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DeMalgamnated t1_j6cfwsb wrote

2023 shaping up to be a hell of a year.

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Five_bucks t1_j6d18c9 wrote

I feel it in my bones that the world is going to be at war within the next couple of years.

The undercurrent of aggression and grievance that has been bubbling on the form of conservative movements like Brexit, Putin, Tea Party/MAGA, Bolsanero, Netanyahu, etc.

I don't think the pressure that has built will be relieved until people witness first-hand the bloodshed and devastation of war. Eventually, I think they will get tired of war, quiet down, and be peaceful for another couple of decades.

The rest of us will just have to suffer through the tantrum.

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obliviousofobvious t1_j6d90q3 wrote

Years? My dude/dudette, I'm worried that 2023 IS the year we go WWIII.

We have more incidents happening faster and faster. We don't know Putin's health status exactly but there's public intelligence that says he's dying of something. Bibi has a veeery hard line gov't and, if this was Israel, Iran will not sit idly by. I expect retaliation.

The inly real benefit to Canada and the US is that we have two massive oceans surrounding us so all of this doesn't bring feelings of impending doom.....yet.

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Lucifer1177 t1_j6e0uiq wrote

Me in Canada: Thank god

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DieFlavourMouse t1_j6ftx4r wrote

Don't forget we share a huge maritime border with Russia. It's going to take more than a couple skidoos in Churchill.

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Lucifer1177 t1_j6fye8b wrote

Russia's Navy is a complete joke, it's only aircraft carrier is so badly maintained, that it's considered a punishment to be stationed there, I think Canada can handle Russia

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HoarseCock83 t1_j6ga0q3 wrote

Canada does not have a carrier, and we’ve got a clown for PM. Russia will roll us

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Intrepid_School_5402 t1_j6gl9mn wrote

They could control the sea against Canada, but not much more. I doubt the rest of NATO would let them do even that anyways.

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pzerr t1_j6drxmf wrote

Energy policy in the West is a complete shit show. We are crippling our oil industry resulting in countries like Russia becoming energy giants. And the results of an emboldened Russia is pretty clear now.

We need to save like Norway in that we encourage clean energy while maintaining our fossil fuel industries. That is until clean energy can actually displace it world wide.

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pzerr t1_j6fdner wrote

We could easily be producing far more taking world markets from Russia, Saudi Arabia etc. The US canceled Keystone alone resulting in oil now coming from Venezuela. This is incredible dangerous and short sighted.

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pzerr t1_j6g5gvv wrote

Of course it adds to lack of supply. Reducing that method of transport just makes investment in North America that much less. As we seeing, that investment is being made by countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia...

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the_Dachshund t1_j6eyc32 wrote

The US doesn’t need neighbors to get destroyed. You guys are doing a great job achieving that internally.

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ericchen t1_j6fxk9j wrote

Mexico might have a drug lord problem, but Canada seems pretty stable? What’s going to tear them apart internally? Is it the French people experiences Frenchness?

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ericchen t1_j6fxc4i wrote

Lol remember a few years back when some important Iranian got droned and everyone thought we were gonna be sent off to war?

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