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Should the Continent Unite?

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2. No
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3. Cheese it
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Postby New haven america » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:32 pm

Luziyca wrote:As a Canadian, I do not want my country to lose its identity and independence to the Americans. It is bad enough having to deal with a deluge of American content on our airwaves, I do not want to deal with American politics more than I already do.

Quick question for the Canadians out there, why do you always seem to assume a country like this would use the American political system (2 parties, EC, etc...)? A lot of Americans don't even like it, so...
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Postby Rio Cana » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:34 pm

Arpeggian Republic wrote:
Valrifell wrote:
Nobody's as concerned with Asian illegal immigration, mostly because there's inherently less of it. Because of the ocean in the way.


But Mexico has a wall... on its southern border :lol2: so I think we are good there


Is this the wall you are talking about. Get the popcorn ready. The Suchiate River on the Guatemala - Mexican border.
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Postby New Grestin » Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:29 pm

Absolutely not. The last thing we need is the toxic political climate of the United States ruining Canada, one of the few seemingly reasonable countries left on this god-forsaken planet.

And at this point, Mexico isn't really worth the effort of annexing it and adding it's own internal problems to our own.
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Postby Thyrgga » Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:36 pm

This is certainly possible if you look at it from a military rather than diplomatic perspective. ;)
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Postby New Aeyariss » Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:38 pm

Would it be less expensive than a border wall? (See my constitution for a potential Arpeggian Constitution) I think if we united we could drone the shit out of the drug lords and have responsible gun ownership in the form of various militias rather than the individual right to bear arms. Who knows maybe the world would stabilize a little more than where it is now because "the great Satan" (America) is "dead" maybe things would get worse... what do you guys think? Should the continent unite as Arpeggio?


What makes you think half of those militias would have not went after the other half over the issue weather the area is called "US South" or "Aztlan"?
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Postby Rio Cana » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:30 pm

Polish Theocracy of Joakim wrote:There is also the whole issue of who it is gonna be centered in.

If it is American centered, Central America would see it as Imperialism by America and revolt
If it is Canada centered, Countries that fear Socialism would revolt due to their socialist governments
If it is Mexico centered, we're all screwed
If it is some random small nation centered, Bigger nations would revolt
If it is everybody centered, Patriots and Nationalists would revolt.

It is a loosing scenario no matter what nation you pick to be centered around


If its Mexico centered all would be glued to there tv's watching this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH5cJtRwwBA :lol:

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Postby Greater Miami Shores » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:55 pm

Rio Cana wrote:
Polish Theocracy of Joakim wrote:There is also the whole issue of who it is gonna be centered in.

If it is American centered, Central America would see it as Imperialism by America and revolt
If it is Canada centered, Countries that fear Socialism would revolt due to their socialist governments
If it is Mexico centered, we're all screwed
If it is some random small nation centered, Bigger nations would revolt
If it is everybody centered, Patriots and Nationalists would revolt.

It is a loosing scenario no matter what nation you pick to be centered around


If its Mexico centered all would be glued to there tv's watching this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH5cJtRwwBA :lol:

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Postby Rio Cana » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:08 pm

Forgot, this would be the music that would be heard in this NA empire I mean Republic. :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CEHlKe-1QU (Rio Roma (thelook alike brothers with a guitar) are a latin pop group from MX. while CNCO is a five member Miami band made up of Latin Americans)
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Postby Greater Miami Shores » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:16 pm

Rio Cana wrote:Forgot, this would be the music that would be heard in this NA empire I mean Republic. :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CEHlKe-1QU (Rio Roma (the guys with the guitars) are a latin pop group from MX. while CNCO is a five member Miami band made up of Latin Americans)


lol, cool Hispanics will take over the USA and make it a Hispanic nation, then declare Spanish the official language.
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:22 pm

USA and Mexico wouldn't mix. There is too much of a cultural difference.

Canada and the USA should not combine. The US Presidential system, highly politicised courts, and gun policies are too problematic.

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Postby Pope Joan » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:57 am

We need smaller nations, not larger ones.

The bigger systems get, the worse they get.

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Postby Nouveau Yathrib » Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:27 am

The Sauganash Union wrote:
Valrifell wrote:
Nobody's as concerned with Asian illegal immigration, mostly because there's inherently less of it. Because of the ocean in the way.


Asian illegal immigration is a huge problem, and it is often tied to human trafficking and organized crime. It's only "less" of a problem because we're currently being swarmed on the southern border by Latin Americans and because the media likes to make it seem like Latinos are the only illegal immigrants.


A lot of those "Latin Americans" near the southern border were always there to begin with, but you make a good point on how unaware the general public is of illegal immigration from Asia.

