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Lots of people asking about the passport/DL statement. Most US citizens don't have a passport. However, once in Canada, you can drive a car on a US license. This means Canada has access to those records. Canada will have a far easier time reverting back to pre-9/11 entry methods and allowing entry on a DL.
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Beau…my wife after listening to this is having a panic attack I’m pretty damn scared too, we are Senior citizens…I miss the days when Democrats and Republicans could sit in church with love in our hearts towards each other
@@bastardsonofretkillr I live in a border state - Michigan - and this scares the hell out of me.
Sorry this may sound silly(non American) but how would one get into Canada without a passport to drive on American DL? Can you get on a plane without a passport or dock a boat without clearing customs?
Reason I'm asking said silly question is as a Kiwi from NZ I can go to Australia & drive on NZ DL(Australia has those records on us I suppose in same fashion as what your explaining about Canada's access to those records) but how would I legally get into Australia as I'd have to show passport @ one of those two entry ports?
Love your video's by the way, always a highlight of my day!!
you need to start selling the idea of all these people need to flee south to your southern border it is too cold here, trust me you would hate it here. Hopefully, the realization that they would not be able to keep their guns would be enough for them not to travel north.
Canadian here. More than 50 years ago, Pierre Elliott Trudeau told Nixon that “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” Well, not much as changed, except now the elephant is batshit crazy and psychopathic. Yikes 😱!!
Yeah, tell me about it. Sorry about that. I keep encouraging my friends and family to get their passports but the complacency is deep.
Make that a rabid elephant
And they have a Dumbo to follow :)
I always thought it was like living above a meth lab. I mean you can be a nice neighbour (NB: there's a 'u' in there) but at some point three's gonna be a toothless person on the street at 4:00am yelling at their front door.
So is the current Trudeau
A proud Canadian here. Your welcome up here, just leave your guns, ego and politics at the border.
I'll bring my Kids in the Hall DVDs though. They helped me fall in love with Canada, big time.
@@The_Last_Pants_Youll_Ever_Wear Fair enough !!
Can we come now?
Sticking around to fight for my country. The world doesnt need Confederates with the Bomb. But thanks, I'll keep your offer in mind.
That's all that would be needed as a border test. The minute you heard "rights!" and "freedoms!" you'd know who wouldn't work out.
Canada has been a good neighbor for many long years. It behooves us as Americans to pull our heads out of our collective asses and stop freaking out the rest of the world.
Something tells me you wouldn't mind my politics.
America on the other hand has been a terrible neighbor.
Here is another scenario to consider. Many of us, like myself are on either disability or social security. If the government collapses, we will not survive and I certainly don't expect Canada to pick up the tab. Scary all the way around.
Old lady here. Yes, I've thought of that. Yikes.
Not so scary because of knowledge and Canada is the #1 trade partner. And the European Union is bigger than the The United States by itself. I live on Social Security so I will vote Democrat because I know the Republicans want raises for there government and no Social Security
One problem with allowing masses of Americans in as refugees is that some Americans do not realize that their US constitutional rights end at the US border. As Beau suggested, one of the biggest problems for Americans travelling to Canada or Europe is not understanding that the Second Amendment is not an international right.
That's a very good point. We are at once aware of our own American rights and ignorant of the rights available in other countries. Reminds me of those movies where the arrogant American in another country says, "I'm American! You can't do this to me!"
I worked summer at the local cultural centre for several years (BC) One middle aged couple from INdiana thought it was very hysterically funny that they managed to successfully hide their guns in their motor home when they crossed the border. I did not think so.
More so that the second amendment has been skewed to a certain narrative that it is an individual right "on the micro-scale instead of the macro-scale " thanks to SCOTUS justice Schooleys opinion during the 70s-80s.
Seriously, this is a thing. I work in a public library in southern Ontario (downtown branch, mid-sized city with high growth) and you might be amazed how many times I've had to talk down people who openly argue that "their second amendment rights" allow them to carry weapons in the library regardless of library policy. I will say that one time it became an interesting exercise, because someone took me up on my offer to look at "The Constitution" and he was honestly shocked to discover that Canada is governed by a compendium of Acts, laws, treaties, traditions (including uncodified and unwritten conventions), and amendment procedures. If you want to claim authority under a 2nd amendment here, you'll need to show me which one and explain how and why it's even relevant!
Living in a border town, I remember hearing regularly of tourists being arrested crossing the border because they did not declare or declared an illegal weapon in their vehicle. Of course, COVID-19 put that to rest for a while. Not looking forward to this issue reoccurring on a regular basis.
I was lucky enough to have been born in Canada. Spent my life in the US but fled when Trump was elected. Since then 3 of my 5 brothers and sisters have also fled. We, collectively, do not regret the decision for a second! As we watch in absolute horror the direction America has taken, we pray for you all!
My paternal grandfather was born in Windsor, Canada, and came to the U.S. for work in the 1930s. He never left the U.S. He died in the early 1980s, so he never saw any of what is going on now...
Thanks! we need all the help we can get! My friends and I stood in my living room crying the night trump "won". We all knew where this would lead. But even we didn't know HOW bad.
@@e-spy I was literally disappointed that the Giant Meteor had not hit us.
I pronounce you the Anti-Cruz. Use your powers for truth, justice, and the Canadian way.
I've lived in the US for almost 40 years but still held on to my Irish citizenship. Just in case. The next few years might just end up being "the case".
Wow. We’re at the point that Canada is concerned for the stability of the US. I wish we all were similarly concerned.
I live glued to American news since 2016. I've learned more about its electoral system than a lot of US citizens can claim to. And I live in fear, no kidding. It's like watching the fall of an empire in real time.
We've been at that point since 2016. While we have our own trump supporting dufuses who were weak minded enough to fall for the disinformation (the US doesn't have a monopoly on stupid people, after all), most of us saw very plainly where electing trump would wind up. And we were right. We didn't want to be, but we were.
they are, the trump people think that trump, the miss teen America pageant guy, the Epstein is my friend for decades guy is the only person fighting the human traffickers. Little do they know the boarder patrol trumps people are the primary sellers of humans domestically.
I'm honestly not sure what sparked my fellow Canadians to ask Beau about this over the last few days. Is someone ratcheting up the pressure lately?
Canada has been concerned about the stability of the US for more than 5 years. Most of us follow American politics closer than you do.
I am Canadian and literally live just across Lake Erie from Pennsylvania and New York state in a little town called Port Colborne. Beau, I think your ideas and modelling on this issue are right on the money. I think that if the USA becomes a Russian authoritarian type state in the next year or two , there will be millions of asylum seekers flooding into Canada, and Canada will lock down and militarize its borders with the USA. My anxiety...now we have "RUSSIA" on our southern border..I totally appreciate what Ukraine is feeling right now.
Do you even know how ironically hilarious it would be for Mexico to be like “we need to build a wall to keep illegal Americans out”?
Well watching the Forever Purge and then seeing 1/6 it honestly makes sense. When the Mexicans flee because its safer they will want to keep us out.
@@nickwarner8158 I’m sure the people of Jalisco just can’t wait for Brent and Karen to stream across the border and expect everything to work like it did in their subdivision back in the States.
Texaco will pay for it
They should .and it will be because of trump's hatred towards them.
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer HA! No doubt. Click bang.
I’m Canadian, I’ve watched ur channel for years now. It hurts to see turmoil in the U.S, albeit a minority causing it. Funny how FOX news can get away with lies, while TH-cam has more rules.
Fox news is on youtube, are you sure TH-cam has more rules?
Rupert Murdoch is the devil
TH-cam has rules because they put them there. It's up to Yotube or FOX to make their own.
Fox spreads lies and perpetuates them and then lets people be horrible in comments sections and even in TV. This is a 1st amendment thing. Companies are free to regulate speech on their platform. The government isn't supposed to.
That said, I think FOX is taking it beyond that point. If someone can be charged for yelling "fire" in a crowded theater, I feel FOX should be held accountable for actions promoting violence also.
fox news claims they're an opinion or satire.
@@patrickmatheson6537 If this s--t goes down ,so does normalcy and laws
As a Canadian, I found this very interesting. I also verbalized to myself something I've felt for the past 5 years: I no longer trust the US to do the right thing. I now watch it with very skeptical eyes. I love my many American friends who are grieving over the fragmentation of their country. I can't see an off-ramp, and that scares me spitless.
You took the words right out of my mouth!!! 1000% agree
@@Zuktrails "You took the words right out of my mouth!!!" I guess that might go part of the way towards restoring the spit😁
Freaks those of us in the US out that we may have to fight for our democracy to stabilize or leave to safety but god only knows where... my kid is 19 and I'm mainly trying to figure out how to protect her... just the fact I've been dwelling on it makes me twitchy!
@@micheledimond your daughter should join the Coast Guard, learn to adult and protect herself. Home branch, full military benefits and resources, and a lot of new equally well-trained friends. Skills on the water will come in handy going forward.
This comment made me think of one that Winston Churchill once said - "The Americans will always do the right thing...... AFTER they have exhausted every other possibility."
As a Canadian I am very concerned when I hear “fight like hell ,trail by combat and you won’t have a country anymore” Please don’t let Fox and CNN destroy your democracy
How on earth can you equivocate Fox and CNN???
Have Canadian cousin who lived in Wisconsin for over 20 years. Married with 2 children who were born USA citizens . This year they moved back to Canada. To get away from the conflict in their community. Said they watched their friends and family . Turn toxic during the Trump administration. Having brown skin became a huge problem. They now live in thunder bay Ontario Canada and are safe and happy .
