And i am very serious about killing any doodle who sets foot in this country with that intent.
I don't care if i die.
I am not living undet the rule of people who worship curtis yarvin.
And i am very serious about killing any doodle who sets foot in this country with that intent.
I don't care if i die.
I am not living undet the rule of people who worship curtis yarvin.
I'm American (unfortunately) and I want no part in annexing any country. I actually can't recall anyone else here who does... Well except big orange wrinkly pimples in DC.
Point of order, I would like to annex a small slice of quiche and a latte
Where do I sign up for this special military operation?
oh damn you just missed it. maybe next saturday at the good german place that makes the best damn quiche i've ever had.
this saturday i'm gonna be in stockton eating greek food
The title seems to be generating confusion, but the author's point is that there are billionaire oligarchs (not just Trump, people whose power is not term-limited) pushing to gain control of Canada's resources. He's not talking about ordinary Americans nor is he necessarily talking about an invasion or a war.
The playbook here is generally to apply economic pressure with the aim of causing political discontent, while at the same time financing an opposition faction that's more pliable, like they're doing against Cuba, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.
Iβm 51 and would murder every single American that entered here and tried to take away my country, freedom and my family.
Iβd die, but Iβd hopefully murder a fuckload of yanks before that.
I'm american, and NOPE i am not, the Trump & Co are tho
I love Canada, I'm sorry this is happening π₯Ί we're neighbors
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110%, and unfortunately nothing will get better until we Americans get up and do something about it. But THAT won't happen until more of us are personally inconvenienced by this fuckery.
Simply voting them out has a pretty low chance of working long term, made worse by the actions of the elite to sow uncertainty in our election system. On top of that, we've been shown that peacefully protesting makes little to no change at all in this situation. When peaceful protesting continually fails, it makes violence inevitable. I have no doubt in my mind that a major violent event will happen eventually here in the US. When will it happen? In November, when fraud runs rampant in the election? If the grift succeeds and Repubs win the midterm, I think all bets will be off at that point.
Peacefulness has failed, it's guillotine time.
Trump & Co are tho
Without a helluva lot of effective opposition...
Opposition with even peaceful protests and journalism/research got deemed terrorist by DHS FBI CIA
I could see it happening in bite sized pieces. Just like Ukraine really. Annex a small area, wait till the protests die down then repeat. I'm sure Vladimir would be cheering that on. After all great nuclear powers do whatever they want, don't they.
They'll be aiming to crush Canada economically until Albertans are sure they want to go it alone. Then they can start physically dismantling the country, starting with Alberta, and intensifying the economic pressure on the rest until Canada submits to de facto US rule. They can formalize it later with humilitating treaties and guns.
Canada needs to work quickly on economic and military independence. Our whole international position needs to change before the USA really gets going with the program. And Canada needs to figure out how to make it very painful for the USA if it attempts anything. If ever the USA invades, we need to already be there inside their country, physically and virtually, making life hard for them in surprising ways. And we need to build up alliances until they're so strong that it becomes uncomfortable for our allies to flake out and go along with the USA.
Yeah the people in here who are imagining some kind of WW2-esque total-war scenario are not living in reality...
I mean, I get it. It's heroic and satisfying to imagine oneself going down in a blaze of glory or getting into a firefight or a slugfest with a bunch of boots-on-the-ground foreign invaders, but that's not the century we're in.
But I feel like they probably won't invade if only because Canada isn't mentioned in the Bible.
You're getting in the way of how horny the 50+ crowd is to kill some people before they kick the bucket
Yeah the US is struggled with IEDs in Afghanistan, we know that because Canadians were there. Now the US military is struggling against cheap drones.
It won't be a WW2 like war. It would be oil shortages, electricity blackouts, food shortages, and Amazon fulfillment centers going up in flames. That's what war looks like in Russia right now, it wouldn't be all that difficult to inflict that on the US.
Yeah but like the Ukranians Canada will keep up the fight,Canada is not going to be pushed around and the US has this habit of having the white house being burnt down when they try and invade us, Trump has already laid the groundwork for it to start.
Get your gun license. I'm not kidding.
You don't have to own a gun. Just learn how they work so when push comes to shove, you'll be ready.
