Re: [OT] How Canada could dominate the US if they merged

On 2025-03-20 5:22 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 3/20/25 1:01 PM, Rhino wrote:
 

I found this video amusing for the rather naive assumptions the presenter makes about how a merger of Canada and the US might actually mean that Canada dominates the US after a merger:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdDzJTmybw [4 minutes]
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I give him credit for recognizing that it would make no sense to make all of Canada a single state but the idea that each province *and* territory would become its own state - or even TWO states - seems improbable at best.

 Canada has roughly the same population as California - either it's brought in as a single "state" (sans the territories), or not at all.
 

Why? I don't ask to be argumentative, just to understand your reasoning.
Wouldn't you find it strange to have a single new state that is (geographically) bigger than all your other states put together? (Actually, that's not quite true: the three territories are enormous and contribute dramatically to the size of the country. If you're excluding the territories from the new state of Canada, we wouldn't be bigger than the rest of your country put together - but we would be bigger than your current biggest state by a lot.
Mind you, for many years Texas was the biggest state and finally got pushed into second place once Alaska got statehood. The USA has lots of experience at growing....

And "not at all" is the only realistic answer.
 

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Rhino