And yes, economic integration across vastly different economies accelerates the funneling of wealth to those who are already wealthy.
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Postby The Lone Alliance » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:47 am

Why is it that every six months we get another one of these stupid "We should make all of North America one nation" threads?

It was a dumb idea 6 months ago, a dumb idea 1 year ago a dumb idea 2 years ago, and it'll be a dumb idea 1 year from now.
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Postby Sovaal » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:52 am

The Lone Alliance wrote:Why is it that every six months we get another one of these stupid "We should make all of North America one nation" threads?

It was a dumb idea 6 months ago, a dumb idea 1 year ago a dumb idea 2 years ago, and it'll be a dumb idea 1 year from now.

And now we got people talking about Asian Unification.
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Postby The Lone Alliance » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:53 am

Sovaal wrote:
The Lone Alliance wrote:Why is it that every six months we get another one of these stupid "We should make all of North America one nation" threads?

It was a dumb idea 6 months ago, a dumb idea 1 year ago a dumb idea 2 years ago, and it'll be a dumb idea 1 year from now.

And now we got people talking about Asian Unification.

But every nation in Asia hates one another.... :eyebrow:
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Postby Sovaal » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:00 pm

The Lone Alliance wrote:
Sovaal wrote:And now we got people talking about Asian Unification.

But every nation in Asia hates one another.... :eyebrow:

But think of how neat and tidy the maps would be. :p
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Postby New Grestin » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:28 pm

Sovaal wrote:
The Lone Alliance wrote:But every nation in Asia hates one another.... :eyebrow:

But think of how neat and tidy the maps would be. :p

It'd so much easier if we had three countries all together, you know?

We could call them something like Eurasia, or Eastasia. Maybe Oceania?

Perhaps some kind of uniting leader. A big brother if you would.
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Postby Sovaal » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:30 pm

New Grestin wrote:
Sovaal wrote:But think of how neat and tidy the maps would be. :p

It'd so much easier if we had three countries all together, you know?

We could call them something like Eurasia, or Eastasia. Maybe Oceania?

Perhaps some kind of uniting leader. A big brother if you would.

An whenever a war breaks out, two will team up against one, helping to stop the war.
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Postby Computer Lab » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:42 pm

Sovaal wrote:
New Grestin wrote:It'd so much easier if we had three countries all together, you know?

We could call them something like Eurasia, or Eastasia. Maybe Oceania?

Perhaps some kind of uniting leader. A big brother if you would.

An whenever a war breaks out, two will team up against one, helping to stop the war.

There is no "whenever a war breaks out", we have always been at war with Eastasia.
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Postby Valrifell » Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:46 pm

Computer Lab wrote:
Sovaal wrote:An whenever a war breaks out, two will team up against one, helping to stop the war.

There is no "whenever a war breaks out", we have always been at war with Eastasia.


What do you mean? We've always been at war with Eurasia.
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Postby Nulla Bellum » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:21 pm

Gloriana Americana wrote:
Arpeggian Republic wrote:
Politically we'd have a three party system, as Mexico is more centrist, Canada is more liberal, and America, at I think, is more conservative, so it depends. With all the money we'd generate, perhaps we could help the poor and impoverished.


Most Americans vote Democrat, actually.


Most Americans don't vote at all.
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Postby Reutoa » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:26 pm

Nulla Bellum wrote:
Gloriana Americana wrote:
Most Americans vote Democrat, actually.


Most Americans don't vote at all.


Only 7 Million Americans didn't vote in the most recent election
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Postby Nickle Empire » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:35 pm

Why do we assume this new nation would be a republic? I am quite happy having a monarch.

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Postby The Grande Republic 0f Arcadia » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:35 pm

I would support it but it is highly unlikely.

I think it could be pulled off if we merged several government programs within the three governments establish or expand the universal healthcare system(CAN) to cover all of the North American Union, then you have to make sure all states/provinces will have equal say and government along with population, then there would also have to be an education boost because you would have to learn Spanish English, and possible French, and really I think Mexico would be the hard part, atleast with Canada, most of us speak English, about the same culture(Dammit Quebec), and expand on several of Canada's systems for use by the US, and on top of that both nations have strong militaries, peaceful and stable and are developed nations. Atleast with Canada there is a chance.

Now with Mexico there is a chance of it too, but most in Canada and the US would not agree, due to Mexico being a developing nation, fighting a brutal Drug war, a sub-par military, and high amounts of corruption. Then a language and cultural barrier and it would cost so much money to fix up the nation and so much violence to push out the cartels and stop the drugs.

Alot more go into it but I decided just to go over a small amount of issues.
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Postby Sovaal » Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:36 pm

Nickle Empire wrote:Why do we assume this new nation would be a republic? I am quite happy having a monarch.

Because most countries in North America have a Republican form of government.
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