You sure there safe in Thunder Bay with brown skin.
Many blessings on them for a happy life!
@@sethseth9059 right? TBay isn't a great place if you're not.. frig, White at the very least, Finnish, by the preference of most of them.
@@sethseth9059 she's closer to her family in the dryden area. Where she was born
@@sethseth9059 safer than in many parts of the USA. Sure people may be racist but they are not likely to shoot them for going for a jog.
My wife says that I am addicted to AMerican politics, and she can’t understand why I bother listening to it. This is exactly the reason why. As a Canadian and as a military member, this possibility is something that really gives me cause for pause. Thanks for the discussion Beau.
I am also Canadian living in Niagara Falls, 5 minutes from the border.
I also became interested when Trump
threw his hat in the ring. This was also a period where there were some very strange occurrences happening that I couldn’t explain, and I started to notice that Americans were not behaving in a way that I had grown accustomed to over the past 60 years. Getting away with insulting
a veteran like John McCain and insulting a gold star family would have been the end of a political career.
This set off alarm bells, and the lack of outrage over Jan6 deepened my concern.
The fact that this video with Beau even broaching this subject is deeply disturbing.
My partner says the same to me, he isn't interested in the in the whys and wherefores of the american mentality and the bubble some of them live in read "fox tv". Enough said, fox tv keeps the viewers angry and those viewers like nothing more than being angry and pumped up. P.s I'm Scottish
Are you more worried about a huge influx of Americans swarming the border? I am American and I am already thinking that way. My wife and I were in Nova Scotia just before the election and we were asked if we though Trump would win, and we said - We certainly hope not, I then thought most Americans could plainly see Trump was a Con Man, BUT, I was wrong, I had too much faith in common sense.
@Earl Monroe Says the liar on his nice 3 day old troll account.
I wonder what will be said of what you offered up to the world after you’re dead.
Hey there, neighbor. I’d like to apologize for all the noise downstairs here in the United States of Moribundity. It appears we’ve got some structural issues and our contractors are having a booger of a time getting it fixed.
Hopefully it won’t run into major issues affecting everyone here in the complex but if the noise gets to be too much, please let us know and we’ll do what we can to make life less inconvenient.
Sincerely,
Appalachian American Who Thinks His Country Has Lost Its Mind.
As a Canadian, I find the whole discussion very disturbing. I hope saner minds will prevail in the U.S.
I sure hope so. I'm in the US, it feels here like we are sleepwalking toward a potential disaster.
We are hoping the same thing!
The signs have been around for awhile and are getting worse. No way would I want to be living in the US .
Catherine I'm Canadian too, and this discussion is disturbing but one Canada should be having. The insanity in the US is just that, and we have Trump eejits here too. God knows why. But there were Canadians at the insurrection on Jan 6 2021, we saw Canadian flags waving in the breeze!! Our only saving grace is that they are not in power here.
Don't worry, they won't.
Canadians I think are more aware of just how far and how much our economies are intertwined than Americans as a whole realize.
I will never forgive these traitors for creating a situation that leads to us even talking about this
It may be wise to reconsider that statement despite its honourable source. We in Canada have gone through this several times in the past where we have been either invade out right or nearly overwhelmed by refugees from the colonies or military juggernauts. This isn't the first time your political mess has boiled over to affect Canada, We had the British Empire Loyalist refugees, The war of 1812, and the Fenian raids to deal with as late as 1860-70s. The good news from our POV is each of these events only strengthened the national resolve of Canadians to stay a separate culture both socially and politically.
Me too !!
Daily Reminder: Trump lost the 2020 election bigly.
Don't forget, biden added more jobs last month than dumpy did in 4 years.
Also lost in 2016... but due to the electoral college.
This is coming from someone who doesn't like Hillary or Joe Biden. Either is or would have been better than the alternative.
@@criticalevent dumpys stuff was always Chinese made junk.
Nah, he didn't lose bigly. He lost by a small margin.
Which, by the way, should be extremely telling about the state or the quality of voting people that live here.
Almost half of them are a danger to both themselves and their fellow citizens.
Thank you, Auntie.
On September 11th, 2001, several US and international planes were diverted to Halifax, NS, and Gander, Newfoundland.
At great risk to us, we took strangers into our homes and gave them food and shelter until things settled down.
If it's one thing we learned about ourselves up here, we're good at getting shit done and helping friends during a crisis.
Dems will stand by while cities are looted & torched to the ground and call it a protest Billions in damages caused by radical lefties ...My city didn't let that happen for weeks & months .we have a Rep Gov ..makes a world of difference ..that bunch of left wingers who run Cali are running thousands out with their high taxes ..If you like massive inflation & gas doubled at the pump to continue ..keep voting blue ..the party for losers ..If u want more of your hard earned money in yr pocket..vote red ..simple as rain
The US was a fellow democracy at the time though...
@@redskywalker3374 don't you wonder why canada is starting to war games possible usa collapse was this whole video lost on you why there's a serious topic currently ? I think you didn't hear a stich of the video you're commenting on.
How the planes that were diverted to Gander Newfoundland were handled was the subject of the musical "come from away", and the HBO documentary of the same name.
I'm from Newfoundland, and I have relatives in and around Gander (I was born there), and they were saying that people were letting people shower in their houses, giving them toothbrushes, soap and deodorant, and letting them use their phones to call family, but that's not how it was portrayed in the documentary. I'm not sure if the people I heard that from were wrong, or the documentary was wrong. But them using a hockey rink to store food was true, and a couple of days after they asked for donations of toilet paper because they were running low, they had to tell people to stop donating toilet paper because they had too much 😅
Thank you
Beau - as a Canadian I thank you for your commentary. I'm wondering about the more likely scenario where the USA devolves into some form of fascist/autocrat/oligarchy government but without significant civil conflict. What does Canada do to prepare for that?
I believe there would be millions of asylum seekers. However, how many of them currently are against their own country welcoming asylum seekers from other conflicts? There seems to be a unique belief among many US citizens that they should be welcomed with open arms where ever they might chose to flee but don't want to extend the same courtesy to others.
yeah....and many of us do welcome asylum seekers. Many of us know that our country is a nation of immigrants.
I've been protesting about our treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers off and on for years. The way our government behaves is a breach of international law.
That's a nasty comment. Those of us who do believe in providing asylum are the ones who would be trying to leave the country. Why should we be punished for the sins of others?
Like in Mexico. Hola
I think most of those americans will stay to try and overthrow the government. they're the "these colors don't run" crowd.
As a Canadian, I've been saying "when your neighbors house is on fire, your house is on fire." America is burning.
America is requesting water, stat!
Not if you live in a detached house... which we don't... oh gawd, our house is on fire!
@@e-spy America's political class, however, just keep ordering Bacardi and pouring it onto the flames.
I'm an Australian who has had a few Canadian friends over the years, You guys are golden, honestly.
I am very concerned about the future of our republic, but I would not endorse the notion that we are headed for civil war, anytime soon. Of greater immediate concern is the possibility that our country will gradually adopt the right-wing agenda, over time. The concern is immediate, because the right's influence over policy is already being felt.
People far further away than Canada are very worried..
As you should be. I hear waaaay too much talk about "the "south" will rise SOON."
But you don't have a 8,891 km (5,525 mi) border with them.
Believe it!
I am a Canadian citizen living in Tasmania. My sister in law lives in South Australia. We were both deeply interested in the runup to the 2016 elections and could not believe that that buffoon was running or even allowed to run. We were dumbfounded at his awful speeches and him and his antics in general. She and I were talking during the counting of ballots, which happens in the late evening here. She was almost in tears when she said to me she thought “he” was going to win. I went to bed before the election was called, hoping she was wrong and that USA wouldn’t be taken in by his clearly useless promises.
To find he had against all sense become potus and then the ensuing 400 years of his perpetual golf games and wailing wandering word salad blatherings, to be followed by a year of him whining about have his crown stolen, then the insurrection which I watched live in glorious technicolor, which some say was just an innocent tour group!!!!!
Unbelievable.
And he’s still wandering around and he still has devotees, in spite of his obvious failings as a human.
So yeah, people further away - the opposite side of the planet in the other hemisphere doesn’t get further away than further - we’re worried.
It is not pleasant to watch.
@@jandrews6254 I suggest that it might be worse to be living in it, in a red state, in the South, and getting old.
@@jandrews6254 It's the utter dithering that's just incredible to witness.. Trump should be in jail, or at least barred from holding public office ever again...
I do not think Canada will open the boarder as described here. Doing so would bring the conflict into Canada. Allowing great numbers of politically charge people into Canada, who do not have a stake in continuing to have a stable Canadian government, would drag the strife north. Closing the boarder at the start of the trouble would be the safest for Canada.
That is exactly how I see it, they could outnumber us 2 to 1 easily....that's called an INVASION...
That's a very good point.
That's exactly right. Canada would never open that floodgate. They have 1/10th the population and the majority live below the 49th parallel. You can't seek asylum because you don't like the politics. It's not like the reds will start open season on the blues. (right??) It's much more likely the border will shut down to all non-commercial traffic. And how are they supposed to weed out the libs from the wing-nuts anyway?
How do you truly close the longest border in the world?
And be like them? The country that sent rejection papers to the Franks and other holocaust victims?! Do you not understand how much of our industries rely on the States? Ottawa isn't much of a Silicon Valley North anymore. Being careful about what and who comes through our borders would be safe. No criminals of war, not letting people with money buy up our country and it's influences. I live to close to that border and already know the scum it brings over so regulations and better laws are a great idea.
