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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Please don't view AMERICA as your enemy, just MAGA. They may be in control of the government at the moment, but they don't control us.

Remember that HitlerPig's following is only about 1/3 of the country, and they are breath-takingly stupid. MOST of Americans are your allies, and will happily fight alongside you to take both of our countries back from the Nazis.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I hear ya, and mean this with all due respect and just as a counterpoint.

I think the world, and especially Canada, aren’t wrong to expect Americans as a whole to not let it get to that point - democratically, seriously. We have been, happily and willingly, consuming an entire culture of freedom and defence against tyranny. Your news is our news, including all of the violence and rationalization of it - defence of freedom.

We know your massive protests and hard won civil rights because your media is our media just like your products are our bilateral lifelines.

If it gets to the point of invasion I think it’s fair to consider all of America having stabbed us in the back.

Edit: just to try and be lighter about it - it’s like we all took in your movies and books and documentaries but America themselves in a staggering ratio seem to have missed the point or identified the wrong protagonist.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it gets to the point of invasion I think it’s fair to consider all of America having stabbed us in the back.

Please rethink that. MAGA represents a small and shrinking number of Americans. Many millions of us voted against them, and yet they used their nefarious resources to rig the election and take power. We have been stabbed in the back as much as you would be.

If the MAGA Nazis decide to invade Canada, you can double your forces by calling on the Patriotic Americans who want the Nazis out as much as you do.

AMERICA is not your enemy, MAGA is. Please remember that, we are on YOUR side, and want to assist you in defeating MAGA. If it comes down to an invasion of Canada, MAGA will have an Army, and Canada will have an Army, and the American Patriots will have motivated fighters who will enthusiastically assist the Canadian army to defend your sovereignty, and we are spread all over America. Make use of that valuable resource, and your defeat of MAGA will be much easier.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I was thinking a lot of us would be valuable in guerilla warfare. Which side would be taken by individuals depends on the individuals.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago

Guerilla warfare has been extremely effective against the US military for decades.

There are also a LOT of people still working within the government who do not support their current leadership. They can't ALL be replaced by loyalists, and with every replacement they get weaker, and the Resistance gains another experienced insider.

Resistance Guerillas don't all have to carry guns and be fighters. Those disgruntled federal employees are perfectly placed to cause all sorts of chaos, leaks, sabotage, weaponized incompetence, malicious compliance, etc. They will be as important to the fight as those willing to commit violence.

[–] whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’d have agreed with you 10 years ago. In 2025, any American who is not already fighting (and I mean fighting, not “protesting”) MAGA is my enemy. Try us.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Grow up. These things happen in stages, and we aren't at the violence stage yet. We owe it to ourselves, and the world, to try our hardest to resolve this existential problem with every other option we have before getting to the violence. Hopefully, we can avoid it all together. An American Civil War would have ripple effects that will have negative repercussions on the rest of the world, and being right next door means it will be worse for you than anyone else.

And you need to understand the same far right attack on America by global fascist forces is also happening in Europe, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, and CANADA. They came after America first, so we won't be there to protect other nations, but once they have us under control, YOU are next. You don't want to alienate those who will be your closest allies when the Nazis come for you.

Your comment was clearly meant for the US in, like, 2004. Not sure how it found its way here.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're waiting with bated breath.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

We are, too. The tipping point is coming, but it is always impossible to predict how or when that will happen. But make no mistake, it WILL happen.

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So many of us have friends and family across the border. We know American people are fellow humans like anyone else and that the enemy is MAGA fascism.

Any American I see traveling in Canada without a MAGA hat will be welcomed by me with open arms. Canadians have a degree of empathy for what you're dealing with because we feel threatened by the fascist takeover too.

Canadians and Americans who give a damn about respecting peoples' dignity, no matter their gender or race, will stand in solidarity.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

Thanks, I appreciate that. We already have brutal enemies within our own country, we don't need our neighbors hating us for the actions of those enemies. If America falls to the Maga Nazis, so will Canada. We have to band together to crush and purge them.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just the South, and they have been the enemy of humanity for centuries, because they care far less about America than they do about their own racism, so much so that they went to war with America in the name of racism.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Except those of us stuck here with no means of escape.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

I'm sorry, it is unimaginable to be stuck there.

But the filth is no longer contained, it is destroying even the best parts of America and threatening to destroy the world.

This is now a question of self-preservation.