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this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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Most Americans like Canada and barely even see it as a separate country. Certainly not a foreign country.
That's kinda the problem bud, we ARE a separate country. Just because you might not have to get on a plane doesn't mean crossing the Canadian border isn't international travel (necessitating your passport).
It's the attitude like this that has fed the "might as well become a state" rhetoric. We quite literally are a foreign country because we're not part of theirs. Unless Americans only use the word foreign to mean scary/nonwhite.
thats the crux of the problem.
we are NOT the same country. we have similar culture and values, similar, but not the same.
there are some things that Canadians firmly choose the Red door on, where Americans chose the Blue door.
those fundemental differences is what makes us a seperate country. there are many things we are on the same page of, but there are many things we might as well be cats and dogs on as well.
Ummm... You should see it as another country and foreign isn't a bad word. You can be neighbours and friends but you are not the same.
Much like Australians and Kiwis aren't the same. Cousins, yes. Besties, yes. But not the same. And it's disrespectful to think you are. Both have their own identities and that's a good thing.
Exactly--we see them as being like cousins. Cousins are not foreign.