You DO realize that if anyone is going to be annexing/absorbing anyone, it's far, far more realistic and likely that Canada would be absorbed into the United States, not the other way around, right? The smaller, poorer, weaker country (and let's face it, Canada is all three) never takes over the larger, richer, more powerful country. It's always the other way around.
I'm going to be that dissenting voice that says 'no' on Taiwan.
Taiwan declaring independence would be like taking a bat and smashing your console because you got a PS4 when you asked for a PS4 Pro. Yes, they are officially part of China. But for all practical purposes, they are independent. They do business with countries and companies as if they were a country. They issue their own passports and have an autonomous government. They have their own currency. Their own armed forces.
I for one don't support a potentially bloody conflict that would drag allies, including us, into the fray just so Taiwan can thump their chest and say 'We're a real country now!' Eventually, such a conflict may be necessary. But to actively pursue it would be stupid.
I support Crimea joining Ukraine, Kaliningrad joining Germany or Poland; Siberia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and California gaining independance. I would add Scotland, but it would harm the UK military too much.
It would be interesting to see the cultural changes Kaliningrad would undergo if it were to somehow rejoin Germany. Would the now Russian-majority country completely Germanize? Would it maintain its Russian culture or would it become a creole of German and Russian culture?
Wales,
Nova Scotia,
Scotland,
Isle of Man,
Brittany,
Basque Country,
A Christian Arab Lebanon,
Bolachistan,
Make Pakistan India and Hindu again, and Bangladesh.
Berbers, if you can get them in one place.
ect.
On MMO-C we learn that Anti-Fascism is locking arms with corporations, the State Department and agreeing with the CIA, But opposing the CIA and corporate America, and thinking Jews have a right to buy land and can expect tenants to pay rent THAT is ultra-Fash Nazism. Bellingcat is an MI6/CIA cut out. Clyburn Truther.
When did secession ever do any good for anyone, across history?! Name one example when something good came out of it. I can give you tons of examples where uniting made countries better and stronger. Greece, Japan, America, China, and others, all small countries or states at some point, but united through conflict.
America succeeded from Great Britain, as did India. China is also culturally attempting to sinicize Tibet and Xinjiang (East Turkestan) and has largely already done do with Inner Mongolia.
And some secessionist movements could entail unification with other countries. If Karelia succeeded from Russia it could join Finland, for example.
Hmmm as of 2016 Canada has a nominal GDP of roughly, 1.5 Trillion USD.
Baja Canada has a GDP of, and I'm going to ignore the map because dividing California's GDP would be painful, of 3.3 Trillion USD
Mini Willinoise has a GDP of 1.9~ trillion
New America has a GDP of 4.2~ Trillion
and the United state of Texas would have a GDP of a bit over 8 Trillion.
...what's your point? There is no Baja Canada, no Mini Willinoise, no New America, no United State of Texas. There is Canada (1.55 trillion GDP) and the United States (17.95 trillion GDP). Like I said, imagining that Canada would absorb, acquire or annex any part of America is a ridiculous liberal fever dream/fantasy. In the real world, if anyone is absorbed by anyone it is far more likely that Canada would be absorbed into the United States, not vice versa.
Last edited by jimboa24; 2017-07-14 at 07:15 AM.
My point was that even those small portions of America are individually larger economic entities than Canada. For instance even in the case of Mini Willinoise Canada would still be the minority partner despite having a larger population and being much larger in terms of area of land