Canada is part of NATO, FVEY, NORAD, USMCA. Arguably the USA's best or 2nd best friend. Our biggest argument is over a rock in the Atlantic that is smaller than a city block.
A peaceful mutually-agreed merger could make sense, but why show any hostility?
yeah - i ran some napkin numbers: at least 8 "red" states with 2-8 congressional representatives (and thus, 4-10 EC votes), would all have to drop to being like Wyoming with just 1 seat and 3 votes. While California and NY would lose 3 seats each (5 EC votes), so would Texas and Florida.
@Jonathan Lamothe @George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ Worth noting that the NDP and Liberals split the leftist vote. Canada consistently votes leftwing and the conservatives almost always lose if you count wings of the parties like you would under a two party system.
He makes it sound tempting, though, in a way Trump couldn't. It's everything the Republicans have feared about making DC and Puerto Rico states, but whiter.
"nobody like Trump would ever get elected again. And lastly you can fuck right off."
Now now, let's not be so hasty here. You bring something to the table we want, what can we do for you? We used to be under the Crown too, can we work out some deal with all three parties?
His billionaires want Canada, Mexico, & Greenland as vassal states, to be looted for their resources, just like Putin intends for Ukraine & Europe. ecfr.eu/publication/the-art-ofβ¦
Europeansβ response to Russiaβs war on Ukraine confirms their profound dependence on the US β an unwise position given the security challenge in Europe andβ¦
@Npars01 Empires aggregate wealth in the metropole. Their power comes from the size of the latifundia from which they draw resources, for the cost of extraction, impoverishing the people who call the latifundia home. There is a first world because empires create a a third.
They delude themselves that physical isolation secures their safety, as they fund societal collapse, in an era of drones with GPS targeting & global pandemics.
@erin (she/her) @Jonathan Lamothe @George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ remember that if you live in a riding where the NDP has a chance of winning strategic voting says to vote for them. Don't strategically give us a crappy liberal party, make them compromise (or better, kill the liberals)
Well, if the Danes manage to buy California, then technically Canada would just replace us as the 5Oth state. But I'm okay with that. Organic smΓΈrrebrΓΈd on every street corner, more bike lanes, universal healthcare and fact-based politics sound terrific to me!
Which is why the UK is more likely to be swallowed up, at least in part. England and Wales would likely vote for the 51st and 52nd Stars, while Scotland would go for independence within the EU, and Northern Ireland would likely re-unify with Ireland within the EU. England, on its own, has a GDP that would make it the 2nd or 3rd biggest State, with a population to match. And as that population has an unfortunate tendency to vote in autocrats and those who favour the rights of Big Biz over the rights of the peopleΒΉ, that would be even more votes for President Musk's second term. And just think of the kickbacks from the NRA and Big Pharma/BigMedicalInsurance for opening up a brand new, 60 million plus new market for their goods and services.
ΒΉEven Labour, the UKs dominant Left-Wing party and current Government, is decidedly Thatcherite, even more so than your Dems.
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Dear @georgetakei Would u send my anything back?
I'm one of these crazy Trekkies..so..r u out there Lt. Sulu? π
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Canada is part of NATO, FVEY, NORAD, USMCA. Arguably the USA's best or 2nd best friend. Our biggest argument is over a rock in the Atlantic that is smaller than a city block.
A peaceful mutually-agreed merger could make sense, but why show any hostility?
Ulrik Nyman ⬑
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •You should really help organize a violent resistance.
Trump and Musk needs to be taken out of the equation.
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • •@George Takei :verified: π³οΈβπππ½ On that last point, when I look at Pierre Poilievre's polling numbers, I'm not so sure...
Sadly, we're not immune to fascism in Canada.
like this
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •like muricans will ever vote again.
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •"nobody like Trump would ever get elected again. And lastly you can fuck right off."
Now now, let's not be so hasty here. You bring something to the table we want, what can we do for you? We used to be under the Crown too, can we work out some deal with all three parties?
Neil Brutalist
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Nicole Parsons
in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Trump's billionaires don't want Canada as an equal partner in its constitutional oligarchy.
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukraβ¦
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassalβ¦
britannica.com/event/Nazism/Toβ¦
His billionaires want Canada, Mexico, & Greenland as vassal states, to be looted for their resources, just like Putin intends for Ukraine & Europe.
ecfr.eu/publication/the-art-ofβ¦
Just as Xi intends for Taiwan.
Economic plunder.
reuters.com/world/china/xi-sayβ¦
Every imperial empire "solves its problems" with ...
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The art of vassalisation: How Russiaβs war on Ukraine has transformed transatlantic relations
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleβ¦
... with perpetual expansionist wars & seeks new sources of slaves
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaverβ¦
Massing troops at a border isn't about illegal immigration, it's a sign of war preparation
bbc.com/news/articles/cpwx7qeeβ¦
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschlβ¦
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/contentβ¦
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatβ¦
1941β1942 invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany
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in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •Empires aggregate wealth in the metropole. Their power comes from the size of the latifundia from which they draw resources, for the cost of extraction, impoverishing the people who call the latifundia home. There is a first world because empires create a a third.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to huntingdon • • •Murdoch and Koch are busily creating their latifundia
britannica.com/topic/latifundiβ¦
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropβ¦
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dβ¦
So are Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg.
wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberβ¦
theconversation.com/billionairβ¦
theguardian.com/technology/202β¦
hawaiipublicradio.org/local-neβ¦
businessinsider.com/photos-indβ¦
They delude themselves that physical isolation secures their safety, as they fund societal collapse, in an era of drones with GPS targeting & global pandemics.
See the exclusive island where you can live next to Jeff Bezos
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@George Takei π³οΈβπππ½
I do, a bit. I'm sorry that's about to happen to y'all. I hope he's defeated! π«
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Well, if the Danes manage to buy California, then technically Canada would just replace us as the 5Oth state. But I'm okay with that. Organic smΓΈrrebrΓΈd on every street corner, more bike lanes, universal healthcare and fact-based politics sound terrific to me!
theguardian.com/world/2025/febβ¦
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trumpβs Greenland aims: βWeβll bring hygge to Hollywoodβ
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •And then fuck off a bit moreβ¦
#uspol #trump
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in reply to George Takei π³οΈβπππ½ • • •Which is why the UK is more likely to be swallowed up, at least in part.
England and Wales would likely vote for the 51st and 52nd Stars, while Scotland would go for independence within the EU, and Northern Ireland would likely re-unify with Ireland within the EU.
England, on its own, has a GDP that would make it the 2nd or 3rd biggest State, with a population to match.
And as that population has an unfortunate tendency to vote in autocrats and those who favour the rights of Big Biz over the rights of the peopleΒΉ, that would be even more votes for President Musk's second term.
And just think of the kickbacks from the NRA and Big Pharma/BigMedicalInsurance for opening up a brand new, 60 million plus new market for their goods and services.
ΒΉEven Labour, the UKs dominant Left-Wing party and current Government, is decidedly Thatcherite, even more so than your Dems.
Leta_Darnell
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@George Takei π³οΈβπππ½
Ugh. I'm sorry! I had no idea!
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Don't forget Quebec!