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If they weren’t cowards they would sign an asylum bill to let USians immigrate without delays
Just make DC, Puerto Rico, and hell, Guam a state and you can still keep the flag the same. Or split up Texas into three gerrymandered states to guarantee a forever republican government.
We can’t make Hell a state because we already have Texas.
New York too, please!
Please do. Would love to be able to visit NY again.
Michigan, the Dakotas, and the original 13 are also welcome.
Wisconsin can suck it. Fuck the Packers
The dakotas are solid Trump strongholds.
Canada doesn’t want them.
Alaska too
Make your own country and we’ll be friends, but dont join in.
California is probably the only state that could do absolutely just fine as a country. It has a top-tier economy on it’s own, the necessary population, the internal food surplus, and the access to ocean ports, needed to run independently
Rather neglectful of the east coast and midwest
Washingtonian here…
PLSPLSPLSPLS
I’m not in favour of this, as a Canadian. The power imbalance is too great. It would make Canada a Californian state, rather than California a Canadian province. They would never accept rule from Ottawa.
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You bring up an interesting issue with equalization payments. California would be a “Have” province and hefty transfer payments would probably be expected.
But mostly, I’m just concerned that California would immediately become the dominant political entity in Confederation. Right now, the centre of the world is basically Toronto. Suddenly, the financial, technological, and industrial centre of Canada would all be in California. I can’t see that going super well. People and businesses would migrate en masse. It could lead to an impoverishment of other Canadian provinces as the capital all moves to California.
Population, GDP, culture… Canada would be eaten alive by California. They wouldn’t change. We would.
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Maybe. Not convinced it’d be best for Canada, though. I think California would be better as an independent country that we could then negotiate with on more or less equal footing.
Don’t forget Michigan!!