You'll learn just how bad the firearms restrictions have gotten in Canada since 2020.
It's not about the restrictions though. It's about knowing how to use the guns. And about gun safety.
Nah, the restrictions are pretty severe.
The requirements on those haven't changed since the 90s. You want people to be ready for a possible guerilla war and basically still ban 15000 models of firearms by name without any reason other than 'AR-15 bad' and 'this rifle looks military even though it is a plinker jam-o-matic in a civilian caliber'. They sent many to Ukraine and they threw the latter in the garbage because of useless they are. They even banned hunting rounds for arbitrary reasons, like single shot rifles from the 1880s and the Weatherby .460 magnum, a big game hunting round, because they banned anything with a muzzle energy of more than 20K joules... Calling it an anti material rifle, which it is woefully unsuited for. Even banning the .50 BMG, which has never been used in a crime in Canada, was done entirely on some 'we have moved beyond this as a society' or 'weapons of war Canadians don't need' even though at this point the world has been regressing back to violent authoritianism at breakneck speeds AND they have done jackshit to counter any rightwing misinformation. Incels are getting worse and worse and they are still pushing for gun laws entirely due to the 1989 shooting done by a proto-incel.
If anything I firmly believe they will discourage the average Canuck from resisting and those that and survive this war will probably have to deal with all manner of issues from the government going forward.
I get your point. And I agree with you. Those bans were not decided on factual information but on emotions.
And we all know the actual crimes aren't committed with legal weapons anyways. They're mostly done with guns coming from south of the border.
I think you can learn the skills within our existing legal framework. If I were to introduce someone to firearms that has no prior firearms experience we'd be starting with a 22 or maybe even a pellet gun. Access to currently prohibited weapons to further advance individuals that already possess skills is a completely different topic. This doesn't even start to address the realities of the role of firearms in modern conflict.
There's lots of more valuable ways for people to spend their time "preparing" for whatever the future holds for us. If someone thinks that prohibited weapons are the key to survival they can seek training through other means like joining the reserves. Or take an active role in politics and work towards changing the legislation. Or if things are so bad already then break the law and learn/possess those weapons anyway.
I wouldn't condone breaking any laws.
I generally agree with that sentiment. With respect to Canada's firearms laws I think the legislation we had was decent including the previously available restricted licenses for handguns. I'm not personally and advocate for handguns but I think the requirements for storage, transportation, background checks, etc. allowed those that wanted to pursue the hobby to do so while also maintaining a level of safety for the general public. There's probably some tweaks to be made and loopholes to close but a decent framework.
I don't think we're at this point in Canada but I would condone breaking laws that are amoral or unethical. To take it to an extreme, I support the actions of the resistance fighters that were breaking the laws of nazi Germany. I was intending to convey something more along the lines that if someone believes so strongly that was the only path to keeping themself and their loved ones safe then they have the freewill to act accordingly, they'll just have to live with the consequences of their actions.
with a 22 or maybe even a pellet gun.
Be me - purchases a Kriss Vector .22Lr, shot it once at the range, bought an optic for it, planned to take it out again, government bans it because βitβs a weapon of warfareβ and shouldnβt be in the hands of civilians.


To say I was disappointed is an understatement.
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Yeah that's the thing you have to remember about this flood the Zone shit Trump does. None of it's a distraction. All of it's a distraction. Both at the same time. He means it all.
I don't like guns but I am a very good shot with a rifle. I'm also a menopausal woman. I fucking dare him.
Isn't it a point of honour with these creeps that an enemy has never set foot on American soil? Bet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
I'm American, not a Trumper, and I remember our history. Full of us all fucking around and finding out when we should be reigning in the wealthy.
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Also this war would be different. A bunch of English speaking Canadians (and English speaking supporters) bad mouthing the us on the news. Would look awful bad for them. They are only used to non English bad mouthing them during a war which is easier to suppress in the news.
Nah, they're not. Orange Fatass just wants you to stop talking about his 30 year relationship with the guy who sold child sex slaves.
Of course, Canada should still be prepared against psyops and whatnot, but Trump will never invade a NATO country.
Don't confuse me with that thing that was ostensibly a government once. Please.
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