• Fuzemain@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Let’s not joke hear CA doesn’t stand a chance. They’ve no nukes. They lack economic power. And they don’t have a cultural identity beyond “hey we aren’t America”. The last thing Canada wants is to fight a global super power.

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      The last thing the US wants is to be a pariah to the UK, Australia, NZ and South Africa. Them old commonwealth loyalties run deep. Not to mention France would take extreme exception to Quebec.

      Even if we didnt intervene militarily we all love Canada, It would be economic suicide.

      • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        South Africa is already against America, they’re in bed with China and Russia, they’re the S of “BRICS”

    • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Germany, Austria and Switzerland speak German, and are still different countries. US, UK, Canada, NZ and Australia speak English, and are different countries France and Belgium speak French, are different countries. The entire Arabic speaking world is spread across like 20 countries. Russia and Ukraine both speak Russian*, and one tried to merge with the other, violently, and are now bitter enemies probably forever…

      Is “Fuck off and leave people alone” an option in peoples brains?

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      They’ve no nukes.

      You’re gonna nuke an upwind state that you’d like to conquer? It’d be a drone fight like Ukraine.

      They lack economic power.

      California’s economy ranks fifth internationally, behind the US, China, Germany, and Japan. On a per capita basis, California’s GDP is greater than that of all of these countries.

      they don’t have a cultural identity

      Dude, that’s bogus. This is literally the same bullshit Putin says about Ukraine.

    • nuke@sh.itjust.worksM
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      8 days ago

      I here you but what if they challenge us to a hockey game? I don’t think we’re prepared for how ugly this can get.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        7 days ago

        And it’s hockey season, you ever try to get between a Canadian and a good hockey game? They’ll win so fast they don’t have time to get sober!