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The Canada US border along the Detroit river should move 250km north to reduce tariffs for the automotive industry (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by Greg@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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This may be an unpopular opinion but we should consider moving the Canada / US border 250km north along the Detroit river. Moving the border north 250km would reduce the amount of cross border trips for the automotive industry negating a lot of the tariff issues. And I don't think the geniuses ruling the US would realize that moving the border north along this stretch would result in Canada gaining over 9000km² of land.

The reason this may be unpopular is because Canada would inherit the Detroit Red Wings.

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[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Humour can disarm tyranny; when policies are mocked, their illogical foundations become obvious.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Except when they've publicly flosted the idea of revisiting border treaties the satire becomes outright support.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Misinterpreting the exaggerated proposal as a genuine endorsement of border changes is a fundamental misunderstanding of satire. The intent is to ridicule the absurdity of the idea, not to promote it. It’s ridiculous to suggest that a hyperbolic comment meant to expose flawed logic could be seen as support for actual policy revisions.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

/shrug

I don't think the plurality of people agree with your interpretation based on votes (I did not downvote). Perhaps worth examining whether your intent is being understood.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I assume a lot of those down votes are from folks who never clicked the post and didn't realize that Detroit is north of the Detroit river. Maybe I need to work on my delivery, my wife does give me a lot of eye rolls. I still think we need to mock Trump and friends to stop their BS from becoming normalized

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

I agree to give them no quarter