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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 77 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

And we aren't trolling when we say you'll sign your own death warrant, as a nation, and as a person.

the richest nation on earth with a military budget larger than the domestic budget of dozens of countries combined, couldnt stomach a fight against dirt poor cavemen, armed with cold war and WW2 relics, on the other side of the world, who were so culturally alien to them, they might as well have been from mars. And you're going to pick a fight with people who all they have to do is wear a Bruins hat and they pass for an American?

Ask the Russians how the occupation of their Ukrainian cousins territory has worked out. If you could speak to the dead that is. Those who are still alive, live looking over their shoulder for the rest of their lives.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

May as well be cuz it ain't happening

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 84 points 2 days ago (41 children)

I think this bears repeating.

We will make you forget Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The insurrection will be continent wide and we will just walk over the border and start looting weapons.

We are tougher than anyone thinks and can survive just fine pretending to be homeless or just in your woods or in a looted home.

We will live among you indistinguishable until something good to blow up comes along, or an American needs tied to a tree with their dick in their mouth.

You’ll never feel safe. You’ll never be safe.

Promise.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Not to mention we are FINE with snow, cold and winter. That’s shorts & t shirt weather for us. Pussy Americans can suck balls.

[–] hexonxonx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The US' infrastructure is incredibly weak and vulnerable, and there are about a million(!) Canadians living in the US -- and that doesn't include dual citizens which is probably double that.

So it'll be nothing for Canadians living in the US to fuck shit up in a major way. How many refineries do you think the US can lose before people can't buy gas anymore? Those Amazon warehouses look pretty flammable. Datacentres would probably burn pretty good too. How long will it take to replace those high-power transmission line transformers? How is the East Coast going to power itself when Canada stops powering them? How are US airports going to operate when there's small drones continuously overhead? In fact given the hub-and-spoke design of US air travel, only a few airports need to be droned to completely shut down air travel across the US, including shipping. On a final note, only a few hundred grams of thermite can melt of hole through a wing or a fibreglas hull, so a lot of VERY expensive billionaire and government hardware can be reduced to ash with nothing but a small drone and a pissed-off Canadian.

[–] Haess@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 day ago

Canadian living in Colorado taking notes

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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Just a reminder to non-canadians that a core part of Canadian identity has always been not being American. It’s a quasi-colonized pov. Make it real and it will be life-or-death for many many folk.

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[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 81 points 2 days ago

Truly the dumbest timeline

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 days ago

“In fact, we don’t want them to make cars for us. We want to make our own cars. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything from Canada. And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state.”

So he DOES need things from us. If he didn't need us he'd just walk away and not trade with us. But why would he he want us as a state if we didn't have something he wanted?

He DOES need us, our workers, and our resources but he doesn't like that we're our own sovereign nation. He needs us but he wants us enslaved and controlled.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We’re taking care of their military. We’re taking care of every aspect of their lives, and we don’t need them to make cars for us,” Trump told Time. “In fact, we don’t want them to make cars for us. We want to make our own cars. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything from Canada. And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state.

Then stop importing and we'll see how long before it's a problem for the people.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

He’s completely delusional. We fought in US wars cause the US needed OUR military. Canada has never asked the US to defend us. Fuck Trump, Fuck MAGA. Fuck the tens of millions of HitlerPig sycophants.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Translation: he's probably trolling.

The problem isn’t Trump, it’s his followers. One of those followers will think it’s a good idea to invade Canada.

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