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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

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[-] velindora@lemmy.cafe 30 points 3 days ago

More like the US will be bought by Canada.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.)

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days 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 2 days ago
[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

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

[-] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 15 points 3 days ago

Please do, I would rather be Canadian these days.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 3 days ago

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

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days 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 3 days 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 3 days 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 3 days ago

Ugh. Try living here!

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

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

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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!

[-] velindora@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 days ago

They can just own it like a colony. All the control, none of the financial responsibility.

[-] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

More like "it'll be our new Puerto Rico, or CNMI". If any Albertan (cause it's really only Albertans that think being American would be better than being Canadian) thinks the US is going to treat Albertans like equals, i have a war with Venezuela to sell them.

America is interested in Alberta's resources, not it's people. They will bleed Alberta dry, and then leave them with nothing but a planet sized mess to clean up.

I hope Albertans realize this before it's too late for them. If they think being Canadian sucks...wait until they're less than Americans.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

For sure. If the US goes the length of annexing Canada or part thereof without the consent of most Canadians, then there's little point conceding electoral power to the undoubtedly indignant population.

[-] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Of course not. These selfish, racist, bigoted fucks in Alberta have no idea they're signing themselves up to be thrown under the bus.

I can't stand them (and my fb feed is full of old friends who have fallen to the dark side) but i still feel like we should protect them from the absolute gulag Alberta would become if it became a US territory.

If you live in Alberta, and love the idea of becoming the 51st state, go to Saipan. I've been there...it sucks.

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

Isn't that already allocated to Greenland? So 52nd it is!

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 5 points 3 days ago

I bet their president can't name 9 states. This isn't even a jke

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