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American invasion of Canada would spark decades-long insurgency, expert predicts

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  • If conservatives ever get insane enough to actually try anything like that, understand that a fair amount of that hypothetical insurgency will be happening on the American side of the border as well. A lot of people who live near the border have a lot of Canadian ties. They would effectively consider any military action taken against Canada to be an attack on them.

    • GOP Leaders Said Don’t Do Town Halls. This Indiana Republican Did — and Got an Earful.

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  • They have addresses. You can always show up and park on their lawn if they're feeling shy.

    • Are people in the US aware that they are now definitely a rogue state, or is this fact covered up by the usual patriotism somehow?

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  • The average American voter is hilariously unengaged. Many of them read at an 8th grade level at best. We're suffering the consequences of an education system that has been tragically underfunded for generations, and our media institutions are thoroughly compromised. Because of this, media literacy may as well be non-existent. The worst actors in our public institutions know this and have chosen to capitalize on it. Foreign interests recognize the obvious weakness in our social fabric, and they have been taking advantage of it to great success.

    We are completely lacking the most crucial part of any functional democracy - an informed electorate. We have the least qualified people making the most important decisions.

    The United States is effectively a failed state. Many of us recognize this, but our options for addressing the problem are limited. We not only have to dislodge the largest defense structure the world has ever seen, but we have to somehow fix the plague of weaponized stupidity that is conservative culture in order to ensure the worst humans don't end up in powerful positions.

    If you have any suggestions on how to start fixing that, I'm all ears.