Benjamin Dirgo
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽The reality behind the whole 51st state thing.
DTrasler Writing@georgetakei While I (as a Canadian) approve this message, it assumes there's ever going to be another US election. I don't think he's going to risk that again. He told his followers during the campaign - elect him this time, you won't have to vote again. He wasn't joking.
Extra_Special_Carbon@Dtraslerwriting @georgetakei Yep. We all heard that. The media dutifully ignored it. We knew what he meant.
@Extra_Special_Carbon @georgetakei I just don't get all this "analysis" - "What could he mean? Could he really buy Greenland?" He's not joking. He doesn't know or care if it's legal or possible. He just says it because he thinks it. Another election (that he could LOSE) is not something he wants. So he'll try to stop there being one.
Bill Zaumen@Dtraslerwriting @georgetakei How about, as a test, allowing each Canadian province to elect two U.S. senators for one standard 6 year term? Canada would still be its own country and the U.S. would get some badly needed adult supervision.
Think of it as helping an elderly neighbor suffering from a mental health crisis.
@bzdev @georgetakei I would wait until we get through our election without giving any power to Pierre P and his gang of wannabe Magats. We look ok so far, and Trump being such a fascist so fast has helped people look twice at PP. But still, we COULD fuck it all up....
#Pfleger aus #Münster🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌈🌻@georgetakei
Haha...nice one...
Dear @georgetakei Would u send my anything back?
I'm one of these crazy Trekkies..so..r u out there Lt. Sulu? ;-)
Haha...nice one...
Dear @georgetakei Would u send my anything back?
I'm one of these crazy Trekkies..so..r u out there Lt. Sulu? ;-)
Archaide 
@pflegekraft @georgetakei i tried that also but never got an answer from Mr. Takei 😢
is0ph@georgetakei Not to mention millions of french-speaking people. Shudder. Enfin, allez vous faire foutre.
Ulrik Nyman ⬡@georgetakei You should really help organize a violent resistance.
Trump and Musk needs to be taken out of the equation.
JWSGeek@georgetakei yeah - i ran some napkin numbers: at least 8 "red" states with 2-8 congressional representatives (and thus, 4-10 EC votes), would all have to drop to being like Wyoming with just 1 seat and 3 votes. While California and NY would lose 3 seats each (5 EC votes), so would Texas and Florida.
Jonathan Lamothe@georgetakei On that last point, when I look at Pierre Poilievre's polling numbers, I'm not so sure...
Sadly, we're not immune to fascism in Canada.
silverwizard@me @georgetakei Worth noting that the NDP and Liberals split the leftist vote. Canada consistently votes leftwing and the conservatives almost always lose if you count wings of the parties like you would under a two party system.
@silverwizard A very fair point.
calvin 🛋️ @me @georgetakei this is exactly true. Only broadly, is Canada slightly to the left of USA.
aproitzWonderful. I wonder, what #TreyParker from #SouthPark would make out of it. They are great #Canada - #Fans. 😂
Malte@georgetakei Always close with your strongest point.
T. J. Bombadil@georgetakei And most of these new states would be a *lot* bigger than Texas.
Elizabeth Moore🇨🇦@georgetakei Yes, Trump can fuck right off. I’m speaking for me as a Canadian and I’m sure there are many others with that set.
@georgetakei *sentiment.
Cedar Fen Farm
Cedar Fen FarmSuddenly sounds like a good idea. Can we get all those leftists to join temporarily if we promise we'll let them go when the NAZI's are eliminated. 😸
Number6 
Gosh, when you say it that way it sounds pretty good, actually.
MGHThat's assuming we (Canadians) would be allowed a vote.
WilliamBob@georgetakei -can I get an Amen,eh!!!
@georgetakei I don't think he intends for the present inhabitants of Canada to be voters in that proposed 51st state, in fact see the Gaza proposal.