As a Chinese, I'm deeply worried. No one in the world want the largest nuclear arsenal get controlled by any unstable government.
Second largest arsenal, but you're right. Neither our allies nor our adversaries can allow the nuclear launch codes to get into the hands of rebels with nothing to lose. Even without the launch codes you don't want someone selling warheads on the black market.
People like Trump and Kushner would happily sell them off to the highest bidder to settle their massive debts, while pro-End of Days "Christians" would just as happily use them to kick off Armageddon because they see it as their sacred duty to help things along.
@@Archangelarts to be fair...launching nukes isn't as simple as obtaining the launch codes
@@CantankerousDave your right christian here and the sooner nukes get going off the sooner armageddon and the second coming will be
@@CantankerousDave but its more involving israel once enemies attack her and no ones there to protect her
I looked at leaving the US many years ago, and found out "If you don't like it, just move" isn't as easy as just moving if your don't like it.
That's been my experience, too. Looked into moving to the Netherlands in 2020 (nothing to do with my homeland, I just wanted to move for personal reasons) and moving to another country has a tendency to be harder than you expect.
@@safe-keeper1042 Netherlands is particularly hard. I lived there for 4 years!
We can't leave. We are needed here.
Yep I've been looking too. Considering Ireland or Canada.
I made the leap out a few years ago with minimal difficulty, so I'm very curious: what have you run into?
Canadian here, and the odds of civil war in the States scares me far less than the more likely scenario of the USA becoming a dictatorship. No war, just letting democracy die.
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang, but a whimper.
- T.S. Eliot
They came really close with trump. He wanted to make himself president for life. If he won a second term, I'm sure he would have tried to change the law to allow someone to be president for life, like he wanted.
Well run from that too! Its really the same thing without generals facing off.
@@autumnsylver You're not paying attention to the news. Trump still has strong support for a second term. Kinda scary.
Canadian living in Canada, but working in the US for the last 20 years. No offence but I would prefer they stay and fix the problem. I have many US friends I have lost total respect for and I am not sure I want them here. I mean I am not advocating building a wall and I guess if push came to shove my humanity would rise up and relent, but there is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
I'm an American who really loves Canada 🇨🇦 and I even do banking with Canadian bank. As an American we need to fight against right-wing extremism because if we don't then what Beau said can very well happen.
Gabriel. If u don’t fight for your country who will? A Canadian here. 🇨🇦.
@@jeannetrenblay9791 That's right, I refuse to let some domestic terrorists take over America
By any means necessary we MUST. It’s time to let morality slide in the face of opponents who already possess none. Great White North looks a hell of a lot better right now
@@jk-474 long as you realize the Great White North where I live was -41 celcius a few days last week lolz
@@gabrielday9519 that s the spirit Fight like hell. I am truly sickened by the repubs and their actions and lies. Just disgusting. I hope they are dealt with by the courts for their crimes and removed from govt. at all levels. All who want to preserve democracy must step. Forward. Now. It pains me that so many lives were lost over decades in wars. To simply get rid of fascism and fight for democracy. What a terrible waste of life If fascism wins now. So. So. Sad. I m rooting for every true American patriot. Not the fake crazy. Repub ones. All Canadians myself included will be watching. Your fight or lack of. And so will the world. These traitors to country. Must be destroyed. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
An interesting thought exercise. I'd think if this did happen, a third of the US still wouldn't be bothered to realize it was going on.
you can ignore a lot of things, you can't ignore a major engagement in or around your community. Roads will be destroyed, clean water and electricity shut off, no food from trucks (bridges out), potential fragments or stray bullets, I could see warlords trying to terrorize town before major militias secure them. You can't ignore it, unless you have billions and were planning on this for decades.
Just like Nazi Germany. 1/3 sat back, watched as another 1/3 killed the remaining 1/3.
North Dakota will have an interesting time. It has a deeply Trumpist populace and government, and if things do cook off NATO is going to head straight for Minot.
@@Pistolita221 I run on a well, have my own power systems, grow and raise my own food and meat. And i got enought arms and ammo to turn aside anything short of a tank.
@@Josh-ye9ol How long did it take you to set up? It sounds like you have a working farm. Did you grow up in a farm?
I ask because I've often fantasized about doing something similar. But then realized I was just a city slicker and didn't even know the first thing about growing crops.
Coming into Canada with a gun is technically considered smuggling, and can get you arrested and sent back to the US. I'm not sure they would get rid of that law for asylum seekers. They would have to get rid of their guns before they enter Canada.
Millions of armed Americans would not give up our guns, we will rather invade Canada and make a new country out of it. Your population is small compare to the amount of Americans that will cross over.
See how that goes.
@@walden6272 You are delusional if you think a large enough group of gun nuts would come at once that we couldnt take them down with minimal effort from our own forces. Most of the ones who would throw that type of tantrum, would be too busy in their hometowns trying to overthrow THAT government, to come here & pretend they have a hope in hell of doing it here.
On top of that, there is the fact that anyone that would be coming to Canada looking for asylum would be of the group fleeing violence. Not the inbreds who think the country is just for them.
On top of that, theres that small thing Beau mentioned called NATO, not to mention overseas allies in the UN who would be thrilled beyond words to get to beat on some hate filled Americans without having to justify it that would be here in literally no time before the first Cletus even comes up with the idea to try breaking into Canada with weapons.
@@Canadagraphs(re: @Walden) exactly! That's the type of right wing rhetoric that's going to bring the world down on you! Perhaps think before you speak....
@@Canadagraphs You soyboy Canadians think you can stop us? LOL
Canada would be well-advised to start beefing up its military and tightening the border. Once the neo-fascists in the GOP take over here and climate change forces the temperate zone into the northern latitudes, they will be coming for you next. I would leave if I were a younger man and not tied here. I imagine many Germans in the 1930's felt similarly. I hope Canada may be spared this nonsense.
“It couldn’t happen here” will soon become “How did we not see this coming sooner”
When I was in grade school and we studied the Holocaust, I couldn't help wondering why the European Jews didn't leave as soon as the authorities started to curtail their rights. I hadn't realized just how insidious things were, how slowly and then quickly the changes happened under the Nazis. Now I'm just trying to decide at exactly what point I, as an American citizen, will need to leave my country for my own safety and the safety of my family. I hope it won't come to that. But I realize that it's possible.
Most thought that a conflict between modern European countries was inconceivable because it would disrupt trade and industry, and modern weaponry would be devastating. Then the First World War broke out. After millions died in the Great War (the war to end all wars) most of the world could not conceive of another global conflict. Then the Second World War started.
That's the tragedy. Many people do see it coming, but so many others either can't recognize the warning signs or don't want to acknowledge them.
@@LaundryFaerie If you look into it Jews did try to leave Germany in the 1930's. UK place restrictions then bans on Jews emigrating to Palestine. The USA wasn't exactly welcoming them with open arms and then shut the door (see the story of the ship in The voyage of the Damned). Many moved to Denmark, the Low Countries or France thinking they would be safe there. UK also limited Jewish immigration to a trickle.
@@zetectic7968 Don't forget that Canada also turned away the MS St Louis. We accepted only about 5,000 Jewish refugees between 1933 to 1945. In essence our policy was "none is too many."
As a Canadian, I applaud your restraint in only saying 'eh' once. 😂
I totally caught that too.
lol- I had the same thought!
I like Hockey, I think that gets me in, I can skate pretty good too!
And not one ABOOT.
He has to learn to apologize for no reason
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
These days it unfortunately feels more like living next door to the neo-nazi meth lab in Breaking Bad. :/
Perhaps while a large contingent in the US expects Mexico to pay for a wall, Canada should expect the same courtesy from the US. Not a solution.... an embarrassed apology to both my immediate neighbors.
Plus living with the added fear that the elephant could roll over and kill you in your sleep. As in, the 15k nuclear weapons falling into the hands of an evangelical preacher who wants everyone to meet Jesus at the same time. 😬
@@tarajoyce3598 I very much like your statement. 😊
What P E T actually said was "....one is affected every time it farts."
Hey Beau !
Étienne from Québec, Canada here. Subscriber...thoroughly enjoy your analysis, your style, your lucidity regarding US politics. Good balance of nuance and honesty.
However, regarding this video, I would like to say I do not wholly agree on the perspective shared, and I will explain myself.
First off, I am in agreement that Canada, in accordance with its humanitarian and democratic principles (at least, as they are professed) needs to make it easier for american refugees to come in and settle, far from the danger posed by political violence. All your suggestions are valid and should be considered. No beef there.
However, I doubt that Canada's main concern regarding what could happen south of the border should be preparing for refugees. I also do not believe NATO allies intervening will materialize.
As a Canadian, my main fear is what will happen to our own democracy if the US Republic falls prone to fascists, which is really, really more likely than most people believe (as you said, it can happen there). Even though «wargaming» and planning for the worse might seem hasty for Americans, it isn't for Canadians, because our capacity to intervene and stop what is currently unfolding is limited...so why not prepare for the worse ? And by worse I do not exclusively mean civil war IMO, but literally an authoritarian takeover where dissent, as brave and determined as it is, is squashed and scattered.
Biden has stated his belief in democratic principles and the electoral process, trapping himself : if the GOP takes Congress in the midterms, and Trump becomes president in 2024 by winning the electoral college (which is not impossible), how exactly will this fascist takeover be stopped ? Will there truly be widespread resistance ? I'm not really convinced. So far, every safeguard against this creeping authoritarianism has failed, and democracy survived barely because of Trumpist incompetence, not true democratic resilience.
