So I was born and raised in Canada. And I cannot begin to explain the level of distain for the United States that is built in to Canadian culture. It’s classic schismogenesis. This is pissing in the wind, the only conceivable way Canada would join the United States via military conquest. - ThreadSky

peark.es • 48 days ago

So I was born and raised in Canada. And I cannot begin to explain the level of distain for the United States that is built in to Canadian culture. It’s classic schismogenesis. This is pissing in the wind, the only conceivable way Canada would join the United States via military conquest.

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In the future, everyone will be stupid for 15 minutes.

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politis.bsky.social•48 days ago

Pump's smokescreen so more important things go unnoticed/unreported...

ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social•48 days ago

Ross has been writing the dumbest clickbait editorials but of all the ones that will never come to pass this one will never come to pass the most.

thirdthoughts.bsky.social•47 days ago

"Pissing in the Wind" is the name of Douthat's English Madrigal Band /s

martin509.bsky.social•48 days ago

The average Canadian is *more* invested in US politics than Canadian politics, schadenfreude at those stupid fucking rednecks is our national hobby!!

peark.es•48 days ago

Lol, exactly.

grogofgrog.bsky.social•48 days ago

I wouldn't say disdain... more like... I dunno... disbelief.

Like Americans have so many, many great accomplishments, but some quirks.

martin509.bsky.social•48 days ago

I mean, yes, but also I'm racking my brain and cannot really name an aspect of the US as a country that I admire that they do better than in Canada.

Like it's not that I dislike the US so much as.. every time I've been there it's come off as a slightly louder, more annoying version of Canada?

scdallav.bsky.social•48 days ago

They have a space agency that actually does stuff, and even there, they're about to kill it, the NOAA is pretty cool and also for the block.

chrisalexander.bsky.social•48 days ago

Republicans basically want to destroy all the best things about the US.

martin509.bsky.social•48 days ago

I think an accurate analogy for Americans is "how would you react if Mississippi were an independent country seriously discussing annexing and remaking your home in its own image"

chaoscontrolchaos.bsky.social•48 days ago

Why wouldn’t Canadians want to have to constantly fear being the victim of a mass shooting by a gun toting lunatic?

strayarc.bsky.social•48 days ago

Don’t sleep on the creeping theocracy.

bridgetstirling.bsky.social•48 days ago

And give up our healthcare. Who wouldn't go for that offer?

ashaeaston.bsky.social•48 days ago

Another Canadian here. Can confirm this 🫡🫡🫡🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

venomousgoat.bsky.social•48 days ago

I am getting so tired of this. I've pushed back on plenty of anti-American sentiment that I thought went too far in the past. But like, one of the chief reasons we get mad at Americans is the incurious and unserious way we're treated and this whole thing is just that dialed to 11. We're getting a

venomousgoat.bsky.social•48 days ago

Loaded gun waved at us and assured that no, that's a gun for *other* people, we're just going to say mean things and take your stuff while people like Ross are saying "but really, you should think about it"

peark.es•48 days ago

If you are trying to make arguments about why Canadians would be better often in the United States you have no idea what you were talking about. It’s just laughable, and seizing on something only because the big orange guy said it.

peark.es•48 days ago

I don’t know why people do this with all sorts of topics but they do. Just because he says it doesn’t make it interesting or a useful thing to write about.

waxmonkey.bsky.social•48 days ago

he says crazy things and when they repeat it they get clicks

thats his whole secret to 'success'

atalaveraecon.bsky.social•48 days ago

You now have The Economist publishing articles about how Greenland should decide if they want to join the US, and how there's nothing wrong with any country buying another if people agree to it. So yeah, I do share this wholeheartedly.

peark.es•48 days ago

Madness.

louisevans.bsky.social•48 days ago

it's handy to have a random number generator that spits out a different serially-uncorrelated, generally-available topic every couple days; it helps fill column inches.

sh00gs.bsky.social•48 days ago

Click bait/hot take/engagement society

humblestudent.bsky.social•48 days ago

I look forward to the day Trump has to deal with Quebec separtism

humblestudent.bsky.social•48 days ago

@peark.es

https://vancouversun.com/news/cheeky-penthouse-sign-vancouver-nightclub-suspended-x

peark.es•47 days ago

lol

mrsaver.bsky.social•48 days ago

Its so frustrating. I can't respect anyone who takes this stuff seriously.

Its not going to happen. Everyone knows its not going to happen, but they're pretending its possible.

insidejoke.bsky.social•48 days ago

It is a genuinely serious matter, just not in the literal way. It is profoundly bad that Trump started talking about annexing land, overthrowing other nations sovereignty, and a bunch of commenters are talking about how good an idea it is within a week.

follicular.bsky.social•48 days ago

The #MagaCult and the #complicitMedia enables Trump’s insanity

insidejoke.bsky.social•48 days ago

If you can justify this sort of thing, you can justify all sorts of other things. Like fermenting a regime change coup, something Russia has done, has something the US has done, recently in fact, Trump failed in Venezuela because it was half assed.

insidejoke.bsky.social•48 days ago

Is it a sign the US will invade Canada, probably not, is it a sign the US under Trump could start screwing with Canada for no reason whatsoever other than it wanting to flex, yeah

airwolf.bsky.social•48 days ago

Well, Ross is a genuine idiot…

peark.es•48 days ago

I mean, yes of course. Dithering moron.

airwolf.bsky.social•48 days ago

As a resident of nearly the border and somebody with a ton of Canadian friends, your original point couldn’t be more spot on.

They don’t hate us (pity is more common) but they most certainly don’t want any part of our country.

smullins3000.bsky.social•48 days ago

To which we now add pusillanimous and contemptuous bootlicker.

lawliberg.bsky.social•48 days ago

This is why I suspect Canada will remain a monarchy long after Australia and New Zealand have become republics. To own the Yanks.

chrisll.bsky.social•48 days ago

"I was born and raised in Canada..." So that's why your explanations are so clear, straightforward and courteous! Been up north a few times and always meet good people

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•48 days ago

Heh. I’ve met a lot of Canadians and they seem all very nice, and definitely happy to be Canadian, not American.

aroun.bsky.social•47 days ago

I mean, I would literally rather be tortured to death than become American, and the only propaganda required is to look at America

yokobaba.bsky.social•48 days ago

The more they talk about this, the more likely it is to create headwinds for PP’s election.

smullins3000.bsky.social•48 days ago

It's not even January 20th and look what these fucking cowards are willing to do for Trump. I was disdainful of Douthat and his opinions before but for this he deserves nothing but contempt.

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