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During Nazi Germany there was also a Jews for Nazis group or something called similar like that.
There is always that group of idiots that just don't care
the petty bourgeoise usually
You poor, delusional fools. I hope you don't like having healthcare.
They think they're the special few that will he healthcare
It's even worse, they literally think they will never need it, so they shouldn't pay for someone else's.
Even better when they get deported.
Real leopard eating face situations with all the MAGA Mexicans surprised they voted for people to lock them in cages.
And literally this month, a Canadian was locked up by ICE.
Can't make this up.
Or mouse patrols.
Surely they could work out some kind of citizenship trade with 'muricans looking to escape.
You're free to leave any time you want, the border is right there.
To be fair, recent events like https://lemmy.ca/post/41181182 and https://lemmy.ca/post/41102961 or https://lemmy.ca/post/41065802 or https://lemmy.ca/post/41091031 suggest it'd be harder for them to move over to the US now than it used to be. At least as Canadians.
Most likely, the only realistic option they have for moving to the US would be to attract someone and marryH^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HH
The only realistic option for them is for Canada join the US as a single country. Which is still wildly unrealistic. But it's all they have, sad as it is.
That being said, if a future option opens up - say from a new treaty provides an option where they irreversibly renounce being Canadian in return for getting US citizenship - I wouldn't necessarily say no to that.
That's not being fair at all. I thought by "harder to move" you meant there was an administrative issue like they're denying people to immigrate there.
It's exactly what these idiots want so they should just move. You think they'll treat us better once we become the 51st state? They don't even treat their current 50 states well.
It’s exactly what these idiots want so they should just move.
It's not like I disagree with you on this, but... who says they can? How would they do it? It sounds to me like you're suggesting they just pack a trailer, drive south, overstay and live as undocumented migrants.
There'd be a certain poetic justice in that, to be sure, but anyone with two brain cells would be able to understand why living in Canada with full citizenship is better.
I thought by “harder to move” you meant ... like they’re denying people to immigrate there.
Yes! That's exactly what I meant. These folks can't just waltz down into the US of A and expect to stay forever. They have to comply with the existing immigration programs, which rather ironically are harder to comply with under the current administration in the US. Heck, even visiting or working in the US is getting harder.
Granted my above references were more towards the latter, rather than with immigrating per se. We're only a few months in to this term, so we haven't had time to accumulate the data to see trends yet. But in his first term, the number of green cards that got issued by the US was cut down sharply, https://www.cato.org/blog/president-trump-reduced-legal-immigration-he-did-not-reduce-illegal-immigration or see https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-restrictions-legal-immigration-second-term-rcna151994 if you want a less biased and more neutral source.
You think they’ll treat us better once we become the 51st state?
Oh, heck no. I can't find it now but I recall one of the administration officials saying that Canada wouldn't even be a state, it'd be treated like Puerto Rico (a territory with no voting rights).
Basically, we've got to be prepared to defend this country to the death.
They don’t even treat their current 50 states well.
Yes, I know - I only recently escaped myself from that.
there was an administrative issue
Depends on how one defines "administrative" I suppose, but the term is not inaccurate. You could also categorize it as a political issue, as well as a legal issue.
That’s not being fair at all.
Edit: Enjoy your upvote!
Now, there's a huge irony here. These folks like the guy currently running the show down south, even as he makes it harder for them to (legally) join him and his country.
I wish these people would just move down there instead of dragging the rest of us with them into their pit of misery.
Same! I went the other way to escape this craziness - now I risk ending up right back where I started.
Yup. They can sell all their property and move, but they ain't taking any land with them.
A.K.A. traitors.
Those Albertans can fuck right off to the States then, can't they?
Do they even know what they are signing up for? (American style health care, school shootings, DOGE, etc?)
All they care about are
Let's be real, most of those folks are probably traditional white Bible Belt Conservative that would love to go back 60 years in the past.
We really need to be careful though because the left in the US underestimated those and their money and influence, we cannot do the same here and let them sneak their way into power.
Also living under a fascist authoritarian regime.
I believe the correct term for them is: Fucking Losers.
Doors are due south. Kindly fuck off.
Paid shills
Not all of them. I know a few that genuinely believe this would be a good thing. They're mostly far right conservatives though, who wish they could immigrate to Texas or whatever, but can't because the US does not actually want them. So to them, it feels like a backdoor option. Full on trumpets.
Good point. But the upvote is for “ trumpets “ lol!
I'm sure they'd love to live in the Dakotas. Bye!
I hear they'll make you an honorary citizen and even provide you a new home if you show up at the border with gun and declare you are a foreigner who wants to live in America!
Also,
Fuck. These. Fucking. Piece. Of. Shit. Little. Fucking. Goofs.
I propose a trade. Alberta for the Western and Northeastern states.
As a Californian, please. Also, don’t give up Banff/Jasper as part of that.
They are welcome to fuck right off to the USA any time.
tbh, i am wondering is it really "small minority", or just "small part" of the minority that we heard/seen.
how many of them are staying quiet but secretly want to join the USA.
bottomline, it is still scarying me that PC still poll 37+%
Me too. So please everyone go out and vote on April 28 (or early poll if you wish). Go to Election Canada (https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx) and make sure that you are registered to vote at your current address.
I just don't understand where these people get their information. I haven't been able to find any verifiable facts that make statehood a good idea or would save any money.
These people have the same mental capacity for critical thinking and reason as Sovereign Citizens.
Verifiable facts are not part of their thought process.
Post to remember to come back once there is a non paywall link so I can comment beyond the content of the headline
Edit:
Holy shit the guy in this article has got to be the stupidest person ever interviewed.
The Albertans who want to be the 51st state can consider themselves met, I guess.
You're welcome, https://archive.ph/KEdgc
Thanks, I had paywall remover scanning just waiting for someone to archive it