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I hope we have a plan for the rise of fascism here in Canada.

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It’s way harder when the call is coming from inside the house, though. Nobody really has a fascism-proof system yet.

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Step 1. Elect an ethically compromised PM (done)

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@MrFlagg @MapleEngineer

Seeing as too many Canadians seem to think we run a two party system we don’t have much to choose from.

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7 points

I really really really wanted Trudeau to follow though with election reform and get rid of first past the post/strategic voting and make other parties viable.

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5 points

Wow, you’re so edgy I think I cut myself on your comment.

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15 points

Anyone ever watched the CBC mini series H2O ?

Canada has about 10% of our neighbour’s population count, while flushed with natural resources they are running out of starting with clean water. If they go full far right, we become 51.

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8 points

Doubtful we’d be allowed to be a state. A Puerto Rico scenario would probably be best case, or more likely, Afghanistan.

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5 points

Exactly … we would be kept independent politically … but dependent economically … why would anyone want the expense of making us comfortable when they could just take all the wealth without the cost of governing a bunch of people.

They want the resources … not the country.

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Which is basically the situation we’ve been in since NAFTA was signed.

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4 points

Exactly what I thought when I read the headline. One of the reasons we are relatively safe its because our neighbor protects us, but if they turn against us we are f*cked.

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2 points

We would have options in that scenario. Europe and it’s nuclear powers might be persuaded to protect us, and failing that it’s said we’re months away from a bomb ourselves. Now, living right next to an unfriendly US would be rocky (while biologically possible), people might want to give up just for California lettuce.

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13 points

I’m glad they’re keeping this on their minds. It’s certainly a scary possibility

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5 points

Sounds more like the British waffling about their position leading up to the second world war

If the fascists win … we can join them

If the non-fascists win … we can join them

Whoever wins, we’ll join them … as long as our leaders can keep their positions and our wealthy corporate owners and investors can keep making money, we’ll join anyone that wins. If common people aren’t happy about joining fascists, we’ll just convince them to be happy.

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They managed during the 45th administration. And through COVID with them too. Another concern is if there will be adults still in charge here in the first place.

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