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France here, our mainstream media is currently either billionaire-owned and pushing Trump and Musk admiration or publicly owned but influenced by our current government (Macron and co.) which does everything possible to cosy up to billionaires so they haven't yet (and probably never will) called Trump a fascist or Musk a neo-nazi.

You came and died in France during two world wars in the 20th century but I'm afraid France as a nation isn't gonna have your back in this timeline - except if we manage to elect a real-left government next time.

Good luck!

Northern Brit here: we have to have each other's backs. The only way we're getting off Mr Bones' Wild Ride is together ❤️ we can do this.

Resist. Rebel. Revolt. ✊

Fuck trump. Canadians are our friends and family.

Hey, Canada! Have you considered EU membership?

Hell, a lot of Americans still have your ~~banks~~ backs.

i was wondering around Berlin once upon a time. in the park behind the parliament.

a slightly overly helpful german said "excuse me. are you lost?" i mumbled "no no, not really"

they walked beside me for a bit and said "ah you are english. i will take you to the parliament it's just over there". and i agreed

then they said "your boys died for my country" which really took my breath away

so yeah we got your back cananadia. that's what we do when the fundamentalists kick off. even if we have to die

I’m an American who lives in the UK and I’ll go to war for you guys before I ever go for the US military.

Inasmuch as we can, yeah. None of our planning so far has allowed for the possibility of Moronica turning into a loose cannon and going around threatening all its friends and allies. As with Ukraine, if Moronica decides you're fucked, you're fucked, and there's not a whole lot we can do about it.

Hey EU, we'll upvote your countries if you upvote Canada. Interested in equal trade?

FWIW, most people in blue states would probably have your backs too. The province most at risk would probably be Alberta, which... is Alberta

Most Americans have your back too...it's just our messed up voting and education systems that let the lunatic fringe gain all the power. For a representative democracy, it really doesn't represent the people.

Australia too, we got ya..

What does it really mean to have each-other's backs?

I think one thing would be making some agreements in advance when it comes to refugees. Make it easier for Canadians to escape to the EU if the US does something stupid, and make it easier for Europeans to move to Canada if Russia does something crazy.

Other than that, I don't know what immediate steps could really be done. I'd love it if Canada would adopt some of the European privacy regulations, ditching the American-style laws currently in effect. But, a lot of things wouldn't be easy to change. Our cars, appliances, construction techniques, electricity voltages, plug designs, etc. are all very American-style, and those kinds of things have a lot of momentum.

But, I don't really see a downside to making the movement of people a little easier. I think plenty of Canadians would love to live and work in Europe. I think a fair number of Europeans would love to live and work in Canada -- at least once Canada finally adopts proper vacation lengths, parental leave laws, etc.

yes i am the president of those countries im glad you asked

From the UK and personally, 100% yes but not sure I feel the rest of the population would agree. I mean, a lot of us turned our backs on the EU and there's a lot of cross over with US right wing nutters.

However, I would believe that when push comes to shove, we would be generally willing to defend Canada, Australia and NZ over anyone else, and then European countries at the next level. The reaction in support for Ukraine was pretty universal here and there are still lots of donations and support that is not shared with any African, Asian or Central/South American countries having similar problems.

Basically, you're white so yes you can count on us!

You wanna meet up in the laneway and rip a couple clappers at the garage door while smokin' darts, well count me in.

If it ever comes to it you can count on me. Sorry we put you guys in this position.

France here, oui bien sûr!

Absolutely. Never met a Canadian I didn't like.

Yeah sure but the government wants to access your encrypted data first by installing a back end into your iCloud data.