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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well I certainly wouldn't pay for cascadia.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

You should, it is a good boardgame.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But would you pay for Cascada?

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What, the dishwashing soap? Sure, I guess. As long as it's a good price.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No no, I mean early 2000s dance music!

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Macarena?

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

I find his sign compelling.

[–] KAO@hilariouschaos.com 11 points 3 weeks ago

Free Cascadia!!! 🍁

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As long as you dont take BC, go for it.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 3 weeks ago

BC will remain with Canada. Eventually, California, Oregon, and Washington will band together, and Canada and Mexico will recognize and support them, and then MAGA America will be surrounded by hostile territory on every land border.

They will also have no access to any West Coast ports, at all. All MAGA America bound goods will have to take a trip through the Panama Canal, which will take longer, be very expensive, and be vulnerable to attacks by foreign aggressors and pirates. They will also have no military presence on the Pacific Coast at all, especially if Hawaii decides to join Cascadia, or more likely, become independent. Without supporting supply lines from the West Coast, MAGA America couldn't effectively defend itself from a Hawaiian uprising for long, especially if Hawaii gets help from other nations.

And if they think they're going to take and control the Panama Canal, they won't. It will be enormously difficult to take, and will be even more difficult to hold, as they fight battles on too many fronts (Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Cascadia, Hawaii, other Central and South American countries, etc., and they aren't going to forget people they hate in the Middle East), to be effective anywhere. It would be just like these moronic podcasters to think they have the infinite resources to fight every war in every place. If it comes down to it, the Canal can just be destroyed, and without Pacific ports, and no Panama Canal, MAGA America won't be able to get any goods from Asia.

That means they'll have to manufacture EVERYTHING they need within their borders, which will be impossible, and take a lot of time to establish, but also makes them vulnerable to sabotage and attacks that would cripple vital supply chains. Even if they ramp up security around factories, those are just expensive resources being wasted.

Add guerilla warfare across America, backed by foreign enemies of MAGA America, and you have an endless Civil War that MAGA America can never, ever win.

How about instead of all of that, we just take control of Congress in 2026, start to impeach and convict a lot of really bad people, and take it all back on 2028, then crush MAGA mercilessly, and ruthlessly purge them from our government and our society? That would be easier, and more satisfying.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That is a silhouette of a rather unhealthy conifer, NGL. 😰

[–] snowdrop@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That’s what the giant redwoods look like.

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] snowdrop@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

I stand corrected thank you

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fair point. 🫡