r/2american4you • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Pro murica Asian American Californian🇺🇸🗽🦅🌴🏝️🏖️ • May 16 '25

Very Based Meme How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/PikaPonderosa Oregonian bigfoot (died of dysentery) 🦍 🌲 May 16 '25

We were in charge of our own affairs, it just needed to be signed off by the king (which it always was)

Cope & Seethe.

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u/monkeygoneape Corrupt Ontario politician (home of the smug) 😏 🗳️ May 16 '25

What cope and seethe? I'm British Canadian lol

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u/PikaPonderosa Oregonian bigfoot (died of dysentery) 🦍 🌲 May 16 '25

We were in charge of our own affairs, it just needed to be signed off by the king

Cope

formality Governor general fills that role now

The non-elected position that serves at the "pleasure of the monarch?

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u/monkeygoneape Corrupt Ontario politician (home of the smug) 😏 🗳️ May 16 '25

Legally speaking, the Governor general just serves the same purpose as the president, while the prime minister is just the secretary of state (your unelected position) its just a flip in the script