Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper

On 5/29/2025 11:12 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 28 May 2025 16:50:56 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:
 

In article <qpae3kpe2msl12bltuq629qfikm6um827j@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

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It has not escaped my notice, BTW, that some non-Republican States
have groups in them that have been thinking along the lines of
secession (and joining Canada, if Canada is dumb enough to have them
-- accepting them would be likely to produce war with the remaining
USA, after all)

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There's another, more important issue. Let's say we annex California,
and lets say we grant Californians immediate citizenship. California
has as many people living in it as all of Canada so it would displace
central Canada as the most important source of voters. And what sort
of voters would we be getting? 9,276,179 Democrats, and 6,081,697 Nazis.

 One of the funniest political cartoons I have seen in the last few
months shows Canada with "42 Electoral Votes" (number approximate
depending on memory accuracy) printed on it. The caption: "I didn't
see that coming".
 If Canada were just one State, then 40 of those would be redistributed
from the other 50. This might well have a major impact, particularly
if Canadians united on hatred of Trump and the Republican party above
all else.

You speak as if Canada has a uniform population.  I know quite a few Canadian engineers, they are fairly conservative as a rule.
Lynn