>you would likely get a pretty vehement response if you suggested that the US and Canada ought to be part of the same country
I live in Alberta... That statement is definitely not true lol.
Re:Ukraine Conflict Live Map
by mywittyname on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @01:46PM
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In an abstract sense, sure. But once they start putting the nuts on the bolts, they are going to get cold feet. The USA is vastly different from Canada is many tangible ways. It's not the conservative utopia people think it is.
Plus, given the political issues involved with integration of the two countries, I suspect serious concessions would need to be made by Canada.
> It's not the conservative utopia people think it is.
And Canada's not the liberal paradise people think. We're leaving, personally.
The quality of life here is pretty shit - think LA or Seattle cost of living (SF if you're in Vancouver or Toronto) with Nebraska wages (actually that would be generous)...
The word you said was "attempted" which includes failed attempts as well as successful. There have been no successful attempts post-WW2 that I can think of, but that doesn't mean there haven't been any unsuccessful attempts.
> Ethnically they're almost identical. Culturally close.
You can say the same thing about the US and Canada. Yet Canada successfully resisted both US invasion attempts, and even today, you would likely get a pretty vehement response if you suggested that the US and Canada ought to be part of the same country.