• BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    There are so many internal threats to the US from a Canadian invasion.

    • Canadians living in the US, estimates put that number around 800k or so.
    • Canadians travelling in the US, at least another couple hundred thousand, could be more at certain times of the year.
    • Americans who used to be Canadian, probably more than the PR number to be honest.
    • Americans with direct Canadian ties, millions.
    • Americans with significant Canadian sympathies, tens of millions.

    Then there’s the Canadians who would sneak into the US during such an event, either for safety or to cause problems. No functional amount of US military presence could protect any useful amount of it, and once across the border blending in is super fucking easy.

    Then we’ll just recreate 1812 and burn the White House down after we evacuate all the people.

    It wouldn’t be quite as bad as a full US civil war, but it would be damn close.