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😂😂😂

In our house it’s a giant shit - or a voluminous log

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Yeah

Alphabet gonna win…..

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If my kids ask me this, shoot me. K?

Maybe. Everything in government takes forever, with a million different lobbyists all asking for the ear of the Treasury Secretary and the president. BTC is far from their number 1 priority, but to people who hold btc it’s the only issue.

People want the world, they think their issues should be everyone else’s, and fail to recognize how much progress has already been made.

Maybe in the future there will a massive raid of an “underground” drug cartel from some butt fuck nowhere country with a “100 000” coins they seem to just “confiscate”. The US machine is really good at telling a story and then making the world believe it. No one better.

If I was going to stack bitcoin why the fuck would I tell the world I was going to. Man, people are so impatient and all want to get torch quick. Chill 😂

Ive spent time on both sides of this and I firmly believe in the old adage, that the fastest way to kill a man is to pay him to do nothing. I’ve also witnessed it more times than I ever should’ve.

Oh yeah, it’s a rental. I would never buy this pos……😂

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The premise of my argument is that the borders defining Canada, Alberta, and your electoral district will change sooner or later regardless. While we’re at it, two-party electoral systems (and even what is currently understood as Western democracy) will also be subject to change. Change at faster or slower paces as local and global alliances fluctuate, like a giant Matryoshka doll of ever-mutating interests.

Old Britain makes for a convenient scapegoat, but is nowadays mostly toothless. Little more than entertainment at a table of much stronger, younger players who haven’t yet had the chance to screw things up as badly (emphasis in "yet"). I’m sure most people confidently believe that things will work out differently for them. “Ok, Grandpa!”

What’s the population of Canada right now, about 40 million? Not the best military in the world, but far from the worst. Relatively young, well-fed, well-fuelled. Able to defend itself, certainly.

A united Canada? Not a group I’d want to mess with. Engaging Canadians by force would be… something, wouldn’t it?

Still, Canada sits there; this vast, icy land with strategic reserves of… basically everything. If those resources happened to become “strategic” and you had to start making hard decisions to feed your own population, keep the gas pumps running, and so on… wouldn’t it be nice if you could, you know, play some divide and conquer? Rich province vs. poor province. French province vs. English province. Then maybe turn the population against immigrants, or certain “dangerous” ethnicities linked to other empires supposedly eroding the fabric of civilisation. Make a giant country with nearly unlimited resources feel “full” and “growing too fast.” Sorry, can’t house, clothe, and feed everyone. Alberta is just giving too much and getting nothing in return…

Maybe a 5-million-person nation with a shiny new passport would work better, right? And how to maintain its territorial integrity? Maybe it works better as a sovereign territory with close ties to a much bigger, much stronger country that can protect you from all the 35 million “horrible folks” surrounding you... What are they called again? Oh yes, Canadians.

This is certainly not the oldest playbook in the world on repeat. The British certainly didn’t do this pretty much everywhere. Nor the Prussians, the Spanish, or any other empire of old.

But North America is different. Divide and conquer wouldn’t work on you. Plus these are different times. No such thing as empires in North America. Only democracies, with two-party electoral systems, and nice folks. Unlike, you know, all those Canadians surrounding you and their electoral system that doesn’t represent you.

The next state, the Alberta state, this one will be different. Built for the people, by the people, with nothing but your best interests in mind. A Canadian state that could leave even the rich Scandinavian nations in the dust. The promised, well-oiled oil machine. Simultaneously Texas and Norway. Who wouldn’t want it? Who wouldn’t be trying to rush there as soon as possible? Who wouldn’t want to cut itself off from the 35 million people surrounding it to accelerate the process? Immediately, if possible?

Hopefully my point came across. I’m not trying to change your mind, by the way. I know that what I’m saying here requires a huge suspension of disbelief to even be considered, despite it happening over and over again all around the world, all the time. Honestly, this is the best defence of “just be patient” I can put together; from someone much less concerned about Canadian politics or its ties to Britain than about their own family members in a rapidly shifting world.

I’m not as naive as you may think I am. I am fully aware of who funds the environmental organizations to limit our ability to get our resources to market. I’m fully aware of who gets to benefit when we can only sell our products to a single customer. I’m well aware of who restricts our output, stops us from selling to Europe, and then goes ahead and sells their own product to Europe.

I also know who is currently trying to negotiate first rights of refusal for our vast stores of critical mineral wealth. It ain’t about selling Canadians milk, if you know what I mean. I also know which country stands to benefit from an isolated Alberta and its vast oil reserves, arable farmland, cheap energy, cheap land, and cold weather (data centers).

Can Alberta separate and be like Norway, Austria, or Switzerland? Sure, but it will be a lot harder due to the proximity of the elephant in the room.

Does it leave and risk the chance of being absorbed by the US and becoming a vassal state to another master? Sure.

Which is most likely? Probably the second.

But then I ask, are we not already a vassal state to a master?

So there’s a small chance we could end up like Switzerland, or a greater chance we become a state of the US rather than one of Canada.

I’m still willing to make that wager, because in both scenarios, in my mind, my kids are better off.

Thanks, but no thanks. It would take years and I’m not afraid of the orange man. We have more in common with the Northern US states, than we have ever had with Eastern Canada, or the UK. However, I do appreciate all of the good things you’ve done for the world, like the rule of law and such. We will keep those bits 😜 There is no better time than the present.

The US seems chaotic, when viewed through the lens of media and extreme perspectives from both sides of the aisle, but they are no different than any other country. I’ve spent enough time there to know who they are, and what Americans are like. They aren’t the ones you see on TV 🤙🫂

“As la sovereign nation, Alberta would rank 3rd worldwide in oil reserves, 8th in natural gas production, 17th in wheat production, and 19th in beef production, with more farmable land than Japan and the United Kingdom.”

https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/economic-case-for-alberta-saskatchewan-independence/66698

The laughs are good but I like it when he gets onery……like an old bull with his flank in a sling 😂

Air reply? Still happening?