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[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 113 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 79 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 42 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

"It'll be our beautiful 51st state!"

🎃

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that already allocated to Greenland? So 52nd it is!

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 6 hours ago

I bet their president can't name 9 states. This isn't even a jke

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 23 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

More like the US will be bought by Canada.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 20 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

I too like to help people out but I don't know if we'll survive absorbing Florida and Texas while remaining a federal democracy. We already have Alberta and it's difficult. 😅

(AB canucks, this is a joke. Please don't get mad at me. If you still do, I apologize.)

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If Canada got rid of FPTP, proportional representation and ranked voting across all its provinces (Texas and Florida would become provinces) and federation (get rid of the monarchy), Florida and Texas would be much less of an issue.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

For sure. That said PR isn't a panacea. It solves a legitimate issue but it doesn't solve the orthogonal and serious problem of democracy's tendency to represent large capital.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Just take the northeast (NY, VT, CT, MA, NH, RI, ME), and the west coast. The rest won't complain.

[–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 7 points 13 hours ago

Please do, I would rather be Canadian these days.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 13 hours ago

A few more states would be happy to join I'd say.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 43 minutes ago

Washington and Oregon at least are part of the West Coast, and I don't know how much Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas would complain. Outside of urban areas the country seems to be pretty red regardless of where you go, and those states are definitely not known for being very urban.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

Ugh. Try living here!

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Is Canada that big on charities? I know they’re well known as being pleasant and kind, but are they so pleasant and kind that they’d accept a catastrophically bankrupt welfare country as their own?

There no expected ROI on America for decades!

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 hours ago

They can just own it like a colony. All the control, none of the financial responsibility.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

One can only hope. Just think of it as a renovation project.