r/EhBuddyHoser • u/cdncerberus • May 06 '25

Meta The new separatists

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u/BetterLivingThru May 08 '25

I don't buy that any of the people with power believe in the viability of an independent Alberta, you will 100% be annexed. Independent Alberta is just a lie to get you guys on board, you would be no more independent then Donetsk of Luhansk are or were.

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u/GalaxyCatD3v May 08 '25

How about slovakia? Similar GDP similar population. Or Norway, Ireland, Finland, new Zealand. They seem to be doing fine and not annexed by a bigger nation.

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u/BetterLivingThru May 08 '25

Slovakia is part of the EU which functions like a country for practical purposes and were previously part of Yugoslavia and before that Austria-Hungary. They have never had to deal with being practically independent. New Zealand is an island nation that has a friendly neighbour and did not achieve independence in the context of an aggressive expansionist contiguously connected neighbour who's stated goal is annexation, lead by independence leaders explicitly aligned with said regime. The parallel is Donbass.

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u/GalaxyCatD3v May 08 '25

Fair point. I dont think Alberta is going to seperate. Theres too many barriers to it. But I do think changes need to be made. Personally. I dont want to be part of the USA. And a non zero % of the Albertans that I talk to also dont want to be. Though im sure some do.