NATO has been in an identity crisis for decades since the end of the Cold War. Since 2016, a lot of European nations started to reflect on a world in which they would take care of their own defense. Macron has said as much. Why would they intervene on the american continent, when Russia is threatening the stability of many nations in central Asia and eastern Europe, on NATO's doorstep ? Why would they deploy resources when there are already other crises nearer to them ? Plus, a lot of these countries are politically divided as well, confronted to far-right populists who are opposed to presumed «globalists» and to the concept of the EU itself.
And as far as nuclear deterrence goes, granted the projecting power of many European nations is totally dwarfed by the US, but France is a nuclear power as well as the UK. Maybe a civil war in America or a collapse of American democracy would simply accelerate the dismantling of NATO. There is an ocean between them and the US. Why would they send their soldiers to die here ? They depend on the US to an extent, but not to that extent. At least that's my take. NATO is a relic of the Cold War. If the US abandons it or fails to lead it, it will probably die. Maybe the EU or certain countries will send arms or aid...but a full-scale intervention ? Boots on the ground ? It's not a given.
Going back to Canada, I'm way more afraid of what would happen to our democratic institutions, and this should be our main concern. Because a Trump takeover, or even just a destabilizing of US institutions would embolden Trump supporters and Qanon believers in Canada because yes, we have those. This authoritarian plague is global. What happened at the Capitol could be reenacted here. Trudeau is frequently used as a target by the right and far-right, and a lot of hate has been slinged his way during the last election, so much in fact that he had to go out in gatherings with a bulletproof vest.
I would also be scared of US interference in Canadian elections, looking to sap them with disinformation. And as far as refugees go, if we welcome high profile exiles in Canada, and an authoritarian Trump government (or whoever pretends to be in charge) request extradition and start making threats...what will we do ?
Because Canada is not as stable as many Americans make it out to be. It is stabler, yes, but it's starting to catch whatever sickness has caught on in the US. We have conspiracy minded hucksters who blend opposition to COVID sanitary measures with political trumpist-inspired hate. Just look at Alexis Cossette-Trudel, known in french-speaking Québec and even in France as a megaphone for Qanon dogma. Maybe he's marginalized right now, but he has supporters...and we have hate groups too.
We are a young country that was officially founded in 1867 partly out of fear of US annexation (there was even talk of that during your civil war back then). The fear of annexation by the US was a driving force in the birth and evolution of early Canadian history. And in certain ways, it has not gone away. We had debates over nukes in Canada during the Cold War. There were really intense discussions around NAFTA when it was established. The fear of cultural assimilation in English-Canada is real in certain circles, which is why we have stuff like the CRTC to ensure a Canadian presence on airwaves and radio waves. Our economies are so intertwined, I doubt Canada could remain prosperous if the US economy crumbles or is rocked by uncertainty or recession.
So yeah...I sympathize with many Americans who fear what will happen, and hope that their Canadian neighbors will welcome them. And we will, don't get me wrong. But I do not believe welcoming refugees should be the only concern : there's tons to be afraid of. Canada also has to look out for its own democracy, because I fail to see how Europe will care enough to save us. That's my two cents, anyway.
Quick note: Canada has strict laws against foreign interference in our elections.
Good point on what if the “legitimate” government IS the fascist regime? Now they control the weapons.
You better hope your worst case doesn't happen. Make no mistake, the authoritarian wannabes here are nuts, and by "nuts" I don't mean insane, I mean so out of control that they won't hesitate to use nukes or anything else they think they need to crush resistance including former allies, on or off of US soil. These are bad people, we all better do whatever we can to make sure that they never get control of the military or its resources.
According to Trump and his supporters, VP Harris can simply reject all the votes for him in 2024 if he decides to run, giving Biden an automatic 2nd term. 🤣😅
Funny how Trump supporters screech when you mention such a thing to them, yet they get mad at Pence for not doing that very same thing. Huh.
Sounds like a plan.
Love it!!!
The point you made about Canada (NATO) would need to militarized the boarder, from Americans trying to flee there country. That one point you made just chilled me.
I don’t think Americans would be happy in Canada. Our gun laws alone would be a big deterrent for them not wanting to,come here.
There a women here where I live moved down front the US to Canada. I asked her if she missed her country, her response was no. She doesn’t even have a desire to go visit. She said she never knew what freedom was really about till she moved her. The freedom to sent her children to school without them being shot and killed. The freedom of going to the grocery without anxiety because she feared being shot. Knowing that if her or family get sick it won’t financial ruin them.
Not all of us are gun crazy. You are oversimplifying us. Maga won't bug out to Canada, they'll play their losing hand here. If they win, its the non crazies who will lead an exodus to Canada to escape these inbreds
I’m American and I’d personally be more then happy with Canada’s gun laws in the US. We’re not all complete nut job right wingers.
Not all Americans are gun toting loud mouthed crazies.
I assure you I have never owned a gun (or even a car) in my life.
I mean, you're mostly right about a lot of Americans not wanting to give up their guns. I'm sort of one of them. BUT, if I'm worried for my family's safety (my wife and 2 little girls) and see my country devolving into a primitive Fascist state with the loonies running the asylum, I'll drop those guns right at the border if Canada would let my family and I in with no issues. I'm a reasonable man. I think a LOT of Americans (more than would be willing to admit it), would do the same. When given the choice between the safety of their families, or keeping their guns, the choice for many would be an easy one... where do you want me to put them?
@@LordBLB have you tried to get a visa for Canada 🇨🇦? At this point what’s it going to hurt to try and get one, start the application. To Tell you the truth I don’t know what you’re supposed to do. I don’t know how the country got to this place.
That we are even having a conversation about this hypothetical situation is stunning. Wow.
Before 2016 it would have been stunning. Now? No, not really. Not at all, in fact. This is just the natural consequence of all that normalizing you people did with trump. Especially the mainstream media. They normalized pretty much every crazy thing trump did. And so here we are.
I know. I was tearing up just listening.
Even more wow the comments if this were on Alex Jones channel
I'm trying to figure out what events lead to this conversation. There are a lot of load mouth nut jobs but I believe they are a very small minority. Most people are rational.
Hypothetical? We're literally watching it happen.
U.S. asylum seekers trying to get into Canada in great numbers is very concerning. Unless U.S. citizens are willing to take a stand for their democracy fascism is inevitable.
They gotta demand the democrats hold the GOP accountable, while they have the time and power, or else all is lost.
One more question for folks crossing the border come that "God forbid" moment: Did you support Donald Trump?
CBSA: "Are you from a red state?"
US asylum seeker: "Tennessee, y'all."
CBSA: "Entry denied. Sorry."
CBSA: "You a Democrat or Republican?"
US asylum seeker: "Fuck Yeah! Republican, why y'all asking?"
CBSA: "Entry denied. Sorry."
Absolutely, we don't want lunatics moving north. We have enough of our own.
@@kevynnedallaire1815 we have democrats in the south too. I’m one of them and so are most of my family and friends.
@@lancep2002 hey I know. It's just a joke. Sorry if I offended you.
Actually my bigger concern would be an autocratic U.S. government looking to expand northwards in a repeat of The War of 1812.
We've been having this discussion, especially here in southern BC close to the border and the somewhat disturbing groups in the Idaho mountains.
And another thought: if the US is actively repulsing refugee immigrants from Mexico and Central America, what makes US citizens think we want US refugees?
Excellent point. There are many Canadians who do monitor the extremism and radicalization in the northern-most states and have been contemplating these scenarios for a long time.
Those of us most likely to flee are same who want our government to welcome refugees here.
Because we're so friendly, eh?
But yeah, taking in millions of refugees from the US would cause a lot of problems here, like housing, for one. There are a lot of towns here in Southern Ontario that are literally running out of land to build on. As in, cities have built all the way to their borders, and there is literally nowhere else left to build. Here in the Niagara region, they're building more and more, and they're soon going to run out of land here, too, because they will have built all the way to the US border.
@@autumnsylver Annex Michigan, Give us health care, but keep the gas prices low for a bit. They've been bulldozing houses in Detroit for a while now and the empty ones left could be fixed up.
@@daniellarson3068 I hate to say it, but I think that the southern Michigan republicans would be on the leading edge of MAGA rebel movement. The U.P. is crazy enough already, being predominantly red hat territory... Lots of us would rather be part of Canada than be red hats, but that seems to not be the majority judging by the voting percentages.
This is so very sad that 20% of americans are the reason this video had to be made🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Thanks again Beau for bringing light to dark corners 👍🤙✌️🌊🌊🌊
It's just a thought
To be fair, "happens in a vacuum" is how most US schools teach their way through history. We march through a specific place and pay zero attention of other nations until wars are involved.
Given what happens on the US southern border the irony of this scenario is not lost on me.
YUP, that will be a serious wake up call for any “come here legally” right winger refugees.
We already have our nazis here too, fyi, proud boys started in Canada.
@@conversationsfromthefringe3180 While that's true, the Canadian military was quick to act when soldiers joined and showed up at harrass the First Nations events. It took 6 January for US to see the true danger. Although Elisabeth Neumann had been presenting the data inside Homeland Security for over a year before that.
@@AngryVet44 do you really think they would see that parallel? I doubt it.
From a Canadian who travels back and forth. Just a DL - no way. Requires a passport now.
Most Americans won't have one, but Canada already has access to us dmv records. They'll have to go back to using a dl for entry
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn Respectfully, that is theoretically correct but in reality, try to cross with just a DL. Entry refused ... brusquely and curtly. DL does not indicate citizenship. Just residency.
