• @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    Hold on, let’s ask George Washington and see what he says, oh right, fuck you traitor.

    Benedict Arnold at least had an understandable (if stupid) reason to flip sides. Trump’s just an idiot.

  • Buelldozer
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    01 month ago

    I…just…what…I…I…I…

    Awww fuck this.

    Benjamin go get the musket!

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    What the fuck? I know it’s Donald Dump, but despite all the insanity happening since his inauguration this is the first headline that manages to surprise even me. Dude’s talking about annexing Canada and Greenland on one hand, but then bows to the former UK colonial project? What?

    GG Trump, I honestly did not see this one coming.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    an article from British tabloid The Sun reporting that King Charles III was making a “secret offer” to the White House, and that plans are in process for the U.S. to become an associate member of the international organization.

    Ah yes, the classic cuck king making deals to give more power and alliances to a fascist. What can possibly go wrong? Let’s ask Vittorio Emanuele III and Michael I of Romania.

    This is why monarchy has to be destroyed, every single atom of it.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      Charles is making zero deals giving power to anyone; any words out of his mouth on this are coming from the UK cabinet.

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      You don’t need to go too far, King Edward III is believed to write letters of good intent to hitler, urging him to keep bombing the UK a little more and that they would cave in.

      This would make a great entry point for the protests against this. And the left should be a bit opportunist and use the “proud British” rhetoric that the right used for Brexit against US “taking over leadership of CW”

    • @[email protected]
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      My general rule is that people that are super upset about the monarchy don’t have very many real problems in life.

      The great feature of the monarchy is that it’s a lightning rod for idiots. People who are subservient can be subservient to someone non-political that doesn’t have any power. And pretend revolutionaries that don’t have any grasp of any real issues show themselves to be the non-serious people they are.

  • Caveman
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    01 month ago

    The commonwealth is just another club for countries like the G7 these days. A lot of countries have been joining recently.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      Its Newsweek, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen trump taken out of context when going to a better source or the source …

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      there are 56 members of the commonwealth of nations. of those, only 15 are commonwealth realms. the rest are republics or a different monarchy.

      india was the first republic member when they transitioned from dominion (with british monarch as head of state) to a republic in 1950.

      commonwealth members need only recognize king charles as the ‘head of the commonwealth’, which is a purely ceremonial position.

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    As non-functional as it is, we don’t need to make it ten times worse. If this happens Elon and Trump will likely behave like they own the rights to every resource on the eastern members of CW.

    Also trying to side with an openly fascist, sexist, racist president? King Edward III much?

    • Suite404
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      01 month ago

      I really wish removing a president wasn’t so difficult. We’re all staring at the train wreck being told it’s completely normal for a train to be running off the tracks.

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        01 month ago

        I really wish removing a president wasn’t so difficult.

        You just need someone with better aim than the last guy who tried.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 month ago

          Last 2 guys who tried.

          Remember there was that dude with an AK hiding in golf course bushes. He didn’t shoot, but you can also count that as missing his shot, as he was well within the range of the rifle.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    The USA can join the Commonwealth by becoming a Territory of Canada. Just give us a sec while we change the rules on representation in the house of Commons.