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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 224 points 1 day ago (3 children)

According to the US Supreme Court, a US president cannot be prosecuted for crimes (if they're related to their official duties, but whatever goes, I guess). This means that Canada is faced with the fact that they're being attacked by a foreign power with a ruler not beholden to the rule of law. If they give in, they're going to be conquered by a king who is not bound by a national constitution, legislative body, nor courts. This is an existential threat to their freedom as individuals with rights.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 191 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

If they give in

lol, no. The US are about to rediscover why Canadians were so feared in the world wars. Canada literally exists because we didn't want to be part of the US. If you want Washington burned down a second time, keep at it.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

I don't understand their endgame here. I'm sure they could take over Canada by force if they wanted, but keeping it is a whole other matter. They should have learned from the many wars they fought that occupying land the locals don't want you to occupy sucks.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 108 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gotta go further south this time. Warching Mar-a-Lago burn will be fun.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 day ago

I'm down, I know the area well. We can call it the March of the Snowbirds.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Turning North America into Canada, South Canada, and Mexico would be a nice sight

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 49 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

If it gives me single payer healthcare? I, for one, welcome our new Canadian overlords.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 17 points 23 hours ago

It's being dismantled by Conservative provincial governments. And in Ontario at least, people can't even be bothered to vote for a party that will preserve it. But I'd rather stay an independent country with problems that be taken by the USA.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And as a respected media personality I can help round up others so they may toil in your underground ~~sugar~~ maple syrup caves.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

We have cheese caves, too.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago

Upper Canada, lower Canada and discount Canada

[–] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 27 points 23 hours ago

Fuckit. I'll greet the Canadians at the boarder as liberators.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 16 points 21 hours ago

...
Do you promise? That doesn't sound so bad, tbh.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm not gonna complain, might even cheer you on. This administration is off the rails already and we are barely a few months in.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, we need an adult to come save us.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago

Many of us will welcome you with open arms.

[–] You_are_dust@lemm.ee 8 points 21 hours ago

Don't tease us. You're getting some of us excited here.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

Something something “greeted as liberators” only for real

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

You promise!? I'll bring the popcorn

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, that and also the fact that Canadians currently see the US as a severely indebted dumpster fire where the system is specifically designed to exploit and oppress its citizens for the profit of the few. A police state where cops can assault, rob, unlawfully imprison and murder anyone without repercussion, where your insurance company will deny you life saving treatments to make more money despite charging you twice what Canadians pay for their own health insurance through their slightly higher taxes, where the cost of education is absurdly prohibitive and social mobility is nonexistent, where it is legal to pay someone a salary that is not even enough to keep them lodged and fed while working over 50 hours a week on several jobs, where corporations can sell you food containing ingredients that are known to be harmful to your health, where religious zealots with belief systems that belong to the dark ages wield significant political power, where citizens are locked up for simple violations while rich people get away with murder, where entertainment TV shows can spew out pure disinformation while calling themselves "~~FOX~~ News" where Corporations are being given human rights that take priority over real humans and their political donations are considered "free speech", where any moron can buy a gun without even having a single clue on how to use it safely and where the violent crime rate is through the roof, all that while chanting about being the greatest country on Earth.

And that was before we even take Trump into consideration. But hey, he said we could keep our anthem because he likes it and that we'd pay lower taxes. So I guess that makes it worth it now?

[–] PraxicalExperience@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Hey, that's my view of the US too, from ground zero!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

if canada is threatened they can just cut out all traffic to ALASKA, starve the state.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 17 hours ago

This abministration wouldn't give a shit.