Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper
De : jdnicoll (at) *nospam* panix.com (James Nicoll)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 30. May 2025, 17:43:35
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In article <
agmj3khabmeicrpvjdmtesgvrkqe717qiu@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <
psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2025 14:57:07 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
On 5/29/2025 11:12 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>
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.
>
So are a lot of judges appointed by Trump, but that doesn't stop them
from ruling against him. Being "conservative" is not the same as
supporting Trump, even in the USA.
>
And resentment at being converted into a State could /unify/ the
population. And not in Trump's (or the Republicans') favor.
>
Eventually, of course, this would relax. Might take a few centuries,
and I imagine the former Quebec would take a lot longer.
Who can forget the way the Irish eventually embraced being English
or the Greeks being Turks?
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(ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper
Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper