PlaidBaron @ PlaidBaron @lemmy.world

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I remember a time when this would be considered a conspiracy theory.

Ah, those were simpler days.

Dont let your dreams be dreams.

Keep boycotting US goods, people. Even if no tariff comes to pass, we need to swing away from our dependence on US trade.

I dont think you know anything about this country.

Also who said anything about suicide bombers? I know many Canadians that would absolutely risk their lives in the face of an invasion. That doesnt mean having to strap bombs to yourself.

Watching your own country fall into fascism is very different from being invaded by a fascist neighbor.

Not every Canadian would fight but enough to form a brutal resistance movement? Absolutely.

The iraq war was a rousing success.

I think you underestimate how savagely Canadian resistance would treat invading Americans. Canadians are also incredibly patriotic. Terrorism and brutality would be the best defense in a war that was already unpopular and everyone knows it.

Additionally, they are used to environmental hardships the average American grunt isnt prepared for. The nation is massive and full of inhospitable wilderness to melt into.

It would be a long, brutal, drawn out guerilla war. Yes, the US would steamroll the Canadian military. After that it would be hell for those on the ground.

Its all fantasy anyway because the US has no reason to actually invade Canada. Trump just says it to rile people up and pundits are just licking his asshole when they agree.

Reminds me a bit of Edward Abbey's Fieldguide to Monkeywrenching.

Albeit aimed at a different target and different reader.

Just an interesting observation Im making using the title of a not so well known text but potentially interesting read for many (academically of course).

For anyone interested, it is freely available online if you want to read it. I would suggest using a VPN or other security program to protect yourself. I suggest this purely because its best practice to use one, lest certain groups take an interest in your reading choices. By this I of course mean cybercriminals.

Same. I thought it would be harder than it is but I can actually get most things made here, often for cheaper prices.

Not to be too pendantic but that would be an export tax, not a tariff.

It does matter.

Isnt this showing the exact opposite? Fart coin is less valuable?

These countries will be largely forgotten once oil is no longer a driving economic factor, and they know it.

Kind of like 'having one's balls in a vice'. It actually refers to the old days when ball bearings were made by hand. It was tedious work and the pressure to make ball bearings for the burgeoning industrial revolution was intense. They were cut out of metal and then polished smooth, secured in a vice. Hence, 'having your balls in a vice' meant being under intense pressure.

Me adding efficiency to my life to make more time to add even more efficiency.

I love efficiency.

My prof back in university wrote his own textbook and gave it to us for free.

Best prof I ever had.

Implying Americans know what the metric system is.

Wat

Wont even touch my migraines. Ibuprofen is the only thing Ive found that works. Ive had them since childhood.

Ibuprofen is for my migraines only. Nothing else touches those damn things.

I never claimed to be smart.

Of course its British.