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An almost inexhaustible reserve of lithium discovered in Canada (www.earth.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 55 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"It'll be our beautiful 51st state!"

🎃

[-] velindora@lemmy.cafe 30 points 4 months ago

More like the US will be bought by Canada.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I too like to help people out but I don't know if we'll survive absorbing Florida and Texas while remaining a federal democracy. We already have Alberta and it's difficult. 😅

(AB canucks, this is a joke. Please don't get mad at me. If you still do, I apologize.)

[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Just take the northeast (NY, VT, CT, MA, NH, RI, ME), and the west coast. The rest won't complain.

[-] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 16 points 4 months ago

Please do, I would rather be Canadian these days.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 4 months ago

A few more states would be happy to join I'd say.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

The PNW would complain.

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Washington and Oregon at least are part of the West Coast, and I don't know how much Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas would complain. Outside of urban areas the country seems to be pretty red regardless of where you go, and those states are definitely not known for being very urban.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago

If Canada got rid of FPTP, proportional representation and ranked voting across all its provinces (Texas and Florida would become provinces) and federation (get rid of the monarchy), Florida and Texas would be much less of an issue.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

For sure. That said PR isn't a panacea. It solves a legitimate issue but it doesn't solve the orthogonal and serious problem of democracy's tendency to represent large capital.

[-] phanto@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Ugh. Try living here!

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

As a Texan, I find your joke insulting. Primarily because it's typed instead of being a video and I have no clue what it says.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Savage..

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

One can only hope. Just think of it as a renovation project.

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is Canada that big on charities? I know they’re well known as being pleasant and kind, but are they so pleasant and kind that they’d accept a catastrophically bankrupt welfare country as their own?

There no expected ROI on America for decades!