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In reply to the discussion: Smerconish poll of the day: Will US map be the same in 50 years? Thoughts? [View all]That's why I was saying one generation. US, Canada, Europe are all drifting toward right wing authoritarianism.
If you are young, there might be a few more decades of freedom ahead for you in Canada.
But honestly, who knows? A coup in the USA would be totally unprecedented no one has any idea where it will go. One stabilizing force will be the large corporations. They more than anyone else will resist the chaos and economic disaster that will happen if our Constitution is effectively rendered meaningless.
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Smerconish poll of the day: Will US map be the same in 50 years? Thoughts? [View all]
dwayneb
Jan 2022
OP
I'm not sure Canada doesn't get annexed if the right wing gets full control of the u.s.
unblock
Jan 2022
#9
I hope we will be that long discussed, N.A.U. but done with consent not by force.
ShazamIam
Jan 2022
#2
N.A.U. North American Union, it was being talked up big at the turn of the century. There was even a
ShazamIam
Jan 2022
#32
The red states will split off and become 3rd world countries. The blue states ...
Binkie The Clown
Jan 2022
#4
Thanks for the links! Interesting info and I most definitely will be looking up!
Willis88
Jan 2022
#39
Smerconish won't be on it, so that's a plus. Tired of talking points from that guy (Nt)
FreepFryer
Jan 2022
#7
Then I'm not sure why your OP asks whether we agree w Smerconish and not GOP / Putin.
FreepFryer
Jan 2022
#15