• Aeao@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m about to say sounds silly but I say it often.

    “He wants to make all of Canada a single state…wouldn’t you break it up into multiple states? With Canada as the 51 state be the new powerhouse? Like California? Because Canada is like a whole ass country”

    And I know that’s not the issue. The issue is that he’d threaten war at all… but imagine the entirety as Canada as one single state. Also Venezuela is the 52 state. Iran and Greenland are combined to the 53 state because fuck it its nearly 5 o’clock”

    Puerto Rico will remain not a state

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      4 months ago

      Keeping it a single state means fewer senators. Not that Canada is like a communist haven or anything, but they’re FAR from our MAGA bullshit and they don’t wanna dilute the power they’ve accumulated in that chamber of congress.

      Also, Canada would be the 3rd or 4th highest GDP in the US if it became a single state. California and Texas have it solidly beat. NY is neck and neck with Canada.

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        4 months ago

        California doesn’t fuck about. While a higher gdp than new York’s is still nothing to ignore

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      4 months ago

      If Canada was a state, the Republicans would never win the electoral college again. There would never be another Republican president.

      And the House of Representatives would be permanently blue.

      And even just 2 more senators would be a massive risk for the Republicans too. If each province was a state, it would be game over in the senate as well.

      California, Texas, New York, and Canada would all be blue in 2028. There are only so many Floridas and Texas is not guaranteed.

      And if the Canadians in Florida and Arizona and Nevada could vote, they may not be as red anymore either.

      Canada will never be a state. But it would certainly kill the US Republican Party if it did.

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        I don’t think you are accurately accounting for the popularity of politicians who align themselves with MAGA policies in Canada

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        4 months ago

        I’ve got bad news we are all mostly already blue. Replicocans only win because voting is a pain is the ass by design. When democrats when they don’t even try to fix things, they just put thier hands up and say “I’m so pissed but thier nothing we can do other then complain quietly to ourselves. Thats a shame.

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          It’s kind of a pain, especially in certain districts in red and purple states where they make it intentionally hard to vote… but for the vast majority of non-voters, either they just don’t care or they think it won’t make a difference who they vote for.

          It’s as much a mind game as a foot game.

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            4 months ago

            I’d love to go back to not caring about politics. I’d love to go back to never wondering if the surgeon general has ever practiced medicine in thier life.

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      Trump doesn’t spend time thinking about the practicalities of something like this, because when he says “51st state” what he means is “The latest expansion of my kingly domain.”

      He has zero intention of letting newly subjugated Canadians vote. He doesn’t even want to let Americans vote. These are the fantasies of an autocrat, not carefully thought out plans.

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        He’s just a spoiled rich kid in a toy store, demanding everything he sets his eyes on: “I want Greenland! I want Canada! I want everything!”

        His parents were monsters, so they indulged him, and so did everybody around him for his entire life, and now he thinks that’s what life is - he gets whatever he demands, because he’s better than everybody else, obviously. And for some reason, those around him continue to indulge him.

        What he needs, is a spanking, and a time out.

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        4 months ago

        Bro I live In Texas. I just saw this in all.

        Everything, and I mean everything, is bigger in Texas

        Except budget, taxes, healthcare, eduction, over all happiness, morals or freedom

        But we’re number one in having an Alamo.

        To be clear this is satire.

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            I felt I had to add that because we live in the crazy timeline

            Edit: I couldn’t help but notice you didn’t mention YOUR Alamo? We had a whole ass Alamo and you didn’t.

            Satire

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          4 months ago

          Excuse me while I take a break to drink my large soda from Whataburger.

          It’s gonna be a while.