• danekrae@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I wonder if americans will ever learn, that there is no such thing as bad publicity…

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    It’s like he’s campaigning for the liberals. Almost no one in Canada wants to hear this and I bet they will vote against whatever they see as aligned with this.

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        But honestly they seem to think it is fucking meaningless. They’re more forgiving about it, but they’re still out there calling it asinine.

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        Exactly. He’s normalizing the idea of the violent annexation of Canada to his supporters.

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      I’m still trying to figure out how everything in the last 15ish years isn’t. Why do we have to be in the dumbest timeline.

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        This is actually one of the most interesting and entertaining timelines.

        There was only supposed to be enough source data to make it to 2012- and that was originally a very generous buffer, since a fraction of a percent of Earths last more than 10 years after both networked computers and nuclear weapons have been invented in-simulation.

        So, the operators decided not to pull the plug and just let this one run its course.

        As it extrapolates history farther and farther outside of the initial parameters, the simulator is cannibalizing itself with feedback and undergoing model collapse.

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    Man, the dumbest thing about this nonsense is repeating that Canada will only be one state. It’s already broken into provinces, dickhead, at least make a better offer than two senators.

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      #1 Ontario being the population of Pennsylvania

      #9 New foundland being the population of Wyoming

      #10 Prince Edward Island only has 150k, could lump in 150k from northern territories

      20 senators for 40m, 5.0E-7 senators per person

      200 senators for 340m, 5.88E-7 senators per person

      It seems pretty fair

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      Let’s be honest here it’s going to be just a territory for quite a while.

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    10 days ago

    I would not ordinarily recommend Hitler’s tactics and strategies as a general rule, but he sure knew how to solve the Hitler problem, at the very end. Donny, maybe look into that.

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    Is my English grammar lacking or is there something wrong with the “if” in the first sentence? Shouldn’t that be a “by” ("by Canada becoming […] )?

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      Commas can be used to identify parts of the sentence that can be cut out e.g. “… wisdom to cut your taxes in half … If Canada becomes the 51st state.”

      Now, here, the comma was used for a list so it shouldn’t have been used that way but I’m sure his meth head brain probably got lost partway or the AI bot that mimics his speech patterns is just that dumb.

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        I don’t have an issue with his use of comma but I found it weird to say “Elect the man who has the strength […] to cut your taxes in half, […] if Canada become the cherished 51sts state of the [USA]”
        But English is not my mother tongue, so it could just be language interference.

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          No, it’s terrible. Your English is better than his. Just because there’s some sliver of sense doesn’t mean he even did it on purpose.

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    Hypothetically, if canada becomes a state, would they flip our house of representatives blue? I guess more likely they’ll become like puerto rico or guam or something.

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      I guess more likely they’ll become like puerto rico or guam or something.

      This is what you need to keep foremost in your mind. There is no conceivable reality in which the US conquers (yes conquers, they can call it annexation all they want but at the end of the day Trump wants a conquest to his name) Canada and gives any semblance of voting or personal rights to Canadians. Hell, even if Canada was somehow persuaded into voluntarily joining the US, this regime would never, ever honour any kind of arrangement that gave Canadians a fair deal. They are fascist bullies, as close to actual evil as we’ve seen in North America in a very long time, and they have no interest in any sort of fair bargain.

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    I like how he wants Canada as one state. Keeping the Provinces split would push the Senate to the left for quite some time.

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      Unfortunately if Canada got 20 senators they still wouldn’t have a 60% supermajority to remove Trump, undo citizens united, or enact public option healthcare with. It would be 47+20 = 67 and out of 120 that is 55.83%

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    Absolutely unhinged. Nobody would have believed this “tweet” even 1 year ago, and now this is the new normal

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      I mean if he was unhinged but was making your lifes better I would understand but the guy doesn’t even care and it’s making your lifes worst. I’m I crazy to think that american are crazy to vote for him, or is he making your lifes better in any way?

      Not a critic, just really want to understand

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        It’s a combination of very stupid/uninformed voters, and hardcore fascist voters who don’t care how bad their own lives get, as long as immigrants and trans people get gassed. A lot of people think the latter group is a minority, but I actually think it’s the other way around. I think most people who voted for Trump are just fascists and the uninformed are maybe 20% max.

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          From outaide it’s so crazy that the same people that “hate imigrants” call themselfs Irish and Italian kkkkk

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        He is making the lives of women and minorities worse; that’s what Republicans voted for

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        TRUMP is the GREATEST GODKING EVER because he will FINALLY GET RID OF the d*mn WOKEDEIDRAGILLEGALSQUEENIMMIGRANTS that sleepy joeBUSSED into our great country🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 GOD BLESS AMERICA AMEN