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Topic	Will we see any new states added to the United States of America in our lifetime
Unbridled9 04/01/21 12:41:36 AM #25:	FatalAccident posted... Absolutely astounding to me that people think the Philippines, Hong Kong, Greenland, parts of Mexico, parts of Canada have even a remote chance of becoming part of the United States. Like completely sovereign nations on the other side of the planet would give up their independence to become a part of some country with diminishing influence that cant even seem to get its own political or social house in order. Some of you guys have an insanely inflated sense of yourselves lol It's not like I just randomly picked those things. Philippines used to be a U.S. colony for example. Hong Kong has suffered immensely under CCP rule and having another western nation back them up would almost certainly be a major step up for them (seriously, look in to how bad the situation for their rights has gotten there). There was an offer to buy Greenland from Trump and it wasn't some idle thing as it is going to be very valuable in the near future most likely due to the opening of the Northwest Passage (hence why I expect Biden or some future president to try to buy it from Denmark again). However, and I think this is important to note, I'm referring to situations RELATIVELY likely to happen in regards to each other. The odds of, say, the US invading Canada, annexing a sizable chunk of their land, and turning it into the 51st state are INSANELY low and would effectively require insane premises to even be possible. I suspect that there is a 99% chance that, by 2100, the U.S. will own exactly 0% more of Canada for example. Even if that 1% chance happens it's still a 99% chance that America would just return it once things settled down or only took a token-esque bit of land (not enough to be a state for certain). Even if THAT 1% chance happened then it's still highly debatable if they'd try to make it a state or not (especially 'in our lifetime'). We're talking fractions of a percent of fractions of percents here. It's just that these fractions of fractions are ever so slightly bigger than other fractions of fractions making them relatively more likely. In truth while I suspect Puerto Rico will become a state before too long unless there's a major internal reorganization or Guam and a lot of the minor pacific isles try to get in as a group, we'll be at 51 state for the foreseeable future. Only way that changes is if a war happens and the U.S. seizes land which is too unpredictable to really discuss. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage <cite>Unbridled9 posted [p:952340646] in Will we se... [t:79379500]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>Absolutely astounding to me that people think the Philippines, Hong Kong, Greenland, parts of Mexico, parts of Canada have even a remote chance of becoming part of the United States. Like completely sovereign nations on the other side of the planet would give up their independence to become a part of some country with diminishing influence that cant even seem to get its own political or social house in order. Some of you guys have an insanely inflated sense of yourselves lol</quote> It's not like I just randomly picked those things. Philippines used to be a U.S. colony for example. Hong Kong has suffered immensely under CCP rule and having another western nation back them up would almost certainly be a major step up for them (seriously, look in to how bad the situation for their rights has gotten there). There was an offer to buy Greenland from Trump and it wasn't some idle thing as it is going to be very valuable in the near future most likely due to the opening of the Northwest Passage (hence why I expect Biden or some future president to try to buy it from Denmark again). However, and I think this is important to note, I'm referring to situations RELATIVELY likely to happen in regards to each other. The odds of, say, the US invading Canada, annexing a sizable chunk of their land, and turning it into the 51st state are INSANELY low and would effectively require insane premises to even be possible. I suspect that there is a 99% chance that, by 2100, the U.S. will own exactly 0% more of Canada for example. Even if that 1% chance happens it's still a 99% chance that America would just return it once things settled down or only took a token-esque bit of land (not enough to be a state for certain). Even if THAT 1% chance happened then it's still highly debatable if they'd try to make it a state or not (especially 'in our lifetime'). We're talking fractions of a percent of fractions of percents here. It's just that these fractions of fractions are ever so slightly bigger than other fractions of fractions making them relatively more likely. In truth while I suspect Puerto Rico will become a state before too long unless there's a major internal reorganization or Guam and a lot of the minor pacific isles try to get in as a group, we'll be at 51 state for the foreseeable future. Only way that changes is if a war happens and the U.S. seizes land which is too unpredictable to really discuss. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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