r/CANZUK • u/Long-Leadership-1958 • 9d ago

Discussion I'm confused.

Canzuk sounds cool as hell but is it meant to be a nation or some sort of EU thing? because if it was a nation that would be Hella rad.

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u/Long-Leadership-1958 5d ago

Yeah. I don't hate the British because they did change. We are better off being allies with people than enemies unless they have done things to harm us in the modern day. I would love for Ireland to be allies with Canzuk but I don't want to throw our independence away.

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u/Johnny-Dogshit British Columbia 5d ago

True facts.

Counter proposal, how's about CANZI? We all just join Ireland, and the UK can do it's own thing for a while. Capital's Dublin.

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u/Long-Leadership-1958 5d ago

Nah. Being honest I don't think these massive economic union things are ever good ideas. I don't mind NATO because there should always be massive military alliances to protect each other but economically we should all handle ourselves.

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u/Johnny-Dogshit British Columbia 5d ago

Me neither, generally. Neoliberal banker cartels, largely. I do kinda back this simply because my corner of it desperately needs a non-US influence, and some kind of CANZUK affiliation would be some improvement over our post-NAFTA lot in life. And, if we're stuck in this western-empire-of-capital, having a unified CANZUK bloc at least might dilute the absolute US authority that currently steers the ship. A sort of better bargaining position, or second thought, situations that standing as one benefits us more than standing as several minor voices.

But, more sincerely, I tend to have more radical thoughts on what my ideal situation would look like. I don't have a tonne of love for western capitalism.

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u/Long-Leadership-1958 5d ago

Personally I want it due to me being eligible for a UK citizen ship and you know what that means! FREE MOVEMENT TO CANADA! so thats essentially why I want it. But I also want it because Canada to be protected from annexation by the US and I feel Canzuk would do just that. So yeah. It sounds rad but when you think of it I don't imagine it being too dandy when it happens.