AnarchoNinaWrites@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse
"Conflict researcher Thomas Homer-Dixon previously told the Guardian a “fifth column” approach by separatists – working with outside forces to destabilize Canada – is a growing and increasingly realistic fear. He warned a looming separation referendum could fail but Trump could argue the results were “fake” and the US would move troops to the northern Montana border and tell the rest of Canada that Alberta must be allowed to join the US as the “51st state”.
AnarchoNinaWrites@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse
“We need to be planning right now to neutralize this kind of activity, well in advance. Because it seems increasingly like disinformation campaigns, appeals for help, declarations that the electoral process was fake and was stacked are something we need to game out,” said Homer-Dixon. “The reality is, right now, we’re just sleepwalking into it.”
I have a hard time convincing a lot of my American friends that Trump remains dead serious about taking over Canada. But, I think it's obviously true.