As a Washingtonian, I’m so fucking sold.
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I think a lot of us in Washington and Oregon would be all for this. And we can leave the eastern sides out. Northern California is obviously welcome.
Northern California is obviously welcome.
Except for Silicon Valley, right? Or does Canada have better antitrust and worker's rights regulations and enforcement too?
The Bay Area can be excised to form the new US charter city-state of Galt’s Gulch.
Galt’s Gulch
Sounds like a sexually transmitted disease that you can also get from reading too much Ayn Rand 😂
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Same fucking here!
Minnesota welcomes Canada with the traditional poutine and tatortot hotdish border potluck
Please don't leave us behind
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Vermont... I think we could get this done pretty quick... In fact, I bet the rest of the US wouldn't even notice... Bonus, we'll bring Bernie.
Vermont is already a honorary Canadian province for producing so much maple syrup.
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I'm so down for this.
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It's funny how much more favorable the comments are on this compared donnie's original comments.
Canadians on joining the US: "oh hell no!"
Americans on joining Canada: "me too please!"
Sooo, as a Canadian, I'm pretty sure I have the authority to speak for all of us, and as much as I'd love to have you all, I'd rather not tempt fate and accidentally start a war.
Also, Indiana, Idaho, South Dakota and Wyoming, you're expressly not allowed in.
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Yes. One million times yes. Let's watch the GOP fucking implode when the largest GDP State (CA) leaves their ass. It's insane they are whining about our fires... Idaho was far more on fire this year than us in California. And that was all forest, not literal neighborhoods that 100% raked their fuckin leaves.
Take Oregon and Washington and the USA is left without a Pacific Coast...LOL!
Keep it down. We don't want them figuring it out! (Also Alaska)
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I live in WA and I want this more than anything.
California should totally join Canada.
Having similar values, California will finally be able yonreally become what it wants under Canadian law. It being a ginormous economy is nice too for Canada and would just plain bankrupt the US in one go.
They can have Alberta in return if they want
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Here's a nice compromise position - Canada becomes a republic; in exchange, the West Coast and the East Coast down to Maryland (or Virginia) join as unincorporated territories or whatever the Canuck equivalent is.
please save us from Y'All Qaeda
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Speaking at a press conference last week in Ottawa, May called out the president-elect, saying, "Hey, Donald, have we got a deal for you? You think we want to be the 51st state huh? But maybe California would like to be the 11th province. How about it? California? Oregon? Washington?
I live in California and I'd like this. But then the USA would never have a non-GOP president ever again and that's against my conscience.
The "United States" is done anyway, there's no way, ironically, to make America great again.
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Washington would fit right in. Western Washington is already a lot like British Columbia, and Eastern Washington is already a lot like Alberta.
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Not just three, all the Blue States would like to switch to province.
I think each individual state should be able to choose whether they stay in the US or not. Every ten years, the citizens of the state voted. If you vote to leave, you can’t come back for ten years. It would take place at the same time as the census.
Yes, the one aspect of the civil war that I have never agreed with was that a stare can not choose to leave the Union. If a terratory can vote to join the Union, I see no reason why they couldn't vote to leave it. On that note, I would also support the idea that the other states should have the right to vote out a state they no longer want in the Union.
You’re right. Self determination is a right we all have.
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If the whole "annex Canada" stuff was just a distraction, this might become a reality, fascists like Trump are highly irrational, and might give them the 3 most western states, especially California.
Am Californian, would seriously consider joining Canada.
Trump could reflexively say whatever (as he does) but so much cargo comes through here his business people wouldn't let him do it. Too much of a tariff risk.
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This. This is how you fight trump
:O take us away pls
I am Soooooo down for this!!!!!
I doubt they'll take #Arkansas, so I'm screwed either way until my familial duty is complete.
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I think it's all noise to distract from issues US should solve on its own.
Pick me! Pick me! oh oh oh!
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