Many natives of Hawaii consider their kingdom to be illegally occupied by the USA, and I don’t suppose they would be especially happy about trading the USA for a new colonialist occupier. The Kingdom of Hawaii was a marvel of the world and deserves to exist again.
When the great and powerful democracy of the United States of God or whatever the fuck your despot wants the world to call it this week cannot even match the quality of life previously provided by a small tribal kingdom, Americans forfeit the right to an opinion on the matter.
I’m also simply saying that ANY kingdom is bad. If you come up with whatever reason like “but muh king is the best!” It’s still bad. It’s still a kingdom meaning that rights are restricted.
I want another leader? Well, too bad, it’s not a democracy.
I want to publicly disagree with the leader? Maybe this king allows it. Will their offspring allow it too? No guarantees
I want to publicly criticize the dear king, or maybe insult him?
Do I really need to explain this? The Netherlands still has a king but he has zero power and is purely symbolic. That would be fine if they weren’t so fucking expensive.
If you have a king with absolute power them you’re screwed one way or the other, today or tomorrow, but it will go badly
I think Canada’s gun control laws would be one of the biggest factors preventing Alaska joining. Many people depend on their guns there for hunting, defense against wildlife for themselves or their animals, and for self defense. Many people live remotely where police response times may not be fast enough to respond to a violent situation.
And many of those people hate Canada’s gun laws. The guy i work with from kapuskasing would gladly have Canada become the 51st state if it meant he could have more guns.
So? It demonstrates that, contrary to your assertion that people depend on American gun laws, it is perfectly possible to exist in these situations with Canada’s gun laws. I get that people have an emotional dependency on guns, but that’s not an actual necessity.
All I claimed was that alaskans would have a hard time giving up their guns to join Canada. I never claimed it was impossible to live rurally without a gun.
Canada had significantly different gun laws and most of their current guns or accessories may be illegal depending on magazine capacity, barrel length, or specific model.
We have guns in Canada. I went hunting with my dad, there is a certain distance from the city you need to be for firing a gun. Those in more remote areas of Canada have guns for all the things you stated. My neighbour in our city, has about 8 guns; hand guns, long guns. People think Canada doesn’t have guns because we don’t flaunt them as our lifestyle.
Tell me again why we don’t own Alaska 🤦♂️
Imperial Russia was actual chill with the US. But was not so friendly with the British empire.
It knew it couldn’t keep Alaska so may as well sell it to the Yankees before the British take it by force.
Lichtenstein also offered to buy it but that deal didn’t go through.
I dunno. Sometimes I get the feeling they’d secede and join us if we asked. Hawaii too, if PR or Samoa came first.
I mean, Alaska had a Basic Income scheme. It’s surprisingly progressive given our own impression of our own snowy North.
Many natives of Hawaii consider their kingdom to be illegally occupied by the USA, and I don’t suppose they would be especially happy about trading the USA for a new colonialist occupier. The Kingdom of Hawaii was a marvel of the world and deserves to exist again.
hat tip to Silver Spook
Hell’s no to any kingdom
When the great and powerful democracy of the United States of God or whatever the fuck your despot wants the world to call it this week cannot even match the quality of life previously provided by a small tribal kingdom, Americans forfeit the right to an opinion on the matter.
I’m not an American…
I’m also simply saying that ANY kingdom is bad. If you come up with whatever reason like “but muh king is the best!” It’s still bad. It’s still a kingdom meaning that rights are restricted.
I want another leader? Well, too bad, it’s not a democracy.
I want to publicly disagree with the leader? Maybe this king allows it. Will their offspring allow it too? No guarantees
I want to publicly criticize the dear king, or maybe insult him?
Do I really need to explain this? The Netherlands still has a king but he has zero power and is purely symbolic. That would be fine if they weren’t so fucking expensive.
If you have a king with absolute power them you’re screwed one way or the other, today or tomorrow, but it will go badly
American here. Fucking true, brother. You tell 'em!
There are good kingdoms in the world.
See the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Canada ain’t all that bad.
Great .
What if the current king dies?
Also, what is “good” here? Can I insult the king? Can I criticize the king? Can I object to decisions from the king? Do I have the freedom to protest?
That’s the thing about democracies, if done right they can always have good leadership.
Queen Liliuokalani deserves to have her name heard. And the US and the Dole Corporation both owe Hawaiians their sovereignty back.
I think Canada’s gun control laws would be one of the biggest factors preventing Alaska joining. Many people depend on their guns there for hunting, defense against wildlife for themselves or their animals, and for self defense. Many people live remotely where police response times may not be fast enough to respond to a violent situation.
As though Canada doesn’t have anything as remote as Alaska… People living in Labrador or Churchill have exactly the same needs.
And many of those people hate Canada’s gun laws. The guy i work with from kapuskasing would gladly have Canada become the 51st state if it meant he could have more guns.
So? It demonstrates that, contrary to your assertion that people depend on American gun laws, it is perfectly possible to exist in these situations with Canada’s gun laws. I get that people have an emotional dependency on guns, but that’s not an actual necessity.
All I claimed was that alaskans would have a hard time giving up their guns to join Canada. I never claimed it was impossible to live rurally without a gun.
Why would they have to give up guns, we have guns in Canada
Canada had significantly different gun laws and most of their current guns or accessories may be illegal depending on magazine capacity, barrel length, or specific model.
We have guns in Canada. I went hunting with my dad, there is a certain distance from the city you need to be for firing a gun. Those in more remote areas of Canada have guns for all the things you stated. My neighbour in our city, has about 8 guns; hand guns, long guns. People think Canada doesn’t have guns because we don’t flaunt them as our lifestyle.
I would take Hawaii over Alaska. We got snow ourselves.
Tell that to Dan Sullivan.
Russia didn’t hate the US more than Britain yet?
Because the crown was stupid or something like that
Can you give us a couple months to get there first so we can join you guys?