[dog_boxer72]

USA should continue its manifest destiny, build a new artificial island off the coast of California or in the Gulf of Mexico, found an entire new state with a city designed for the modern era for the ground up.

[duxup]

Island complications aside, I feel like this would just be a "learn about why things are the way they are" speed-run.

[madeofpalk]

To be fair, a lot of things are the way they are not for any great reason, but because of historical baggage. Things are the way they are because that's how they were before.

[klyrs]

https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/overdue-the-future-o...

Show me on the map where you want to put your island...

[throwup238]

We could just invade Canada - I think it’s been long enough that we should give it another shot. Without the British they don’t stand a chance this time around and we've got the fracking technology to exploit the land.

We can probably send the first Marine regiment over as undercover immigrants escaping the possibility of a second Trump regime and gain control of their weaponized maple syrup reserves before they even know what’s happening.

[webnrrd2k]

If the US goes for an invasion, I think we'd be way better off invading Baja California. Spice must flow! That is, we must keep up with demand from the Alameda-Weehawken burrito tunnel [0]?

[0] https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...

[l-]

Baja Mexico would be more sensible to get everyone on the Pacific plate under one jurisdiction; plus the military has training bases nearby.

[toast0]

> gain control of their weaponized maple syrup reserves before they even know what’s happening.

Not sure if the BBC is implicit in psyops, but they report the reserves are very low [1]. On the one side, that means the spoils of war are low, on the other side, it means they won't be able to mobilize their unique units.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68657703

[schmookeeg]

I would read this book, binge this netflix series, or season-ticket this play. Please make it so. :)

[chasd00]

any new state changes the seats in the US Senate and House which changes the balance of power. Never going to happen, ask Puerto Rico.

[bilsbie]

I think we could solve that issue if we put our heads together.

For example We could admit new states as pairs to maintain the balance of power.