In the chaos of a mass exodus, cannot see Canadian immigration allowing entry based on only DL.
But who knows ...
@@sallyhu5028 It's going to be a situation. Canada will probably make some changes, remember that the passport thing was implemented after 9/11 as a mutual security agreement and just never got un-implemented.
I have played this scenario in my head for months. Imagining American refugees fleeing civil war in America. I is unbelievable - but NOT impossible. America has arrived at a cross-roads, in severe danger of backsliding into fascism. Great shirt, Beau.
Yeah, saw the shift too. We need more Beaus!
You are correct
I know people that have already told me they're going straight to Canada if that day comes. It's much simpler of a process for the people in my life being from northern ohio to actually get there.
On the latest rally of T* promising Pardons to JAN 6th, 2021 Capitol insurrectionists if he 'wins' 2024, there's a security snag. Say the US code of law upholds, and this rally rhetoric is aid/comfort to convicted insurrectionists. That implies there's a division of US congress that invalidates T*'s run for office under Amendment 14 Section 3 of their Constitution. At this point lies serious potential for the civil unravelling of the US republic, and horrific chaos. Mid-terms will be the last call. I have offered a prayer if heaven will hear it.
I think that we are at a time where this type of thing is more likely than it has ever been (except obviously for when it actually happened during the civil war).
You are right, the republican party doesn't want children to learn about slavery, they want to water down WW2 and the Nazis, completely ban abortion, outlaw gay marriage and interracial marriage and make non white and women 2nd or 3rd class citizens. There will be no safety for the LGBTQ community. They are talking about a 100 year rule and are putting in place laws and loyalists in positions of power to subvert the will of the people and be able to make it a republican dictatorship.
I know for me personally if I see it happening I'm getting my family out. I'm going to be a first time father soon and my family will be my first priority. Then I will evaluate whether I should join the fight or join my family in Canada.
A lot of it hinges on the next 3 years or so. This election is most likely going to be Republicans win the house but Dems keep the Senate. Basically nothing will get done because the Republicans will obstruct and the Dems will be holding back the Republicans. The 2024 election might be over before it starts depending on what states do in that time. If in 2022 legislatures are mostly democrat then we have a chance of turning things around in 2024. If people in positions of power in enough states are Republicans then the 2024 election is a formality and I will have 2 years to figure out what I want to do.
Canadians must also be concerned for our natural resources of fossil fuels, lumber and most importantly, water.
We're not just a wide open space to park the Winnebago between skirmishes, we've got the goods.
It always makes me smile how you lay out a highly detailed, thoughtful analysis of something, and conclude it with "anyway, it's just a thought".
You would think that all our leaders and politicians can conjure this kind of intellectual analysis, BUT NOPE.....not even on their best day, with their highly educated professional advisors.
BEAU FOR SENATE 2024
As a Canadian I have been thinking of this you need a third party, it's the only way back to normalcy. Let's hope it never comes any closer than this
lol! An American Green Party, ... Next time the Republicans get in there will only be 1 party...
Coup 2. Magamania runnin' wild! Yee Haw!
Our political system is unfortunately frozen into a two-party one by many laws and customs on the federal and state levels. Third parties never succeed.
My same thoughts exactly! Chris! Montreal here... We have like 5 parties in Canada, don't like the cons or libs? We got the NDP, Greens and even the PQ. maybe.... There's choice. But to see the USA only have 2 choices, bouncing back and forth every 4-8 years? No wonder!
Hearing the process it would be great if Americans would just realize it would be far easier to vote out every repubtRumpians this Nov. and get our rights protected in their absence.
If you're worried about citizens rights both parties are to blame and nothing will truly change without at least a legitimate third party.
Alot of eligible voters don't vote, political turmoil and unrest might get them to change their minds!
You do realize that the majority of Americans have a minority of the representation in the Senate and EC?. You realize that FOX news exists to esploit this inequity? you do realize that the center and left are factionalized while the GOP is simply the anti-anything center or left party? It's not easy.
@@photonjones5908
I know all this.
@@photonjones5908 "you do realize that the center and left are factionalized while the GOP is simply the anti-anything center or left party?" This Canadian is well aware of everything you mention. With the Democrats screwing over Bernie twice, they are no better than the Republicans. Neither side is to be trusted; or as the Russians would say "Doveryay, no proveryay" or when Reagan adopted its' English translation: "Trust, but verify."
I am a Canadian and two things struck me listening to this.
1) who said we would let any Americans in? Why is it that the American answer to their own screw-ups is to decide they are going to come to Canada? It seems to me that any sort of mass migration would be a mess. IT wouldn't just be the lefty-libs trying to flee such a conflict, I can also foresee circumstances where the wacky-right would also come this way, either for economic stability and/or to launch raids into Democratic northern states likes NY and WA from across the northern border. (and don't forget, even Ted Cruz liked Mexico when the lights went out.)
2) the other real concern that Beau did take into account is that the Fox nation/Trumpist propaganda has griped the imagination of Canadians too. We have our own anti-Covid/anti-vax faction who drink from the same koolaid. IF the US slides into Civil strife, it is erroneous to think Canada will not likewise shatter into factions. That may prove to be a challenge for using Canada even as NATO staging area, as there will be Canadians who side with the Trumpists.
The only ones I can think of are the PPC and Quebec if they wanna use the opportunity to succeed or take over.
@@Nephalem2002 There is a faction within the Conservative Party - especially in Western Canada - who have been pumping the Western alienation thing for years. I think we'd all like to think that it is just the nut-bars, but as in the US, I'm afraid it is far closer to the mainstream than we'd like to admit.
@@robertadams4207 It essentially is the Right Wing Mainstream in America, while its a lot more underground for Canada.
@@Nephalem2002 I agree, they seem to be the only real concern.
@@robertadams4207 some of the westerners have finally come to their senses and are gearing up to kick the cons out for good. Thank Kenney for that.
We're Canadians. We're building a 4000 mile hedge.
🤣 Let's do it! All Canadian.
A privacy screen with flowering plants
It's not going to be 4000 miles long, it's going to be 6500 kilometres long....
@Karl Dubhe /whoosh
@@serpico1616 only on one side.
I hate to be that guy, but as a Canadian with many American friends who cross the border frequently (pre-plague) a driver's license is not enough. You either need a passport or an enhanced driver's license. Just wouldn't want people turned away for incorrect info.
Like the "Real ID"? I've considered asking for Medical asylum for years.
@@michellem4287 more like a passport card. I opted to get both last time I renewed.
He is from the south, so he probably just does not have the information correct. I live just south of Montreal, in the US.
@@GratefulSoul60 it used to be enough to just have a DL but that changed after 9/11
An asylum-seeker is not an immigrant. We have an international obligation to take in asylum-seekers with or without documentation.
Beau: "Today we're gonna talk about Canada"
Me, an Albertan: "Oh shit....."
(60 seconds later)
"Phew, he's just talking about the collapse of Western civilization."
😅
I had a similar thought; "Did Kenny do something that I missed?"
Western civilization wasn't born in America, and it definitely won't die there.
From Saskatchewan, here. I get that. ☮️
🤣 Born in the US to a Ukrainian farmer from
Alberta. I feel ya.
To get a sense of what it will look like between US and Canada: Watch the TV series, "Handmaid's Tale".
This would make Ted Cruz a double traitor! 😀
As a Canadian I'd like to point out that it's been -20 to -30 degrees here every day for a while, sooooooo you may wanna bring a jacket. Or make sure a collapse happens in the summer.
I would recommend a jacket and a toque
-40 C here today figure that out Americans. LOL
@@Rick-fc5zr we do have google
@@marytobin8129 " @Rick we do have google" But do you use it? Just kidding...but you do have to admit many in your country don't...or won't.
This makes me think about the metric system, LOL. Americans - in order to enter Canada, you must learn the metric system. *crickets*
Hearing someone talk about this, especially someone who's so lucid and well spoken and you, takes this up a notch for me, making it feel almost palpable that this could happen.
Chilling.........
Sadly yes it can. Worse, it most likely will.
@@dallastaylor5479 Well, as Beau said in this piece, there are still several different roads that could lead out still.
He literally said during the video that it's not likely to happen and he's only discussing it as a fun thought exercise. We're not there yet.
inshallah comrade
Agreed.
Sometimes there is a huge advantage living in Australia, that is, being as far away from land of batshit crazy as one can get.
It'll just take us longer to come help when China comes knockin'.
@@whatdafrog What are you talking about, China holds US debt, they own you. Your military is dependent on Chinese-made parts.
Frankly I can list on one hand the people who are responsible for putting us in this situation.
The first two are Newt Gingrich and Rupert Murdoch
Bingo!! And then there's Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, the Pope, Steve Bannon, Jay Sekulow, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, a JUSTICE of SCOTUS, Koch Brothers, the DeVos Family, Coors Inc., the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, past elite U.S. military General's and on and on and on and on. It started to get huge in the Reagan Era.
@@flowerchild3686 I was going to add Reagan to the list. Since he's the one who did away with the Fairness doctrine.
@@randibgood it was all part of the plan.
Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson
@@loreleimaid they were part of it too. All to keep America white and Christian with biblical laws.
Our Northern Ontario town is on The TransCanada so we had a steady stream.of Vietnam Vets - pregnant girls or wives and children in tow. We used to just go downtown and find confused , hungry and frightened young men and bring them home, feed them and get clothing- honestly, many had the clothes that they stood up in - and put them on buses and sent them on. I have been expecting to see Americans at our doors since 2016. Mostly because I would put my children on my back and my mom in a wheelbarrow if necessary and head for the border. We have been dealing with American stupidity since the war of 1812. I stopped worrying about our own politics since the Trump Derangement Syndrome showed up. Now it's American news every day. We are NOT the same.
