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With the prospect of Calexit, I would definitely consider having California join Canada. Preexisting trade deals, membership in NATO and NAFTA, and a country used to bilingual culture would all be a great fit for us.
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Calexit will of course never happen. Any secession attempt would automatically lead to yet another civil war. California would be crushed.
> California would be crushed. If California gets crushed, the rest of the country will starve . And you really think that a military that couldn't pacify a city with a bunch of camel jockeys carrying AK-47's could pacify Compton let alone something the size of Los Angeles or San Francisco? Good luck with that. Calexit won't happen because Californians really don't want it. We're a pretty level-headed bunch even when…
Yeah, because California is the one producing all the food. Haha, how out of touch are you really?
There are some places in Canada even speak Scottish. We have lots of Scottish people and Irish too but quite far removed, distant relatives typically of at least 100 years. It would be interesting and I can certainly see how we Canadians and Scottish people are similar especially here on the east coast. But there are also big differences I'd say Scotland is more left of center politically than Canada usually is. But…
Nit to be pedantic... but do you mean they speak with a sort of Scottish accent, or do you mean they are actually using words from Scots, Doric or some other Scottish dialect?
There are some places in Canada even speak Scottish. We have lots of Scottish people and Irish too but quite far removed, distant relatives typically of at least 100 years. It would be interesting and I can certainly see how we Canadians and Scottish people are similar especially here on the east coast. But there are also big differences I'd say Scotland is more left of center politically than Canada usually is. But…
> There are some places in Canada even speak Scottish Nit to be pedantic... but do you mean they speak with a sort of Scottish accent , or do you mean they are actually using words from Scots, Doric or some other Scottish dialect?
Many modern english speakers derive from a Scots root rather than a purely English one.
E.g. Scots has a plural form of you, 'yous' and other differences.
Scotland has many other dialects like Doric and accents and other languages like the Gaelic of the Highlands.
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Polling models predicted that a majority of the UK population didn't want to leave the EU, so...
We don't need to rely on polling though. We already had a actual referendum on the matter not less than three years ago.
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Calexit will of course never happen. Any secession attempt would automatically lead to yet another civil war. California would be crushed.
> California would be crushed. If California gets crushed, the rest of the country will starve . And you really think that a military that couldn't pacify a city with a bunch of camel jockeys carrying AK-47's could pacify Compton let alone something the size of Los Angeles or San Francisco? Good luck with that. Calexit won't happen because Californians really don't want it. We're a pretty level-headed bunch even when…
See? That's why Calexit will never happen.
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Calexit will of course never happen. Any secession attempt would automatically lead to yet another civil war. California would be crushed.
So Americans will never amend the US constitution to allow a state to secede?
It might be a nice thought experiment but it makes no sense in practice
Why not? There was a heavy amount of Scottish immigration canada, and they have similar governmental policies
The "geography is moot" argument certainly isn't. They will have a border with the UK and will want some leeway there (as Northern Ireland wants to have with Ireland post-brexit)
Besides I'm sure the Scottish people will be delighted into start paying the extortionate mobile fees the rest of Canada pays.
I'm also sure they will find it lovely to leave SEPA back to settling payments with Cheques (LOL) or something that couldn't even pass for a school project today: ACH
anti-egalitarian when it comes to outcomes, pro-egalitarian when it comes to opportunity
> avowedly Christian
This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian.
> pro-Big Business
Pro-business. Small and Big. Pro-jobs.
> pro-military
Pro-self-defense.
> neo-liberal
Classical liberal