Hot take but imperialism is bad actually. We shouldn't be looking to replace the Americans' grip with another great powers'.
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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Europe yes. China even to a more limited extent ( at least for a while ).
Russia? You must be freaking kidding me. That is before even considering that Russia and the US are on the path to becoming close allies.
I worked at CIBC when Jeff was in charge. This fucking idiot shouldn't even have a voice. Fucking shill.
Jumping from one bad partner to another just sounds like an idea born from desperation rather than rationality and self-love.
Like why not try harder to form partnerships with EU nations rather than Russia/China?
No thank you. Fuck Russia and fuck China, I would be open to trade and trade deals but anything more than that absolutely not.
And nothing permanent, I would only agree with trade deals that could be cancelled at will if, for example, China decided to invade Taiwan, and no trade deals with Russia until they stop trying to invade Ukraine.
Harper locked Canada into a 31-yr-long FIPPA with China that went into force in 2014. I would not be interested in signing yet another agreement with them for any reason.
Id say europe, australia, and mexico are the way to go. I mean new zealand, japan, south korea, taiwan. Anyplace remotely normal.
Between the two it would have to be China. Trump is in bed with Putin and much of what he has done to the US is to further Russia's interests.
China and Canada have a lot more to offer each other. Outside of obvious trade opportunities, I would imagine China would love to have an increased sphere of influence that sits right at the US border.
Yeah, it's an interesting read but both of those options are terrible.
Indeed. I'd rather Canada grow stranger and stand on its own feet.
I assume that's a typo, but I love the idea of us growing stranger to the point where the US backs off.
"Canada is smiling evilly and brandishing a bassoon and a hot glue gun while dressed in a gopher mascot costume. Better back away slowly, or there's no telling what it will do."
The power of weird!
Trade with? Sure, we already do that. Align with? Those guys don't "align". You are not a friend. You're either under their control or you're their enemy. Yes, the US is headed towards fascism but ideologically we essentially believe the same things. That's why this situation is so hard to understand.
You're not going to like what "switching sides" means. We'll need to be on guard and at best weather this out. Maybe line up some more trade and travel deals with the EU. But inviting China or Russia, or joining BRICS, no way.
Just agree to things and don't do them.
If we can't trust whatever Trump says, we can do that too.
It would be hard to control things on the ground.
They can complain to the higher ups and the higher ups can yell at the subordinates while patting them on the back
That is not a long term solution.