As fun as that would be, I don't think it would be productive. It is to everyone's benefit that Canada and the US remains friends, but we need to start imagining a world where that isn't possible anymore.
You've done nothing to try to convince me that I am incorrect. You've not engaged with my original argument with any logical reasoning or facts. You haven't even tried. All you've done is degrade my degrees and try to bully me out of my opinion like a little school child. In fact, I am beginning to suspect I really am speaking to a child -- even wishing that you could physically smack me instead when losing an argument.
Nothing I said is revisionism but solid fact. It is simply making new conclusions on new emerging research and historical sources -- something that you have no idea about because you're not a historian. Historians disagree all the time on the same historical events. You'd know this if you ever read more than one book on the same historical topic instead of taking the first one you read as gospel.
I stand by what I originally said. You are not equipped to debate history.
They don't ship to the US, bummer. I'll have to pick some up once I am back to living in Canada.
Same! I've got 3,250 hours on it. Tynan really keeps it on the down low that he is based in Canada!
It's strange, somehow nearly all of my favourite games are Canadian made. Despite being disconnected from Canada by living in the US for over a decade, so many of my favourite musicians, games, movies and even youtubers are Canadian. Stuff Canadians make just appeals to me more often than not, and it makes me feel fuzzy and like I'm still Canadian despite being gone for so long. So excited to move back this year.
What you've said is true, but I still insist that Canada is not an imperial or opportunist country that is looking to gobble up states, even if handed on a silver platter. It's just not really what we do. You are severely overlooking the fact that it would require a supermajority of support in both the seceding state and Canada as a whole to admit a new province/territory into the confederation. That is simply unlikely.
If the US collapses USSR-style, it would likely just simply balkanize instead of being picked over by its neighbours. It would balkanize either by region, or completely by states. What is probably more likely is probably another civil war, with one side completely winning or a stalemate being met and two or more separate USAs existing. But honestly, there is literally no way to know what will happen to the US going forward.
Gun to my head, had to choose, I'd say that America just continues to be a flawed democracy and returns to its isolationism that it historically always does inbetween major wars, probably suffer a major recession, and then has a civil war.
You're 10-ply bud. The only person showing a gross lack of humility here is you. I'd go into depth on why what you said is stupid and is bad history, but smart words are wasted on deaf ears. I can tell you all the historical facts backed by primary sources all day, but I can't teach critical thinking. That lack is critical thinking is what got you here. But hey, go ahead and keep on using bigger words to shield against that fragile, threatened, intellect of yours. I'm sure it will make us agree with you more instead of actually citing sources or doing any attempt to explain why you think what you said made any sense. So far you argument is "Field Marshal Zhukov said otherwise once" and your source is "trust me", and hiding behind the opinions of unnamed peoples who are more accredited than me (therefore default right-er-er than me!!), along with copious, pitiful, abrasive ad hominen attacks (I know big words too!!).
Real talk. I don't know what you do for a living, but I recommend you stay in your lane and I'll stay in mine. The electrician shouldn't tell a plumber how to bend pipes. Whatever brainrot is making you sanctify a long dead Field Marshal of the USSR, one responsible for the extremely brutality on the civilians of East Germany and especially Berlin, you should do some serious introspection as to why. You glorifying this man shows you are severely detached from reality, let alone equipped to debate history.
Oh, and I'm under no pretense to be polite or humble when talking about history here. This isn't a history conference, its an anonymous forum. I can be as crass or rude as I want here. Frankly, I should've just told you to pound sand instead of writing all this out. Do me a favour, and trust me when I say that what you said and think is stupid as hell. Your homework is to use the boundless expanse of the educational internet to figure out why. I say this with sass yet genuine concern; educate yourself better. Your mind deserves better.
If the Cons were smart, they're have kept him on a leash as an attack dog while making someone much more respectable be the party leader. Let PP do his vicious mockery act and outrage farming to soak up all the bad press, and let a normal-looking con take the seat.
Right now, PP is like a little yapping dog that got ahold of its own leash and doesn't know what to do with it.
Most Canadians would love the idea of states joining us
Nope. Not true.
They wouldn't even refuse solidly red states, I think
I would. They would view us as an occupying power, and would be right to think so. Think of Quebec, but instead of being French they're just racist. I don't want that in my Canada.
It would make Canada stronger, and a better life for the states
It would be a clusterfuck. Not Canada's problem to make life better for Americans. Ever heard the saying, people get the government they deserve? Majority of them are assholes or unable to help themselves. If they want to enjoy a better life the Canadian way, they can work on immigrating here. Canada is not an expansionist country. Plenty Happy as is, geopolitically speaking.
Economic power together is enhanced
We've been doing this already, as two separate sovereign nations. Assholes turned it against us. You know, you read the news.
Canada even as 10 states instead of 1, doesn't work because US debt is too high, and US simply has too harsh of a society meant for oligarchy.
Not sure what you're going on about with the US debt. But that alone is a reason for us to not join together. Who the hell would want to inherent that problem? Canadians would be taxed like crazy to help pay that off. If by too harsh of a society, you mean ruthless individualism at the expense of the overall social fabric, which has a nasty effect of creating oligarchs? Correct.
Healthcare would be a major issue.
It would be, but in this scenario is would ironically be the least problematic thing.
These opinions are presented to you by a dual citizen Canadian currently living in the Southeast of America. No normal people here want to invade Canada, and no Canadian wants to be a "savior" of poor abused American states. I'm down to let more people immigrate and become PR or citizens, but not a blanket annexation of entire states. If Americans have a issue with their current federal government, they can take some bricks and throw them through select politicians windows while doing mass strikes like the rest of the civilized world does to keep their democracy clean. The French revolution wasn't bloodless, nor was the American Revolutionary War. Tyrants don't go away on their own.
You know nothing about Canadians nor what the average American thinks and it shows.
I had no idea this was Canadian! Seems like Canadian game devs are really making top notch games.
Didn't realize that a Field Marshal of the Soviet Union is the be all end all of opinions about WW2 and the participation of the US in it. Next you'll be asking me to follow Douglas MacArthur's opinions on the Korean War!
Get real. The US showed up in WW1 in 1917, long after the Central powers were exhausted. In WW2, the US showed up in 1941. On the pacific front, the Japanese had been fighting China since 1933. In Europe, the Germans had been fighting since 1939. In both wars, the homefront was entirely untouched unlike the rest of the world, setting up the US with a massive head economic head start in the post-war period.
But hey, go on, lecture to the person with two history degrees from a US university on why your dead Soviet Field Marshal's opinion is more correct about the US's participation in the war than me.
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Rimworld is created by Tynan Sylvester, who lives in Ottawa. Fantastic colony sim game that still gets consistent and major updates alongside the DLC releases.
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Torn Banner Studios, creators of Chivalry and Chivalry 2, the Medieval multiplayer combat games are also Based in Toronto. They recently declared Chiv 2 to be a completed game, ceasing anynew content updates but still supporting the servers and community. They seem to be cooking up something new, but no info yet.
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Hinterland Studios, creators of The Long Dark, a survival game, are based in Vancouver. The game is slower paced with realistic survival mechanics in rural north BC I believe. It's not abandoned, but updates very slowly. Cool devs though.
All of these games have active dev and fan communities. Rimworld has a SUPER talented & stable modding community.
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It seems really promising. Even my mother who voted MAGA in America really likes Carney. He is absolutely swaying many conservatives with how comically overqualified he is for the position.