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A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland (theconversation.com)
20 points by valeg 449 days ago
3 comments
suraci 449 days ago
My time machine finally works! lets ask someone what year it is now

- What are the Russians doing?

- They are waging war against their western neighbor and have annexed part of its territory.

- What are the Americans doing?

- They are engaged in a tariff war with Europe and are trying to annex Canada and Greenland

- What are the Germans doing?

- They are increasing their national defense spending

- Oh

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moomin 449 days ago
If you want to see a non-democratic technocratic government in action, look to China. It's the largest working example of this philosophy in practice.
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OutOfHere 448 days ago
The big risk is that the outcome would be a lot like that of the USSR / Russia, meaning both dysfunctional and harmful, rather than successful.
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moomin 448 days ago
Indeed. People forget that one of the purposes of democracy simply to keep rulers honest and allow for the replacement of components that aren’t working. Which isn’t to say that ruling factions don’t spend a lot of time in democracies trying to neutralise this.
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mystified5016 448 days ago
That hasn't been the case in the US for a long, long time. People haven't forgotten, it just no longer applies.
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hulitu 448 days ago
> to merge

Because the USA never invades. /s

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