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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm down for that. I live in California, being a Canadian province would double Canada's population and more than double its GDP.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I think there’s a lot that we could offer each other. I’d personally love to see it.

[–] rex_meatman@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days 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.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days 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 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

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

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

So i need to move?

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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 57 points 3 days 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 19 points 3 days 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 11 points 3 days 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.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 109 points 4 days ago (18 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 39 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 21 points 4 days ago (4 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.

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[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 17 points 4 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.

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[–] boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll offer you the state of New York. You can have the tax base of NYC. I'm sure most of New England minus New Hampshire would be down with this.

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[–] medusadeluxe@lemm.ee 45 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, but, I would much rather Americans actually came together and fixed their own shit rather than bailing on hundreds of years of work by leaving.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh grow a pair and start setting shit on fire.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 days ago (5 children)

if yall could do the white house again like last time it'd be much appreciated

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

honestly fair enough lol

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[–] Eryn6844@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

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

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 34 points 4 days ago (13 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.

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Lived in Texas 6 long years. Which was 7 years too long.

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (4 children)

No thanks. More Americans is the last thing we need in Canada

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[–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

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

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days 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.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

I want my taxes going to the poor! Society does better when we raise the floor, like how raising minimum wage also means that everyone else gets bumped up or how it’s cheaper to house the homeless and help them join a workforce as opposed to leaving them out on the streets.

But more specifically I want the ultra-rich to actually pay their fucking taxes! They have the money, they can pony and help a little.

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days 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 2 days 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.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rob1992@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

A lot of filming is done in Canada anyway because cheaper

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The US people wishing one thing and their stupid government doing exactly the opposite. Name a more iconic duo!

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

warof1812 has entered the chat.

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