• 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    A good comparison might be “what if Maine really wanted to be independent, or maybe even join Canada?”

    Would it make sense to:

    • Give American neo-Nazi paramilitaries free reign to attack Maine
    • Seek an alliance with a group of nations expressly designed to fight a war with Canada
    • Get into a bloody stalemate of a war with Canada if they invade on behalf of the people of Maine, who don’t want to be here anyway
    • Keep fighting that war long after the point it becomes apparent that we will not be retaking Maine

    A better solution would have been to negotiate with Maine separatists, perhaps addressing the reason they want to leave, and at bare minimum act like a sovereign state with a monopoly on legitimate violence and destroy the neo-Nazi paramilitaries in your own house. Might also help to avoid the “fuck Canada” military alliance, too.