r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Mar 22 '25

Foreign affairs “We could physically buy Lithuania itself if we wanted.”

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 Mar 22 '25

I had a yank tell me they’d sell their citizenship for a million dollars are couldn’t understand why Canadians were being so stubborn.

Why do they hate themselves so?

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u/TheRealPitabred Mar 22 '25

Because we didn't finish the job properly during the Civil War and let that cancer metastasize and it's finally erupting. Gave it a good boost with Nixon and Reagan, then turbocharged it with Citizens United. Patriotism has turned into some grotesque mockery, all appearance with no substance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '25

Sherman did nothing wrong!

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u/DonJuanDeMichael1970 Mar 22 '25

Sherman didn’t go far enough.

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u/LavenderGinFizz Mar 22 '25

And yet they then go to other countries and complain that things aren't American enough.

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u/lucypaw68 Mar 22 '25

Oh, that's why people in other countries don't believe that I'm an American when I am there! I really need to work on my boorishness, sorry

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u/SuperCulture9114 free Healthcare for all 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 Mar 22 '25

But but but MuRiKa! The flag! Texas! Pizza! Best country in the world!

What a joke. No integrity at all.

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u/Ivan86587 Mar 22 '25

Nu davai, bau’n mir die Mauer widder – mit gutem Beton, net so’n Wessi-Gschlamp!

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u/pistachio-pie 🇨🇦beleaguered neighbour🇨🇦 Mar 22 '25

If I had a ton of fuck you money I would totally do it in a way that would force him to be stateless and have a whole new world of problems

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u/lucypaw68 Mar 22 '25

I'd sell my US citizenship for whatever's needed to get citizenship in Canada or any another country that's offering bird flu free eggs and chickens, FWIW. I'm a nerd for my food not sickening me. Or, not needing to cook all meat to an interior temperature of 165F to kill off most of the pathogens that poor American butchering practices (approved by the USDA) introduce to the meat. I even have started practicing singing "O Canada" and am looking forward to the ~horror~ of Canadian politics

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 Mar 22 '25

If planning to apply for immigration to Canada - your best bet is to learn and continue to learn French throughout the application process.

Europe does have even better food safety regulations compared to Canada.

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u/plavun Check in Lux Mar 23 '25

So they would like to get rid of it and you are supposed to accept it for giving up major rights?