Claire McNab on Nostr: Short Thread: #Alberta's provincial govt wants a referendum on independence from ...

Short Thread: #Alberta's provincial govt wants a referendum on independence from #Canada.

If the rest of #Canada had a vote, it would probably choose to keep the province but expel the people.

Without Alberta, east-west travel across Canada would involve a gruelling diversion north into permafrost. But oil+gas has turned Albertans into greedy reactionaries with a crush on the Great Satan and egos the size of Murican cars. A sort of icy #Texas, but with less charm and more resentment.

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