Thank you. Well said.
I'm so sorry. Just the fact that you are planning an escape makes me sick to my stomach.
@@e-spy : Who are you talking to?
@@Alexi7666 The original poster of this thread. when no person is named, it is for the poster.
I hear you Joanne. I lived with 4 draft dodgers in the early 70's in Vancouver, B.C. Wasn't interested in politics until many years later after raising kids and working (as a single mom then single woman)
I took it for granted our Socialized way of life and always knew us Canadians were 'different' than our American cousins but not to the degree that Agent Orange has exposed. I've always looked at the draft dodgers of Vietnam as true survivors and many as heros.
The living dead from All the US sponsored 'Wars' is an absolute tragedy. Including some refugees. I've always distinguished the difference between refugees and immigrants. Pretty God Damn hard to overcome the trauma of War especially if the language and culture is so different. I have close connections to the immigrant newcomers in my area and I'll tell you.... They have a stronger work ethic and family values than a lot of the homegrown spoiled brats who think it's their due to go from high school into the Middle Class without Paying Their Dues.
One of Canada's smartest moves was to declare Proud Boyz (and other groups?) as Terrorist Organizations.
The Americans that are already here aren't the tRump types because they know they aren't accepted. I even have a hard time with 'the tourists'.
Wishing you Peace and Contentment in the East from your friend in Central B.C. ❤️
We need Medicare for everyone.
I can't afford it...
With vision and dental and unlimited psychotherapy...
@@bsqwahlE especially psychotherapy.
America doesn't do "good for its people"
Fifth! At the Fifth Column! 🥳💐👍🏾
I can’t imagine Canada being able to secure their border with resources we have. It’s a very long border. Maybe if we put up a hedge…..
Get a whole bunch of drones with tranquilizer darts.
Yeah we have like 1 tank per 100 km
As an American with access to hedge clippers...
@@alexandrudorries3307 😁🤣😂Foiled again!😀
blackberry or rose bushes are a good boundary
If it comes to tens of millions of US citizens seeking refuge in Canada, can Canada annex Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and a few other places and use those to house and feed them for the duration of processing, and possibly for a few centuries thereafter?
Amazing!! Canadian here thanks Beau for this platform! Big love for everyone ❤️
As a Canadian, in that hypothetical time of crisis I believe Canadian would help and welcome American refugees if they give up their guns at the border.
As a Minnesotan, I don't ask for much. Just that you guys would please annex us. I for one would welcome our Canadian overlords.
@@kg4gav Americans aren't allowed to bring guns across the border now. Why would we let them do that at any other time?
@@kg4gav If you are a refugee, you have no rights. Why would you assume you do? Have you seen what refugee camps across the world look like? Or their bombed out ruined former homes? Why would ANY American be willing to chance this in America is beyond me.
@@kg4gav - Letting millions of desperate refugees into our country WITH GUNS is an absolutely insane idea. Come on man, in what universe would anyone think that was a good move?
@@kg4gav because you can't be sure that they won't be from one of the radical groups that benefit from the civil war. In time when they become citizens they'll get the same rights as everyone.
As a Canadian, please turn around and go home.
Canadians are also concerned that the US could become a right-wing dictatorship. Even without a war, a powerful anti-democratic government with policies and laws that are repugnant to more Canadians will require lots of adjustment on our side. Developing closer ties to other countries and blocs is already underway. A couple other considerations: Canada has a much smaller population than the US. We can’t absorb millions of refugees. Also, Americans are generally incredibly insular, knowing very little about the rest of the world. Americans can also be incredibly arrogant and thoughtless, just assuming it’s ok for them to demand that another country suddenly become like a little America where they can get all their favourite treats, except everyone to speak English and admire all kinds of stuff about the US systems that actually strike us as appalling. People who want to succeed in being accepted as formal immigrants with a path to citizenship are advised to learn about Canada’s founding myths, current attitudes, and laws, including our much stricter gun laws.
good news! the people you are describing are not likely to be the ones at your door. But yes, you can't take in all. Me? I work with people from all over the world and I enjoy learning about their cultures and we are all like family. But I won't ask for refuge. I will stay here. I'm not going to run and have my country turn into a clown show. not again, anyway.
Canada has my permission to invade the US and bring peace. I’ve always loved Canada & was able to visit back in 2000. Beautiful country. Good people.
I'm sure there will be certain people experiencing schadenfreude over the thought of Americans begging for asylum in another country. I can't blame them for that, but would want them to understand that the ones likely to be seeking asylum will not be the ones who wanted to refuse it to others.
A Civil War in a country with 7,000 nuclear warheads isn't something to celebrate...just a thought...🤔🤨
@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 Who is celebrating?
Well ok...maybe not celebrating if you're going to be picky about exact terms but being happy about other's misery...not smart "I'm sure there will be certain people experiencing schadenfreude over the thought of Americans begging for asylum in another country..." that kind of a response would be incredibly stupid considering if the U.S dissolves in Civil War...it's worth considering there won't be anyone left to experience schadenfreude...just saying...:-/
@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 You seem to be under the misapprehension that I would be one of the 'certain people' experiencing schadenfreude, when I was clearly referencing people outside of the US. I'm not sure how you would infer from my post that I thought the schadenfreude was acceptable or even good.
@@bunnyslippers817 that is not the case, else you would not have used the phrase some people...it's clear that it doesn't mean you, however there are many gung-ho lunatics in this nation who honestly don't understand what a civil war would mean...it truly terrifies me...but I do understand that doesn't include you...
Beau, I'd like to add some thoughts to this, I hope this is beneficial to the conversations.
For starters, I am a Canadian, born and raised here. My mother is an American citizen but has lived here for most of her life. I tend to keep myself fairly well informed on both Canadian and American politics.
The first thing that I think should be pointed out is that if a civil war were to erupt in the US, there is no guarantee that Canada won't be embroiled immediately. International borders are not necessarily going to contain such a conflagration.
Canada is more left, politically, than the US, however in various polls over the last 5-6 years, Trump was bringing in between 20-35% among Canadians. His popularity tends to be concentrated in the Prairies, interior of BC, and a few rural regions of other provinces. 1 major Canadian Federal Party, the Conservative Party, and maybe even one minor one the PPC, could easily push to recognize Trump as president and to bring Canada into alignment. It is conceivable that Canada would split, with a group of provinces opting to join Trump's America, if a split occurred in the US. When Trump got elected, someone asked me what it felt like and my response was "Living in Austria in 1933". Note that I didn't say Poland.
Assuming that Canada's borders remained static and somehow the civil war remained contained, Canadians don't really want a flood of Americans coming into our country. Canada is only 1/9th the population of the US and our populace would rapidly be overwhelmed by a large migration. What's more, an American who is middle of the road politically would be on our right wing. We don't really want our politics to shift further right.
NATO would be loath to lose their nuclear shield, but they are not completely without teeth. Between the UK and France, they can field nearly 500 nuclear warheads. That is not close to America's arsenal, but certainly enough to render Russia a smoldering ruin. NATO would also be highly reluctant to become involved in a strictly internal matter. About the only thing that might trigger NATO's involvement would be if it spilled over into Canada and the Canadian government appealed for support. This might also trigger OAS and Commonwealth support.
Other things to consider, Canada's military is small and Americans like to joke, in ignorance, about it. We have among the best trained infantry in the world. If you need confirmation of Canada's training, take a look at the top 10 list for distance sniper kills. 3 of the top 5 are Canadian soldiers. Canada has a reputation of peace and happiness, but that's not the reputation that we had during any war that we have fought in. The Germans considered Canadian soldiers to be the elite of the opposing forces. In Italy, during WW2, they watched for where the Canadians were deployed to be able to predict where the real offensive attack would be launched. Consider that a small warning about what might lie here, up north, should anyone get any funny ideas. Disrupt our hockey games and we stop apologizing. We apologize profusely afterward, but not during.
Prior to the 2020 election, my mother asked me what I thought the future would hold. I said that if Trump were to win, it would lead to a civil war in the US over the next few years. If he were to lose it would lead to a civil war sooner. That was my prediction, and I don't see anything yet to change that view.
I like your descriptions of Canadian military. Sounds like you would be as Scots were to the Romans. Funny coincidence we Americans modeled our government on Rome. I imagine Canadians thinking, "Yeah, 'coincidence.'"
Minnesotan here. I agree 100% with your analysis. Even right down to the prediction, which is what I had also predicted in 2016. If Clinton won, war with Russia (and presumably, WWII). If Trump won, Civil War 2, followed by international juggling of power and leading to...WWIII.
I wish Canada would annex Minnesota.
Well said.
@@audreyplaysnice2086 similar to the Finnish army vs. the soviets.
very true, we canadians have always had teeth, we rarely show them but push us into a fight and if you dont have the full backing of american air power you probably wont have a good day.
As a dual US / Canadian citizen and veteran of the US Military, I would sign up to stand guard on the Canadian side of the border.
Thank you! From a Canadian. :)
Beau: there are Canadian top 5 banks in the USA already. Scotiabank, TD, and Bank of Montreal to name a few.
Luv your T shirt…. wish all Americans thought that way.
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
Many of us do.
They exist in the US, but they aren't connected. If you have a Scotiabank account in the US and go to Canada, there's a lot of hoops to jump through to access it (which are pretty much the same as if it were a US bank). The system would have to improve quickly.
