cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59455315
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says the people of his state should consider leaving the United States. In an interview on the SpinSisters podcast that premiered Saturday, Ventura pitched his plan by saying that it’s clear President Donald Trump doesn’t want the state.
“How about since Trump dislikes Minnesota so bad and we’re so out of control, let’s join Canada. Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state of America and lose their healthcare… I’d like to see Minnesota, all of us become Canadians,” Ventura said. Make this part of Canada, because it’s obvious Donald Trump don’t want us. It’s obviously he’s ready to fracture the whole country for his own folly."
The fact you don’t at all hnderstand why we wouldn’t want you, aren’t understanding what this person is saying, and seem to want to tell us what the problem is despite us laying out why we don’t like you in very clear language is exactly the kind of bullshit that makes us want to stay far, far away from that garbage.
The US sucks, and even at its best it’s nowhere near even the mediocrity that is Canada. We do not need to tip the scales even further right, we do not need to throw gasoline on the fire.
You didn’t engage with anything I wrote and just ranted about what you wanted to reply to.
I’m Canadian…and I stayed no opinions in my reply, just the lay of the land as I see it. I agree that the US sucks, agree that Canada is mediocre and getting worse, and I absolutely do not want Americans joining us…especially the gun nuts, fundamentalists etc.
All I was saying is that we’re a lot closer to each other than all this hyperbole and combative rhetoric would have us believe…Minnesota and isn’t some monolith of conservative boogeymen…they’re mostly nice and reasonable people, and there’s many who would appreciate what makes us better than them.
You really think the only sticking point is guns? Seriously? I mean, us Canadians are largely politically quite ignorant and most of our knowledge is vibes-based parroting of things our parents said when we were children so fuck it, sure, whatever, dude. And hey, we’re already dumb enough that we see the US and still vote nearly half for PP so there’s that. Maybe MAGA actually would be welcome.