized by most nation states to use against others.

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        Yeah just totally out of the blue!

        No reason at all I can figure why he’d do such a thing.

        /s

        I’m genuinely curious if you were born last week or just live in some kind of context-free amnesiac state.

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          That’s not what I was trying to say, but I think I just misunderstood the post I was replying to

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    This is classic information warfare. Its been pretty well documented over the past 10 years. It feels like we all know it exists but still fall for it all the same.

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    The Trump administration has also been holding meetings with the leaders behind the Alberta separatist movement ( source). At this point I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the US is performing a targeted destabilization campaign against Canada.

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    Trump and crew need a reason to stay in office after 2028… They believe being in a war allows that due to “war powers”.

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    Canada should absolutely annex and de-nazify the USA, I’m glad someone is pushing that agenda

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      American here! Yes please! Start with Cleveland! I live in Cleveland, and I live right on the lake. I’m like a jetski ride away from Canada! We’re practically family!

      Plus…and this is the important part…GET ME OUT OF THIS HELLHOLE OF A COUNTRY!!!

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        I’m kinda surprised nobody has done the opposite of what’s on the OP.

        I figure there would be quite a few USAians who wouldn’t mind to secede to Canada.

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    So you realise that if the US does go to war with Canada, that would mean that NATO would go to war with the United States, Which means that they’ll probably lose all their bases in Europe.

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      It’s more likely mealy mouthed Europeans would declare the end of NATO, let Canada fend more or less for itself, and donate thoughts and prayers in abundance. Too bad Canada isn’t part of the EU! With its defense article it will rise from B team to prime time.

      Yes, the US would lose a lot if its bases in Europe, though probably (and sadly) not all. But this sort of obvious strategic rake to step on hasn’t halted the epic blunder in Iran. Why should it stop stable genius here?

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        Nah, it’s quite likely in the current climate that the EU would join in the defence of Canada.

        If the USA actually starts an intra-NATO war and doesn’t just talk nonsense, everyone in the EU knows we are next. So better do a nice clean proxy war on another continent than to let it spill over to the EU once Canada is down.