Australia becoming the 51st state.

[jinreeko]

Thankyou for the mental image of cowboys yeehawing across the Australian deserts firing revolvers at the venomous spiders

TBF cowboys are far more of a popular image in Australia than America

[Klingers]

It'd be good for you guys.

In all seriousness I love it when Americans ask that standard question "Oh my god, what's it like living in a country where everything is trying to kill you?"

"What, like 300 million guns?"

[belfpala]

No. Dems would get triggered if the Aussies called them 'cunts' for being stupid, which is usually the way I have heard it projected.

I'd actually love to witness Aussies be told they must be PC with the words they use. lol. I have many Australian friends, and I don't see that going well.

Australia would be a great addition to the US. Liberal, by our standards, but rugged enough to tell the "red" states to shut the fuck up.

Not going to happen, of course.

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People come up with really dumb ideas on this forum. I mean.. if this was being discussed in any realistic fashion it would make a good topic. But to just randomly pull some shit from your ass like... "CALLING IT NOW, JAPAN IS GETTING AN NFL TEAM AS THE FIRST STEP TO JOINING USA" is just kind of dumb.

Hypotheticals are always a good idea. Keeps the mind limber.

[Mormolyce]

I think you're overestimating Australia's ability to conquer it's own wildlife.

You're talking about a country that declared war on the emu and lost.

To be fair the emus had a military alliance with the drop bears.

[Moozart]

Or collection of states to join the USA.

What do you all think? Would this be in the interests of both countries?

Just a couple of things off the top of my head. Australia depends heavily on the ANZUS security treaty. The geography of Australia is useful to the USA for Pacific presence.

If Australia joined the union, would any Americans want to move and work there? Would any Australians want to move and work in the USA?

After the way we handled Puerto Rico.... I think they would pass

[belfpala]

To be fair the emus had a military alliance with the drop bears.

If the yowie hadn't been behind it all... who knows?

[Hiricine]

Wouldn't make any sense--- the US would only want Australia to get a better mix of taxpayers vs. welfare recipients, Australians really wouldn't gain anything- except for a shared responsibility for a mountain of debt.

Unless you're facing a direct military threat the less people you have that can rule you or vote against you the better off you are. Why would Australians think they can be ruled better as a group of 350 million people than 24 million people?

[Tennis]

Or collection of states to join the USA.

What do you all think? Would this be in the interests of both countries?

Just a couple of things off the top of my head. Australia depends heavily on the ANZUS security treaty. The geography of Australia is useful to the USA for Pacific presence.

If Australia joined the union, would any Americans want to move and work there? Would any Australians want to move and work in the USA?

Doesn't make sense. They'd sooner become another Province.

[MrLachyG]

As an Australian I would never ever consider myself or my country as part of the US. We have our own identity and way of life, we don’t need or want the US one imposed upon us

tldr; get fucked, cunt

[Taso]

We would have to adopt universal healthcare for them to join and I dont think anyone here wants that at all.

[Mormolyce]

We would have to adopt universal healthcare for them to join and I dont think anyone here wants that at all.

Well, Donald Trump does:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/trump-...29-gx0wpz.html

kek

[belfpala]

Well, Donald Trump does:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/trump-...29-gx0wpz.html

kek

I think we've learned by now that what Donald Trump says today is someone else's fault next week. (and yes, I noted that story was from June).

[vipers]

We've got like 5 million ethnic Fins living around Minnesota, I wounder why they didn't think of relocating Finland to there. There's also a lot of lakes. Fins came to Minnesota for the cheap farmland I think.

so there is living same amount of people that there is on whole finland

[Kellhound]

I could see the advantages of the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand all merging into one.

[NihilSustinet]

No. Dems would get triggered if the Aussies called them 'cunts' for being stupid, which is usually the way I have heard it projected.

such BS generalization. im a ultra-lib democrat and socialist, and i say cunt all the time.

[PosPosPos]

No. Dems would get triggered if the Aussies called them 'cunts' for being stupid, which is usually the way I have heard it projected.

If anything, the Republicans will froth at the mouth because they can't stand the fact that Australia actually cares for their citizens.

[grexly75]

If anything, the Republicans will froth at the mouth because they can't stand the fact that Australia actually cares for their citizens.

Yeah I like the fact that I can go to a doctor and not having to take out a personal loan to pay for it.. Where I live in Australia I even get subsidized dental as well, and there is no way that I want to lose that to become a part of some other country..

Especially a country that is having difficulties sorting out its own problems, we don't want to get lumbered with them..

[Doctor Amadeus]

I am not Australian, and even I find this insulting to Australians, why the fuck would Australia be one of our states. How about they just leave the dominion of the Empire and just become their own independent state with a President or whatever, instead of having only a legislator and Prime Minister overseen by a Viceroy or Governor General of the crown.

[grexly75]

I am not Australian, and even I find this insulting to Australians, why the fuck would Australia be one of our states. How about they just leave the dominion of the Empire and just become their own independent state with a President or whatever, instead of having only a legislator and Prime Minister overseen by a Viceroy or Governor General of the crown.

Our government tried to go that route and make Australia a republic, and we told them to bugger off with it.. Right now we just had a referendum on same sex marriage will be interesting to see the outcome of that..

[Doctor Amadeus]

Our government tried to go that route and make Australia a republic, and we told them to bugger off with it.. Right now we just had a referendum on same sex marriage will be interesting to see the outcome of that..

Well why don't I take this moment to ask what you mean are you in Australia, how the hell do YOU feel about this OT?

Not trying to be offended for Australia, but I do think it's kind of obnoxious for anybody but Australians to determine what the fat will be of your country.