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[–] [email protected] 107 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] rayyy 38 points 6 days ago

Putin's long plan is coming together magnificently. He started with just one useful idiot, expanded to the whole Republican party and a third of the U.S. population.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

Until EU gets Central and South America as strong allies, and probably eventually Japan, this making the much closer rival stronger.

Would be hilarious if it happened.

[–] Gammelfisch 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The EU and Canada see more doors opening up to counter the idiots running the USA into the ground. The Canadians stopped purchasing US alcoholic beverages.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

BC just stopped purchasing alcohol from Red states which is hilarious

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Ontario alone purchases $1B in American liquor per year. While in the big scheme of things it's peanuts, it is $1B less in American distiller's pockets.

And Ontario isn't just targeting red states in the ban.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Take us in. We have maple syrup.

[–] ByteJunk 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Come join us! We have wine and baguettes, I'm sure we can make it work.

[–] Nalivai 8 points 6 days ago

No joke, if you take a piece of baguette and soak it maple syrup, you will get an amazing little desert. There is probably some teachable moment there, I don't know

[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago (10 children)

He's gonna come for Europe next, just watch abd see

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (13 children)

Alienate all your allies speedrun

Jokes aside, why? There literally is no good reason to piss of people that like you and are willing to work with you

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Destroy the economy, collapse any remaining faith in democracy, sell the nation to the highest bidder.

It's going to be the biggest and most destructive form of disaster capitalism we've ever seen, mainly because they are the very people who are engineering the disaster in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Again, that is the thing I don't understand. They are already filthy rich. Why crash and burn everything? Wouldn't it be better to just continue making boatloads of money?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I see you don't understand. They always need MORE.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

They are already getting more. They want more more.

[–] spirinolas 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"They want more!"

"But, they're already making more money...what's the point?"

"Who said anything about money..."

[–] harmsy 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They have first boatloads of money, yes, but what about second boatloads of money?

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[–] kreskin 16 points 6 days ago

It furthers Putins goals.

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[–] shneancy 14 points 6 days ago

i'm honestly terrified. the last thing the entire planet wanted was a puppet orange for a fascist billionaire having all the nuke launch codes

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And we'll spank him like a little bitch!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

He already is basically. Fucker shouted down the phone at the Danish PM.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It was great to be so close to USA on the map, until it wasn't.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Doesn't Mexico have a saying like "So far from God and so close to the United States"?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

  • Pierre Trudeau

Now the elephant isn't friendly anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

US citizens just now learning how quickly decades of mutual trust and diplomacy can evaporate if you unleash a sociopathic narcissist on your allies for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Can't wait for the glorious clusterfuck of a CA-EU-UK-CN-JP trade aliance. Even Russia would be neutered, possibly NK too because both ultimately depend on China. If SK follows Japan, there won't be an NK anymore. Putin's regime will collapse as his wartime economy implodes, while EU gets it's cheap gas back plus cheap Chinese EVs too smoothly transition.

EU could ensure it's own security through independence from the very nation it needed to protect it (US). This would also basically completely contain Trump too.

Rip up the US copyright/patent laws and stimulate the economy, cut off support for US vassals like Israel, cut the US off from Five Eyes, and if they do so much as peep, no more cheap shit and we put nukes in Canada.

Polish cavalrymen riding alongside English royal guards rattling sabers of glorious Chinese steel.

Daily Military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, but to the south-east of Taiwan :)))

Probably hopium though. EU itself will splinter before long.

[–] jaybone 17 points 6 days ago

This is pretty optimistic.

[–] marcos 8 points 6 days ago

Even Russia would be neutered, possibly NK too because both ultimately depend on China.

Have you noticed that since Trump declared he'll invade the EU, China's foreign policy has turned a lot against Russia?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Not likely that CA-CN relations are ready for that. JP-CN neither, nor UK-EU.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Polish cavalrymen riding alongside English royal guards rattling sabers of glorious Chinese steel.

Stationed in the rocky mountains. This is a pretty good prompt for a short story about the balkanization of the former United States

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How long before the US pulls out of Five Eyes and we stop sharing intelligence with our closest allies?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Would you trust any US itelligence atm?

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[–] Hobbes_Dent 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don’t fucking give them eggs, the ones left who care will be satiated because they got cheaper, promise fulfilled, and the fascism will accelerate.

[–] marcos 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They offering eggs to Canada.

What? Did you think anybody bothers to talk with the US right now?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

I dunno with US egg prices so high, I thought it was a good way for the EU troll the US.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I accept your offer of an egg. Thank you for your sympathies. Also for the egg.

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[–] Snowclone 7 points 5 days ago

Yes. Please. Please sir... an egg....

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm not going to tell people how to eat, but I will point out that if there was a time you should try plant based diets, that time is now.

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[–] aeronmelon 22 points 6 days ago

Look at this lottery winner out here passing out eggs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That's OK, Canada has enough eggs on its own I think.

If not, I guess it's finally time to get a few chickens! We've been meaning to anyhow.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (5 children)

How much for the egg? Askin' for a friend.

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey, whatever happens at least we'll have eggs.

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[–] MissJinx 11 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I'm sorry if it's a dumb question but It's honest, Isn't canada somewhat under UK still? Wouldn't tbe US have problems with UK too if they keep pushing? Have no horse on this race, just asking coz I'm dumb

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Not really. They're part of the Commonwealth, an association of former British colonial possessions, and "recognize" the British monarch as their own monarch. The monarch (King Charles, currently) has a representative in Canada known as the Governor General. They do a ton of stuff like appoint Prime Minister, heads of the Provinces, dissolving parliament, etc.

However they almost exclusively can only act when asked to by Parliament or the Prime Minister. They also do ceremonial stuff. They do have some emergency power however it's never been used in the post-independence era.

Basically no, not really. King Charles (King of Canada) could technically try and like dissolve the parliament or something but it would cause a constitutional crisis that would probably just end up removing the whole Canadian Monarchy thing.

But they are strong allies.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Am Canadian, I have wondered this as well -- could we ask the UK and rest of Commonwealth to help us out if things get too bad? I hope so.. but I don't think there is any obligation to come to our defense ala NATO if things get shooty.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] MissJinx 11 points 6 days ago

wow calm down there bill gates, don't come rubbing your wealth in our faces.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

If the UK hadn’t done Brexshit, there probably could have been a way to add Canada to the EU as an associated member, like Norway, Switzerland, etc…

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