@@DarkElfofVulcan : well, when I go to the US, I have no trouble accessing my Canadian account. I have two accounts, one with Canadian money, one USD. No fees or anything. When my friends come to Canada, they use their Canadian money account.
We are all duel citizens, so I travel often to the States( pre pandemic), and I pay my US taxes and expenses through the Canadian bank.
I set it up years ago, so now there may be different issues but I never encountered any.
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
There are only 5 Canadian major banks, we have nowhere near 10! Canadian banking system is different from the US. In the US, Bob down the street can hang up a shingle and open up a bank. Can't do that in Canada. Very, very strict rules as to what can be a bank and what cannot.
@@Oatmeal-Savage : your right, sorry, my mistake. I will make that correction. I was thinking about another industry. I don’t know the banking rules now, in the US, as there have been a lot of changes post the 2009 recession. Don’t know if the former president reversed those.
Stay safe, stay sane, be well
As a Canadian, I have a different view on this topic. First off, I don't speak for all CDN's, These are my views. But I see a couple issues with your recommendations. If Canada being a part of NATO would align with the governing body of the U.S. then anyone seeking asylum in Canada would be considered deserters. Canada would be bound to detain and deport anyone entering the country if abiding by NATO membership. As a Canadian, I'm not sure I would be so welcoming to those coming up here. It was the ignorance of their own political system that led to the state the U.S. government became. A barrage of refugees into Canada would not benefit Canada but rather could cripple it financially. I'm all for helping those in need but you understand the concept of the lifeboat scenario. First and foremost, those with money should not just be rubber-stamped. They should need to go through the entire process just like everyone else. They should meet the requirements just like everyone else. Regarding relinquishing firearms at the border, I see this as a huge problem. Many refugees would be coming in with the strong belief that it is their right to own a gun and the American bravado ignores any other countries control over that 'right'.
To any Americans reading this. If you want to make this easy, for everyone on the planet, just get involved with your politics. Find out what you need to vote, when you need to vote and where you need to go well in advance. Learn about the people running for office and choose wisely not flippantly and definitely not at the last minute. Finally, elect a government that puts 'of the people, by the people, for the people' back into how your government works. Reverse citizens united, get money out of your politics. Get rid of tax breaks for ALL corporations. Actually, enforce the division between church and state. Right now I see more religion in U.S. politics than there is actually governing. And for heaven's sake get a handle on all the born-again Christian televangelists bullsh!t that does more harm to people's retirement income than any banker could.
I love your content Beau, keep safe.
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I'm Canadian, and I worry about what is going on in the States, too. Like Beau says, "What happens in the US doesn't happen in a vacuum, it affects the whole world." And that's especially true in regards to Canada and the United States - we're so integrated with each other in a myriad of ways, that it's impossible for one not to affect the other.
@@dreamervanroom Yeah, and so what? That was not the point of the OP.
Yes, we sleep next to a behemoth cousin.
This is why it was a mistake to become so integrated with them. This is why we need to be more of an independent nation.
I'm pretty sure international law would be respected by the Canadians, and all asylum seekers would be allowed entry.
@@AvroBellow Agreed, we should distance ourselves from them, they are not a country of their word, they can't even guarantee to stay in any agreements like the Iran nuclear agreement. We should start making alliances with other countries, cuz the USA is not a stable partner in the world.
Its not just guns that are illegal to bring into Canada, surprisingly pornografy is also illegal to bring into the country.
We might still save ourselves because of our diversity. Not only race but because of our size, geographic diversity, and philosophical diversity. But who could blame other countries for being terrified? Imagine the probability that our military could fall into the hands of a dictator or party only interested in power. I believe a civil war wouldn't last long before other countries felt it necessary to take preemptive action.
Do you really have to imagine?🤔
It already was
Who could possibly save America from itself?
@@michellebrown4903 Lots of Black folks fight harder than you'd realize to see America live up to her promises, because its construction rested largely upon our backs, and we never received anything in return. We still fight to get SOMETHING out of this madness, so many of us aren't about to let it fall. It would feel like being extra cheated. That's why EVERY election we end up talking about a Stacey Abrams, or how the "black vote" impacted any given election. Add: It's also why when the Right attacks voting rights, they start by attacking access to polls in our communities.
That is one of my Hopes.
As a Canadian, I guess the issue is how many American refugees / immigrants to allow in if it comes to this. We are 1/10th the population of the US, so allowing "millions" of Americans into Canada simply would be too many. Canada has historically been very generous in terms of our per capita of refugees (in many instances much more so than the USA), however one has to be realistic in terms of what our social infrastructure would support, not to mention housing. Let's all hope it would not come to this. EDIT: Yes absolutely, no Americans can take their weapons into Canada, ridiculous.
As a European (Dutch) I would guess that other NATO states would take on some of those refugees, so they would not all have to be housed in canada.
Canada could follow the model of the US when dealing with refugees from south of the border(Irony turned to 11)
Build the (snow) Wall! Build the Wall! Build the Wall!
@@SimonMTL They'll find out pretty quick.
Being a Canadian expat, based on Americans I've met in my 13 1/2 years in China, I wouldn't want too many Americans allowed to immigrate to Canada. Mant people think we have the same culture but I can assure you that we don't.
Scary times we’re living in, when what couldn’t happen here before could now happen! All because a party that was once rational, is now bat shit crazy and can’t except results of elections.
Yeah there's reasons for that and if you're old enough and have been paying attention you'd see that right wing hate media like talk radio in 80's-90's, Newt Gingrich and the norm smashing partisan Republican politics and the online bubble forums created alt realities all of which propagandized nearly half the country. Never thought I'd see it get to this point but it's been trending this way for decades.
I am an American. I was born American and I am from a small town called Boring, Oregon. I will live as an American 🇺🇸 and in respect to all of my living and dead veteran family members. All of those family members lived here before we were a country and fought in about every single war. I will die believing in her just as their red blood flowed from their veins and wounds. God love her, America ! 🇺🇸 🤔❤️🇺🇸
Covid, testing requirements, passports taking longer. This could be where Americans actually understand how refugees actually feel. Can they see themselves separated from their kids and sent back to fight? Wouldn't want that but thought needs to be paid to what the reality actually is.
exactly.
I can't understand how so many in the US don't get that people don't just pick up and leave their homes and everything they know, some walking hundreds of miles or getting into a barely floating vessel, without having a damn good reason to do so.
But then again, my life has never really been that stable and comfortable, so maybe I'm the outlier in the US
@Nans Zoo I have always noticed that too! Like people in the US who are anti-immigration act like a whole caravan of people just up and decided to migrate like it would be a fun vacation or something. Like, do y'all know how far it is to walk from Guatemala to California? Does that sound like fun? Like a good time? With your small children or teenagers? Ugh I'm so tired of living here and shit ain't even hit the fan yet lol
I said when Trump was installed that Americans would one day become refugees..
As an American, I was never anti-immigration. Moderate, at worst, because of the crumbling infrastructure we face. I marched when they were cages and when ICE treated those Venezuelan refugees, and the immigrants that were already here, as animals and separated them.
If it comes to a Civil War, I will only ask the Canadian government to send me out to another country that will accept me as a refugee, If not Canada.
It is important to have this conversation. It is discussions like this that bring home the seriousness of what is happening in the USA right now. I can tell you that ordinary Canadians (like me) are discussing this a lot lately. I fear for my many friends and family south of the border and I will do everything I can to help in the worst case.
Thank you for addressing this issue! That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking about for a while. As a Canadian I’ve seen the election of Trump as a disaster and I still can’t wrap my mind around it. His presidency was a sh!t show that gave me nightmares for 5 years. The fact that he lost (thank god) did little to calm my worries. I pray that the next election can be certified in accordance to your constitution and not stolen by trumpists. If not…
There's an eleven step process to immigrate to Canada. I think there'd be an uproar against the laxing of those steps. We've been taking refugees from every American military action while America doesn't take their share. Yet I know we'll take the high road and let refugees in as long as the guns don't come with them and they embrace our way of living. I've seen too many American vacationers come here and they are baffled by our way of life and don't understand why we do things the way we do. Most of the world vacations to experience different cultures and not try to enforce their own. . To come here would be to leave almost everything behind. Do they really want that?
Most Americans traveling abroadwant to do the same: experience different cultures. The ones who attempt to impose their own cultural values are noticeable because they are unusual.
I remember Americans coming to Canada to see strippers vaginas bc you couldn't show them in U.S. OF A. l am terrified of Civil War in your Country , but If it needs to happen it might silence the culprits for a another 150 years or so,!! Can't last too long tough , there is maybe a few thousand that are for it the others would probably miss their pizza,beer and monster mud rides fight a war they will lose anyway!!✌
I'm fairly confident in stating that the Americans who utterly disregard other cultures when vacationing are not the ones who will choose to seek asylum in Canada on the whole, at least not initially. Many of those groups are currently wearing red hats and spewing ultra-nationalistic garbage. They would likely be a part of the "rebel" side that will likely be fighting over the Southern and Western territories of the US. I suspect that those with enough foresight to seek safety up north will, at first at least, be those who are far more competent and sensitive to cultural differences. Personally, I've been wanting to emigrate to Canada for years, but family circumstances and a lack of savings have prevented it.
I love Canada, almost as much as I love the U.S., but if the fascists take over it won't be the U.S. anymore.
Being from the PNW, I've been to Canada many, many times and I've considered moving to BC several times just because I love the wilderness and the cold weather.
