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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by thih9 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @03:15AM (#43513492)
This wouldn’t happen today. Today there is talk about Canada becoming 51st state; there is relatively little opposition to that - on the contrary, the perception of Canada as a US ally drops in the US[1]. Four more years of this and I could see people similarly accepting tanks. And if you want to prevent this, the time to act is now.

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/trump-poll-allies-enemies-friends...

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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by fweimer on Saturday March 29, 2025 @05:47AM (#43514142)
Surely no one currently in power wants Canadians to vote in U.S. Federal elections? So it has to be a setup like Puerto Rico (U.S. citizenship without representation in Washington) or even American Samoa (no U.S. citizenship). The 51st state thing does not make sense at all.
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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by zerd on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:37PM (#43517157)
90% oppose the idea. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/u-s-eh-who-are-the-canadians-...
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