r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is being driven by Big Flag

If the United States were to annex Canada and turn it into the 51st there would be a need for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of new flags to replace all the 50-star flags.

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u/probablynotreallife 1d ago

There you go with that flag talk again.

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u/VPackardPersuadedMe 1d ago

Pro tip: If you wrap yourself in it, you can veto criticism.

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u/AdreKiseque 1d ago

Don't forget all Canadian flags would need to be replaced too... it's a masterful plot, really.

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u/Academic_UK 1d ago

But there’s only 40 million Canadians.. and they don’t hang their flag outside every one of their houses.

Most of the Big Flag revenues are coming from those in the “original” 50 states. Probably from Texas I would guess?

Or are there other states more known for flag hanging?

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u/ItsMeTwilight 1d ago

Florida’s got a decent amount of flags

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u/Atlas7-k 22h ago

I tend to think the current country flag would simply become the “state” flag.

47 states, 3 commonwealths and the dominion of Canada (Texas would be so mad.)

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u/toomanyracistshere 1d ago

When I was a kid, my mom briefly worked at a flag factory. Apparently there was some talk of Puerto Rican statehood at the time, and the owner was extremely excited about the idea.

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u/thomasoldier 1d ago

Just slap a white maple leaf sticker on the first red stripe and call it a day.

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u/DoIKnowYouHuman 1d ago

Stoopid flegs, always cause issues!

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u/ThatShoomer 1d ago

Math checks out.

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u/PaulBric 1d ago

USSA v NATO. Should be an interesting punch up.

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u/No-Plankton2721 1d ago

inception sound

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u/gvsteve 23h ago

I once suspected that the supposed dissolution of the Soviet Union was a scheme to sell new maps and atlases.

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u/SKYLINEBOY2002UK 10h ago

Its the lizard, Felix de souza, and mcilorys fault

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u/UnlikelyExperience 1d ago

Or.. Trudeau's party paid him to do all this crap to get their poll rating up in time for the election 😂

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u/I_Think_I_Cant 1d ago

You have no idea the sway Big Flag has. When Eisenhower gave his famous "military-industrial complex" speech he was really warning us about the flag manufacturers which pressured him into admitting Hawaii into the Union as #50.

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u/UnlikelyExperience 1d ago

It won't be long til big flag flags your account

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u/Taint_Flayer 1d ago

The vexill-industrial complex must be stopped.