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

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.

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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.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"