• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    Canada: Ranks #5 in the world for quality of life.

    USA: Ranks #22 and going down.

    Trump : “NOT FAIR, I WANT CANADA DOWN THERE WITH US!”

    Elbows up.

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      What’s the ranking system you’re referencing? Curious how the US is even that high up. I feel like the existence of “medical bankruptcy” alone should put us below most nations. Except for all the ones we invade or fuck over with sanctions/embargos.

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        I just picked whatever article showed up in a quick web search. It seems to vary depending on what the criteria is.

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          Yeah. There are so many awful ones. Like ones that favor “economic freedom” heavily. Which basically just boils down to the freedom of employers to exploit their employees.

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      Bro that’s fucking insane 38% of republicans favour annexing Greenland I have zero fucking patience for this shit

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      Give it a few more months of Fox News and internet trollbot propaganda.

      Elbows up.

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      I’m an American and I’m flabbergasted at seeing this. I wonder if those republicans can even find Greenland on a map. Or even Canada.

      Do I live in some weird bubble (SF bay area) and everyone else outside of my county is batshit insane?

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      The meme is the US state ;) We still love our neighbours in the USA who stand with us against fascism.

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            man it’s wild that dude might be the most hated man in politics right now on account of the right hating him for being part of the Zionist Occupied Government and the left hating him for giving the right reason to think there’s a Zionist Occupied Government

            it’s not all a conspiracy against jews, chuck. some of us are jewish and hate you for sucking shit

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      43% in favour or unsure of a hostile takeover of your long time ally and trading partner???

      I dont’t think “few americans in favor” is the correct headline here.

      “Nearly 1 in 5 americans support an unprovoked war against an ally” sounds more accurate

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        That’s not the question asked and I really wish it had been. “Canada becoming americas 51st state” could easily be a peaceful, friendly transition (especially because a lot of people have been brainwashed into thinking the US is objectively the best country, so who wouldn’t want to join it?).

        At least “annexing” implies force. I want to know how many Americans want to use force against our closest allies.

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          shitty poll questions get shitty results. I almost want to go into polling just to try and influence it to have better questions.

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      lol … when has American government ever listened to majority concerns of the population they claim to represent?

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    Canada is like that one player in Catan that wants to make sure everyone has what they need and is having a fun time.

    USA is like that one player that hoards all of the brick and sells it to you at a 3 for 1.

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    As an American, I’d much rather the US become the 11th province. Every Canadian is issued their own Moose and hockey stick, right? Sign me up!

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    With no fucking reason except agent orange said to poison all relations with neighboring countries to hurt America and blame it on dems…