Silvia Rasmussen@georgetakei especially the lastly
TobiWanKenobi
Howard Wilson II"nobody like Trump would ever get elected again. And lastly you can fuck right off."
Now now, let's not be so hasty here. You bring something to the table we want, what can we do for you? We used to be under the Crown too, can we work out some deal with all three parties?
Be_Outside
Neil Brutalist@georgetakei it’s cute he thinks there would be free elections.
Nicole ParsonsTrump's billionaires don't want Canada as an equal partner in its constitutional oligarchy.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-war-against-the-west-will-continue-until-putin-tastes-defeat/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_state
https://www.britannica.com/event/Nazism/Totalitarianism-and-expansionism
His billionaires want Canada, Mexico, & Greenland as vassal states, to be looted for their resources, just like Putin intends for Ukraine & Europe.
https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-art-of-vassalisation-how-russias-war-on-ukraine-has-transformed-transatlantic-relations/
Just as Xi intends for Taiwan.
Economic plunder.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/xi-says-no-one-can-stop-chinas-reunification-with-taiwan-2024-12-31/
Every imperial empire "solves its problems" with ...
1/2
Russia’s war against the West will continue until Putin tastes defeat
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is part of a far larger war against the West. If he succeeds in Ukraine, Putin aims to destroy the existing rules-based world order and usher in a new era dominated by a handful of great powers, writes Andriy Zagorodnyuk.
2/2
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars
... with perpetual expansionist wars & seeks new sources of slaves
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
Massing troops at a border isn't about illegal immigration, it's a sign of war preparation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwx7qeeyleo
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939
Androcat
e Riley Casey@georgetakei Don't you EVER threaten me with a good time.
klausfiend has moved@georgetakei We Canadians are polite but I will say I am loving the "politely, no, and politely, fuck off" vibes I'm seeing from so many of our most prominent.
Ratboy (reformed dino pirate)@georgetakei assuming a tyrant would allow for voting rights in a conquered land.
Mekki@georgetakei But we'll trade the US Shatner if we Canadians can have George Takei! ^_^
Stephanie Massie Clark@georgetakei This is just the best thing I have read in days and days.
Cool Grey Matter@georgetakei
Well, if the Danes manage to buy California, then technically Canada would just replace us as the 5Oth state. But I'm okay with that. Organic smørrebrød on every street corner, more bike lanes, universal healthcare and fact-based politics sound terrific to me!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/denmark-california-greenland-california
jmht@georgetakei I'm sure he has a relocation plan for the indigenous population.
xs4me2
GrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸@georgetakei i still think Canada should join the EU
Peter Brown@georgetakei if you get together with Greenland, perhaps you can take over Alaska and knock them down to 49 states
StuartB@georgetakei Which is why the UK is more likely to be swallowed up, at least in part.
England and Wales would likely vote for the 51st and 52nd Stars, while Scotland would go for independence within the EU, and Northern Ireland would likely re-unify with Ireland within the EU.
England, on its own, has a GDP that would make it the 2nd or 3rd biggest State, with a population to match.
And as that population has an unfortunate tendency to vote in autocrats and those who favour the rights of Big Biz over the rights of the people¹, that would be even more votes for President Musk's second term.
And just think of the kickbacks from the NRA and Big Pharma/BigMedicalInsurance for opening up a brand new, 60 million plus new market for their goods and services.
¹Even Labour, the UKs dominant Left-Wing party and current Government, is decidedly Thatcherite, even more so than your Dems.
@georgetakei Meanwhile, most of California would love to be the 11th Province
Nah..... Democracy died in the USA on January 20, 2025.
It will be killed in Canada on the day of the Anschluss.
Tereza ArtifexDon't forget Quebec!
EdgeIf I move to a very northern state, would Canada please take us?
Rubber Side Down 🇨🇦@georgetakei
Or - US would not make Canada a state instead it probably would be made a territory like Puerto Rico whose citizens voting rights are restricted
We would fight with all our being as long as it took to drive the Nazi Imperialists out