i hope this is ironic

  • ComradeSharkfucker
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    315 months ago

    Honestly, do we really think America won’t invade canada as soon as its farmland starts to fail from climate change?

    • slazer2au
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      55 months ago

      Why go to the bother of invasion. Use trade to force them.

      • @Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
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        105 months ago

        Canada has the ninth largest economy in the world. Yes, America is larger but not so large that they don’t rely on Canada for import/export. Starting a trade war with Canada would just see Canada move it’s resources to a more fruitful source.

        So sick and tired of people talking about Canada as though we’re subservient or reliant on America. We are allies and friends. We work together because it works. The moment it stops working doesn’t mean Canada will come crashing down and beg america for forgiveness.

        • slazer2au
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          25 months ago

          You realise there is an order of magnitude difference between US and Canada right?

          2 trillion compared to 30 trillion.

          But you are right, they are very close countries and using trade to bully is not something that will happen and would put USMCA in trouble.

          • @Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
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            45 months ago

            Ukraine is small compared to Russia and look at them.

            I realise the discrepancy but it doesn’t matter what size the bully is. You should always stand up for your rights. Sovereignty rights, Provincial, State, Human, Civil rights. There are always bullies out there.

            Trans folks make up less than 1% of the fight. There are several orders of magnitude between their cause and almost any other, yet they fight.

            Just because we’re smaller doesn’t mean we have to take their shit. America relies on Canada for large amounts of their lumber, construction goods, and energy. If Canada and Mexico decide to say goodbye then America is just as screwed.

    • @lorty@lemmy.ml
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      15 months ago

      They probably could just pull an annexation just by threat of invasion. It’s not like Canada could or would resist anyways.

      • @Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world
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        115 months ago

        Canada would resist. Saying anything else is defeatism and only serves to support this insane rhetoric.

        I will see blood in the streets before I cede a single inch of my fucking country to fascist pig fuckers from south of the border. They may be the largest military out there but there will be American blood on Canadian hands.

      • @TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
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        45 months ago

        62% of Canadian conservatives said they would vote for kamala over trump

        So like 75% of Canada would be considered left compared to American standards

        • @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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          15 months ago

          OK, you fundamentally misunderstand left and right. Democrats are on the right wing. They aren’t as far right as Republicans but they support capitalism, the free market, private insurance etc.

      • @LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee
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        35 months ago

        But the American Left is the Canadian Center. There’d be a fair few Conservative voters who’d vote Democrat and not change their ideology.

        • @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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          15 months ago

          I don’t think you’re correct. Kamala Harris is the exact same type of liberal as Justin Trudeau and nobody is happy with his style right now.

    • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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      55 months ago

      You have put Atlanta in Florida and I cannot agree to that on any capacity, I’m sick just thinking about it

      • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Spoken like a true Georgian.

        As a Floridian, yall can keep your garbage state - other than Savaannah, that’s a nice town.

        OTOH, if this was real the band Florida-Georgia Line wouldn’t make sense and would hopefully also drop off the map, so… maybe?

        Edit: I just noticed they renamed South Carolina to Georgia…

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          5 months ago

          Y’all already have St Augustine so Savannah is off the table, we’ll offer Albany, Valdosta, and Phenix City. I can agree with you that Florida-Georgia Line ceasing to exist would be for the best of everyone.

      • @TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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        45 months ago

        I didn’t draw these borders, Atlas Pro did, and he drew these borders because they better account for geography, rather than just arbitrary straight lines. This isn’t necessarily meant to be a final proposal, additions and refinements would be needed.

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          Those sorts of lines would make sense if we landed here from outer space and it had never been populated before. Otherwise that’s just ripping cultural areas apart

          Edit: Michigan and Ohio literally fought a war against each other over Toledo. They would start another if forced to rejoin

  • Sundray
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    135 months ago

    If you want to call a state “Jefferson” you’re going to have to fight the crazies in Shasta county, (in northern California) for it.

    • @blazeknave@lemmy.world
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      55 months ago

      Female person of color friend from the area ended my delusions of Calenbach’s Ecotopia within minutes of telling me about who she grew up with in that version of the PNW

    • @Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      25 months ago

      Except for the Yucatan peninsula, gotta keep the old pyramids and cultural sites in our hands for the tourism bucks. Gonna put a hotel right at the bottom of Giza 🤢🤮

  • @tills13@lemmy.world
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    95 months ago

    I’d rather die than become whatever the fuck Caledonia is. Also giving Alberta to Saskatchewan is hilarious.

    • @SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      35 months ago

      Most people in BC would wind up in Washington or Lincoln, looks like those go up to around Kelowna latitude.

      Anyway, who do I start punching for this?

  • AItoothbrush
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    85 months ago

    I get including belize but thats also like half of guatemala that belize doesnt even claim and also why is yucatan also included? Same with the cantral american islands? Also taking greenland(which is still oart of denmark) and iceland is seriously fucking with europe. At that point you are waging war with basically every continent that exists.

  • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    85 months ago

    I like that they consolidated the Dakotas but not Best Carolina where my partner lives and Worst Carolina where Dylan Roof and Lindsay Graham are from…

    • Live Your Lives
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      45 months ago

      They put the North half of North Dakota into Pembina, though, so I don’t know if that really counts as consolidation.

      • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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        45 months ago

        Having never heard or seen the word before, I still say that joining Pembina is a significant upgrade from North Dakota. Even if it DOES sound more like a genital deformity than a state.

        “Did you hear that Carol’s baby was born with pembina?” "Poor thing! I TOLD her those lead enemas during pregnancy was a bad idea, though!“

  • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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    75 months ago

    Interesting to see them break up so many red States in this. Taking the time to make sure the Electoral College is balanced I guess?