Northern Brit here: we have to have each other's backs. The only way we're getting off Mr Bones' Wild Ride is together ❤️ we can do this.
Resist. Rebel. Revolt. ✊
I want to get off Mr Bones' Wild Ride, I'm tired
Hell, a lot of Americans still have your
banksbacks.I hope that is a typo.
ROFL, yes it is. But given the current state of the government here nabbing federal government budgets, it's a hilariously ill-timed one!
Uh, a lot of Americans want to join up
If any country started invading the US, they would face fierce resistance from every household they attempt to pass.
Except Canada. Canada's numbers would swell as they moved through the US. They'd get handed free guns.
Hey, Canada! Have you considered EU membership?
I would honestly be stoked
I don't think Canada should fully be in the EU, but some kind of set of bilateral arrangements like Switzerland has would be a good start.
Since Canada has lots of historical ties with the UK, it might work out well to have some kind of arrangement with the UK, Canada and the EU. That would let Britain start to undo some of the damage from Brexit, while also allowing Canada to reinforce those ties to the UK.
Hey EU, we'll upvote your countries if you upvote Canada. Interested in equal trade?
i was wondering around Berlin once upon a time. in the park behind the parliament.
a slightly overly helpful german said "excuse me. are you lost?" i mumbled "no no, not really"
they walked beside me for a bit and said "ah you are english. i will take you to the parliament it's just over there". and i agreed
then they said "your boys died for my country" which really took my breath away
so yeah we got your back cananadia. that's what we do when the fundamentalists kick off. even if we have to die
Most Americans have your back too...it's just our messed up voting and education systems that let the lunatic fringe gain all the power. For a representative democracy, it really doesn't represent the people.
According the most recent elections, most Americans don't.
There has to be a point where Americans who don't support chaos stop saying "this isn't who we really are" and start admitting "huh, I guess we're assholes now."
Hell yeah, im just waiting for a blue state to announce intention to secede and join the EU. But that might be messy.
;(
A messy dream.
States cant secede without war. It is a kinda silly dream anyway. It is better to let the red states rot and have a display of how their ideals fail and how blue states flourish, then take our country back, then go through the insane process of digging out the roots and backdoors they are rushing to put in place as we speak
From the UK and personally, 100% yes but not sure I feel the rest of the population would agree. I mean, a lot of us turned our backs on the EU and there's a lot of cross over with US right wing nutters.
However, I would believe that when push comes to shove, we would be generally willing to defend Canada, Australia and NZ over anyone else, and then European countries at the next level. The reaction in support for Ukraine was pretty universal here and there are still lots of donations and support that is not shared with any African, Asian or Central/South American countries having similar problems.
Basically, you're white so yes you can count on us!
“Basically, you're white so yes you can count on us!“
Russia?
If we rolled back a decade, Putin wasn't around and something happened like idk, China invaded western Russia, I can imagine us helping Russia.
I should change it to "your population is mostly white so yes you can count on us". I say this as an English born non-white person who has seen the differences in public reactions to Ukraine and other conflicts (Syria, various African ones, Gaza etc). Can't say for certain it's because of this reason but certainly feels like it!
FWIW, most people in blue states would probably have your backs too. The province most at risk would probably be Alberta, which... is Alberta
France here, our mainstream media is currently either billionaire-owned and pushing Trump and Musk admiration or publicly owned but influenced by our current government (Macron and co.) which does everything possible to cosy up to billionaires so they haven't yet (and probably never will) called Trump a fascist or Musk a neo-nazi.
You came and died in France during two world wars in the 20th century but I'm afraid France as a nation isn't gonna have your back in this timeline - except if we manage to elect a real-left government next time.
Good luck!
Yeah sure but the government wants to access your encrypted data first by installing a back end into your iCloud data.
yes i am the president of those countries im glad you asked
France here, oui bien sûr!
Viens sur notre instance française toi
Relou de recréer un compte, je ne savais pas qu'elle existait en découvrant Lemmy :(
Australia too, we got ya..
If it ever comes to it you can count on me. Sorry we put you guys in this position.
Uk here, for sure.
What does it really mean to have each-other's backs?
I think one thing would be making some agreements in advance when it comes to refugees. Make it easier for Canadians to escape to the EU if the US does something stupid, and make it easier for Europeans to move to Canada if Russia does something crazy.
Other than that, I don't know what immediate steps could really be done. I'd love it if Canada would adopt some of the European privacy regulations, ditching the American-style laws currently in effect. But, a lot of things wouldn't be easy to change. Our cars, appliances, construction techniques, electricity voltages, plug designs, etc. are all very American-style, and those kinds of things have a lot of momentum.
But, I don't really see a downside to making the movement of people a little easier. I think plenty of Canadians would love to live and work in Europe. I think a fair number of Europeans would love to live and work in Canada -- at least once Canada finally adopts proper vacation lengths, parental leave laws, etc.
I’m an American who lives in the UK and I’ll go to war for you guys before I ever go for the US military.
American who's lived his whole life stateside. Agreed.
Sure we will help you refound the FLQ
Absolutely. Never met a Canadian I didn't like.
