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[–] Eryn6844 4 points 14 hours ago

sorry we got to do a purge first. we can't be joining any canada until we deal with this problem internally...

[–] rex_meatman@lemm.ee 6 points 18 hours ago

This is a horse shit idea. I don’t want the culture here to be watered down. I’d be wary of any state wanting to join confederation, and also concerned about the uptick in immigration from the USA.

[–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 4 points 18 hours ago

I, an Arizonan, would gladly become part of Mexico. A quarter of my heritage is there already.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago

Issue: Canada exterminates natives, proving extreme racism.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually id rather just break the united states into smaller countries.

Finding common ground and priorities with such a large populace is so non-productive.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There's an argument for states rights and a smaller federal government.

Individual Canadian provinces enjoy more Autonomy than your average US state.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

States' rights can be great when you agree with the policies, but I'm personally harrowed by stories of state government showing obvious contempt for their big cities.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

That could be solved by big cities having autonomy as well. Just like big cities in most European countries being their own province-level entities. Heck, don't even need to look further than Mexico City.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago

Can we have California? I want their movie industry to be Canadian.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And nobody in Canada wants this because 70 million americans voted for Trump

I'd way rather join EU so we get smart people coming into the country

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

We do share a land border with Denmark. We settled a border dispute with Denmark on Hans Island. We also have France just a few kilometers off the coast of Newfoundland in St Pierre and Miquelon.

We should use that as a path to EU membership

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

I think it's on the State level not the whole US. I'm fine with that.

Would like New England so we can have it unite with New Scotland to form the New United Kingdom and have Prince Albert(a) from New Brunswick be it's Monarch's consort and patron explorers, like Columbus but British so a British Columbia, to sail the seas to claim New Found Land and Labour to teach New English to New France until they can have Nunavut anymore.

[–] medusadeluxe@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s me. I’m the 1 in 5 Americans. I would so much rather be there than here.

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[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

warof1812 has entered the chat.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 65 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I’ll beat this drum again: I would fully support a program where we exchange equal numbers of MAGA loyalists in Canada for trained doctors, engineers, and tradespeople looking to escape fascism.

The Americans have already shown interest in this with their idea of importing white South Africans. Is this an impossible idea?

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Europe could also send over our USA-lovers to MAGA-land. I like the way you think.

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah just put them all in a big dystopian hellhole, its basically what they want so you're actually making them happy by doing it. They can worship billionaires while complaining about not having any social benefits and experience hardships like a bunch of repressed peasants.

[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are we doing Escape from New York on a national level? I'm for it.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago

They will cry about having their faces eaten off, but it kind of won't be our problem anymore.

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[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

And using a fishnet boat.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

That’s the perfect meme, because I do feel guilty about how this fucks over my friends and family in the US. But as they don’t seem motivated to fix their own country, I feel like this may be a good way to at least help some people

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We've got a bunch of cookers in Australia we need to dump too.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Make it crokadil and you have a deal.

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've pointed out before that most of the MAGA-land folks in Canada likely currently don't have a viable path to immigrate to the USA, see https://lemmy.ca/post/41215108/15425311 and https://lemmy.ca/post/41215108/15458003

But that doesn't mean we can't make one for them!

I imagine we could easily negotiate something like the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, but between Canada and the USA - but with the additional condition that MAGA is a disqualifying condition for coming to Canada.

Like the TTTA, we should also allow the green card holders in.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah likely would need to create a special system of refugee status or similar. Maybe around the concept of escaping “woke-ism”?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

scientists are smart enough to escape first, no such luck for MS, AND BS of stem though, as were not "valuable" in for-profit stem industry.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I hope Canada can change this.

One challenge has been that many of our best-educated people have left for the US, which has blunted some of the economic trickle-down effects that should accompany publicly-funded research. So we incur the costs but yet not reap the benefits, which dulls public enthusiasm for supporting this.

It’s entirely plausible to me that this system has been upended and think we should reevaluate these choices to consider expanding funding for science not directly tied to industry and short-term benefits. But I don’t think it’ll be as easy as snapping our fingers

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

As a Texan, as much as I want to be a Canadian, I would not wish my asshole neighbors on my friends to the north.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

We already have a Texas. It's called Alberta.

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Everything is bigger in Texas, but especially the bigotry. Hope you’re doing well.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Were sorry for Ted Cruz too, sorry

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I forgive you. I do wish he’d go the fuck away though.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

That's where I'm at I think. The ultimate sacrifice.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We don’t want US people seceding to Canada. Enough of their individualistic, manifest destiny, American exceptionalism poison mindset. I don’t want any more of that ideology to infect Canada any more than it already has.

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Can you at least start letting in trans US refugees before they all get genocided? Because it's already started.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

Of course. I really want this. Trans US people should be able to claim refugee status in Canada. I really hope the govt makes this a possibility soon. Right now the Canadian govt hasn’t issued a travel warning for the US even though Canadians are being detained and held for nothing.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

any more than it already has

So many people I know get fuming mad at the idea of higher taxes because they think their income is going to be given to the poor. It's the same 'one good move away from being a millionaire' mentality that drives voters in red states.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To those Americans: you know that means you get a king, right?

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Compared to?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

Canada, don't do it

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whatever it takes for USians to get healthcare. No country is as barbaric towards its own citizens as the Unites States.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Raverbunny@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Hey, stop insulting North Korea like that, at least Kim isn't a complete dumbass with fake tan.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mmmmm. Have Canadians considered that these USAians might try to enter their country?

They may need to look at ways to prevent this, idk, maybe like building a wall? Or tariffs. Tariffs work for everything, though I don't really know what they are and can only spell it because of autocorrect.

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

Stop giving Poilievre ideas. He's already Trumping as hard as he can.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Sorry, but you're not welcome.

Person-for-person, maybe; but with very few exceptions, we don't really want or need US territory.

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