EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

Brian berletic posted a brilliant video on this. This is just Canadian government and oligarchy doing a job of a vassal of USA.

Aye, please no. We don’t want to be the 28th EU state any more than we want to be the 51st EU state.

im canadian but this feels performative

yes i get it, stick it to the USA. yay patriotism. suddenly thats cool and not problematic for some reason.

and im also all for less restrictive coordination between nations. it's all performative in the end.

but like, this feels basically like "stick it to trump" and not anything meaningful.

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With all the EU glazing, and given this is HN, can we start some kind of Gattaca like identity exchange program please?

Let's pair off by height, hair colour and sex. You can take my EU passport and I'll take your US passport. You too can enjoy smothering regulation- uh, I meant mothering regulation. For you see, Europe is a place that cares about people.

This is definitely a great deal for you. Europe is just like every vacation you have had here, that's definitely totally representative of the overall experience. You know all the things European teenagers on Reddit say about how great Europe is? All true.

Look, yes, it's a stagnant continent that's on the eve of a neo-fascist turn, but that's just because we care about the little guy or whatever. Unlike Americans we're not obsessed with money and profits, sometimes it's about uh... blood and soil, apparently, judging by recent election results. Don't worry about this. Think about pretty castles or something. Orange man bad! Just don't look up any European leaders or election results.

Never you mind that millions of Europeans live in America and that doesn't happen in reverse. Don't think too hard about why that might be. Think instead about trains! You love em, we got em. Choo choo. Haha, you love trains. You should swap with me. Sometimes they even run! Ignore the tent cities around train stations, those are just because it's illegal to build housing. Because we care about protecting our neighbourhoods. You know, from people that might want to live in them.

You don't want to start a business. That's not for people like you and me. It's for our betters, the people who started businesses two hundred years ago and can afford to navigate the maze they've put behind them preventing anyone else from ever starting a business. No, what you want is a generous minimum wage for all the minimum wage work that you'll do. Well, I mean, probably not. It's very hard to get minimum wage work, don't check the unemployment rates. No, what you want is to put your feet up and relax in the sun. We don't have much sun, but you know, in principle.

Yep siree bob, Europe sure is great. Is it the future? Probably

*thousand yard stare*

The EU is running out of Europe. I thought Turkey or North Africa would be the next steps. Maybe Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Nearly 60% of EU LNG imports come from the USA. If Trump doesn't like Canada to cuddle with the EU, then it won't happen.

This is all a big pain in the back.

Wonder how does Morocco feel about this becasue they applied to be an actual full memeber before s and they are geographically closer too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93European_Union...

This would be Canada getting down leveled to the minor leagues. Yes there are a few issues with the US, but Canada is vastly better off playing on the world stage under the wings of the US than it would be as the EU’s “associate member.” The next phase of history is going the be China and the US and then everyone else scrambling for scraps.