DoomsdaysCW

Hmmmm? What say you all?

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From Jane of the North @JaneotN - Sep 24

"#Canada will never be a State. But hey, does anybody want to be a Province? We have universal health care and our leader isn't orange. And, like, don't worry about the language, eh? p.s. hullo there, Gulf of Mexico!"

Image: A map of North America with the borders of Canada extending down the west coast (Washington, Oregon, California), Minnesota, and most of New England/Northeastern Seaboard, including New York and Washington DC. EXCLUDES New Hampshire (sounds about right).

#WestCoastHealthAlliance #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative

Sep 26, 2025 at 12:16amWeb
Show threademeritrixSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW

I imagine Cascadia will be fine with joining.

Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Sep 26, 2025
@DoomsdaysCW I suggested something similar on Mastodon and was instantly shot down by Canadians.
Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
@jackyan Ugh. Well, Maine was once part of Canada not too long ago...
Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025
@DoomsdaysCW Depends what you mean by 'Maine'. Originally part of Massachusetts, approximately the northern third of present Maine (often referred to generally as Aroostook) was in dispute between the US and Britain for about half a century before present borders were agreed. That's the main (or at least original) reason it's less developed than surrounding areas. Various parts of Maine have been under various powers at different times, including France, GB, and the short-lived Acadian republic.
Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
True, @wesdym !
Show threadPaul Turnbull has moved.🇨🇦Sep 26, 2025
@DoomsdaysCW Even the blue states are far, far different from us and that would be adding more Americans to Canada than there are Canadians. The CPC would love it.
Show threadLukefromDCSep 26, 2025

@Chigaze @DoomsdaysCW Rather, Cascadia and CA would probably become an independent nation (or possibly a pair of them), and most likely the NE would become another. These countries would need to form a political, economic, and military alliance against what I call "Christian State" and "CSA II" which themselves could be one nation or an alliance of two culturally different nations.

Three to five factions, at least one of them a theocracy. Sounds a lot like the Syrian Civil War on a much larger scale. No way out of it, as kneeling to theocracy is the alternative to independence.

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW As a New Englander, I am EAGER for our region to become a province. Assuming both sides are willing, of course, we'd realistically be provisionally a territory, probably for at least a decade or more, maybe several. I'm fine with that.

And this almost happened a long time ago, during the War of 1812. Lots of New Englanders seriously entertained the idea of asking Canada (then under British rule) to take us, because we had no beef with them and were sick of being part of that war.

Show threadsOlOw-NHSep 26, 2025

@wesdym @DoomsdaysCW

No! Don't leave us behind....

Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025

I know there's quite a few good folks in NH. I'm sure we could figure something out, @solownh !

@wesdym

Show threadsOlOw-NHSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW @wesdym

I'm preparing to move to Vermont just in case

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@solownh Same here. I've been thinking about it for many years. There's a semi-serious movement in Vermont to try to join Canada. Technically a joke, but not entirely. Called the 14th Province project or something like that.

Weird thing, though: The most conservative towns in Vermont are all on the border. I have no idea why. It makes no sense to me.

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW I've met wonderful people there, and still do. NH's main problem, as I see it, is having much too large a state legislature, which makes it all but inevitable that jerks and nuts will get elected who wouldn't in most other states.

That's been made worse by the libertarian Free State Project, which seeks to exploit that weakness to pursue a kind of autonomy.

Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
Yeah, I've heard of LSFP. All the other New England states weren't very welcoming. Like when the Neo-Nazis tried to move to Maine. @wesdym
Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
Though unfortunately, @solownh , NH is not part of the Northeast Health Alliance. I guess some folks take the whole "Live Free or Die" thing too seriously. As in, Live Vax-free!
Show threadsOlOw-NHSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW

The same ones who take away rights from the rest of us