I would miss my guns if I were to move to the Great White North, but I'd get over it pretty quickly as I settled in with you Canuks, frying up some back bacon, cracking a few Molsens and watching the hosers play hockey, eh?
High Five!! 🙏
🇺🇸 🤔?!
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The recycling rules we have in Canada are enough to make most Americans rethink emigrating here. LOL
Our border guards started carrying a gun recently , you will notice the boats and helicopters we bought for the harbors . Our posture has changed and our eyes are on the Nationalist ideology getting traction in Washington . I support Beau on Patreon and I hope his guidance is heard .
It's happening! I fortunately own a home in Nova Scotia, for the last 17 years. It is a vacation home. This is my backup plan against the facist leanings of my country, should my family need asylum. The world is watching and terrified of what's going on. Canada and the world are appalled at us.
I'm appalled at us.
as they should be, this is pathetic. the people in charge of this country are some of the worst leaders in the world, with some of the most destructive philosophy, to ensure it never improves.
You'd have to get out early enough. At some point, Americans would not be able to freely exit and neither would their money .
I don't think informed people are appalled at the entirety of the US. Appalled at segments of it while our hearts bleed for those who fight it internally.
@@hhiippiittyy I Love my country. I should have been more specific in regards to what appalls me.
Apparently I don’t watch enough international news, because I had no idea this was being discussed enough to warrant attention. Thank you, Beau. You’re a genuine and unique resource for news commentary.
Our PM went to DC back in November I believe when the dems were censuring Gozar and there was not a peep on the US media about it. He met Pelosi, Schumer, McConnel, Biden.. but nothing was mentioned of it.
Like just watching America's media is insane to me, it's loud, confusing, full of personal opinions and it's very slanted, only shows a certain view of things. So I see this and I kinda don't blame Americans for being ignorant of the outside world, it's a horrible cycle. Then to see this anti-cathode ray tube thing going on.. heh.. Like.. wow.
As a superannuated hippy, I’m a bit demoralized to think I’d be on the side of the accepted political structure. 😳
I have a passport.
It's money that decide so how you're a well off hippie.
We just might be one day welcoming British, French, German, Canadian, Australian, and Indian troops here to help save our nation from fascists, much as we (belatedly) went to Europe to help rid them of a Hitler.
I've had that same thought. Hell, sometimes I felt like I might hug those same soldiers out of gratitude even if it meant I lost family and friends who were beyond saving because they were in too deep with QAnon, etc.
Can you imagine that? After all the years of conspiracy mongers and right wingers squealing about "U.N. troops in our country"...
It would be a proxy war, like Vietnam or Korea. NATO and Japan would send troops to fight for the blue states, and North Korea, China and Russia would send troops to fight with Trump
@@freeheeler09 you're assuming the optimal version of this terrifying situation; where the legitimate government are the Democrats and "rebels" are the Trumpist right wing...
What happens if the GOP cheating measures succeed and they win power?
People all over the world are reading our TH-cam comments coming out of America and coming away thinking "Holy shit! They HATE each other".
And they would be correct.
Well, no, that is a simpleton's picture. Evil and that-which-fights-evil are not flip sides of the same coin, any more than cancer and chemotherapy are. "Can't we all get along together?" etc.
@@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 as someone looking in I agree with him(FWDC Norac)... you do look like you hate each other over a stupid red or blue colour....
It’s a little deeper than that, especially when it’s only 20% of Americans that have lost their minds...I believe we have tired of the crap and are willing to let them have their beliefs, while dying of a virus they don’t believe in 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@michaelhirst4634 There's nothing unusual about people getting nutty about their sports teams. Heck, rival rugby fans sock it out in some Commonwealth countries.
If you're trying to say that being alarmed over an attempted coup is the same thing as being "hateful", then your moral compass is probably spinning.
@@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 no I think the 1% & corporations try & do run a narrative to control the masses into a red & blue team mentality to control said masses....
Oh coming from one of those commonwealth countries yes I agree we do sock it out but can have a beer afterwards as what happens on the field stays on the field, but we do not really want to kill each other!
Oh those soccer hooligans I think would be the exception as those idiots seem to want to kill each other which is just sad...
I’m a Canadian and I have been enjoying your Posts and perspective on things. Especially the war in the Ukraine. You’re research into the subject on hand has been candid and logical with out a biased opinion attached to it. Don’t take this the wrong way but it’s refreshing to listen to an American who doesn’t live in a bubble. More people like you need to be on TH-cam. Cheers sir.
So as a Canadian I listened and I laughed, yes Beau Canadians are nice but we are not stupid.
Amen!
Except the Canadian neo nazies I hear you guys have. But other then that I hope so!
@@jordansupplee8481 Luckily our Nazis are very short in number and very much underground.
@@Nephalem2002 Not so underground though... They used to Rally in Nathan Phillips Square pretty regularly before the Plague Times. Which isn't a bad thing necessarily. Let the fascists show their faces. Makes them easier to beat down.
God yes. No effing way we're going to just smile and say, Come on in. The Canadian response I would expect is more along the lines of, "Yep, it's a shame things aren't nice there. Chin up, and go back home and fix your mess."
I'm a Canadian who has lived his life on the border with detroit Michigan.
Canada & America have lived alongside one another for centuries
America's population = 330 Million
Canadian Population = 38 Million
Now, a lot of nice things are said about Canada.
What's NOT said .. "Canada's Immigration policy is weak"
Canada doesn't recognize a lot of degrees.
At ANY given time, in Canada, Your taxi driver could be WAY more educated than You.
When you can't practice the profession that feeds your family, because Canada will not recognize your bona fides .. You drive taxi or open a shop.
THIS is a huge reason WHY the Canadian population is smaller than California's.
So, ALL that being said..
I just wanted to drive home this point: There is NO Canadian appetite to for a change in immigration.
EVEN if the shit hits the fan in the States.
I promise you, the HELP and kindness extended to Americans will be unparalleled
But, I do not see ANY movement on the weakening of immigration or asylum laws.
That doesn't sound Canadian AT - ALL.
America needs to BUY Trump off. - Pay the fool
(He can be bought)
Tell him to go the fuck away.
^ THAT may be unappealing to most of you, I promise you it's the wisest solutiuon.
Dude. Canada takes in 400,000 immigrants each year! More than 1% of our population! And we took in vastly more asylum cases per population than the USA. I don’t know what the hell you are talking about.
The scenario you portray is frightening, something I don't want to envision.
It's better to stop that situation from ever happening, We have 10 months...
Let's get started.
Don't look right.
We like to think they are our more reasonable neighbors to the north. Which to a certain extent is true, but I see Canada as heading the same direction as us. As well as a big chunk of the world.
Brit-German here and agree totally. We can't afford to have the USA destabilised. Would expect EU leaders to be conferring with Canada in this kind of crisis prior even to official NATO position being given. Honestly, since 2016 the once-fringe discussions of a serious EU military force have become a LOT more mainstream. The USA positioned itself as a unique force in world politics and quite a lot of other nations accepted this status quo based on assurances of the US remaining, at least militarily, a non-aggressive force towards those in its sphere of influence. Since 2016 the USA has pissed all over this and nobody wants to be the next Rojava / Kabul / pick your (literal) battlefield.
The US destabilizing could and probably would devolve into a World War as countries both fight to secure their interests on the North American continent and also try to carve out their spheres of influence in the world from the resulting power vacuum. An American civil war would be a really bad thing
They no doubt are discussing it, but they are not going to tel you about it.
I seriously believe that Trump was acting as a Russian agent. Almost all of his foreign policy and military actions make sense in this context and in almost no other. We call him incompetent, but if he was trying to damage and destabilize the US's neo-imperialist position he could hardly have done better.
I'm sure they have. Boris wouldn't know though.
@@RonSparks2112 I would tend to agree with you. But, I think that despite his "gangster/mafia style" cunning and greed, he was actually a pawn of Vladimir Putin. A willing and dangerous one, but still a pawn. Despite Steve Bannon's fantasies, most Americans, including Trump, have no idea of 20th Century European history.
Europe has had many more lethal, destructive crazy monsters in the last 100 years than
most Americans could even imagine - WAY more crazy and destructive than Donald Trump. Vladimir Putin and Russia are well aware of this historical reality.
50,000,000 people died in WW2 and many, many European cities were flattened to the ground.
Today, America's concept of EVIL is that of a schoolchild.
Never have these words been truer. “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”
😳 Oh hell. I forgot about that statement.
Yeah but words that are more important are, "do something about it".
Americans atm I can compare to a drunk driver 8 shots in : im not drunk I can drive (in the way they see how stable and secure their democracy is)
That's the exact strategy being used on us by our global adversaries. It's such a simple, obvious tactic. It doesn't even need to be used on a majority of Americans. We have roughly 330 million people here. Even 10% would be 33 million people causing problems. Also, take into account that there are more firearms than people in the United States.
Diversity breeds divisions
My husband is a Canadian citizen, and I speak decent French. He’s a musician and we’re really kind. 🌻
Adopt us.
Hey I sang with the Portland Opera and Oregon Symphony, perhaps Canada would appreciate classical music more than the states?
Most of us don't speak French lo! Unless you're going into Quebec.
We like really kind 🥰
Well What are you waiting for......cone on in, vous êtes les bienvenues .
Your husband can sponsor your admission into Canada
Canadian here -- with family members who are US citizens -- happy to hear you articulate this. Needless to say, we would apply to take in our family members at the first sign there was a need (possibly even before, if they were afraid for their safety). I am quite certain there are many other Canadians with US family members.