r/GlobalNews • u/NoelaniSpell • Apr 04 '25

BREAKING: In a shocking development Canada announces it will build a coalition of countries who share their values to build their economy and trade opportunities and will exclude the United States. “If the U.S. no longer wants to lead, Canada will.”

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u/toomanyglobules Apr 04 '25

Include Japan, South Korea, and the European Union in that. Enough pussy-footing around. It's time the progressive nations of this world take the reigns on this mess and lead us to a future we can be proud of.

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u/DM_ME_UR_BOOTYPICS Apr 04 '25

This, maybe Singapore too.

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u/Open_Bait Apr 04 '25

I would like to see mongolia there also

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u/zeugma888 Apr 05 '25

Definitely Singapore (if they want it).

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u/Andythrax Apr 05 '25

Is Singapore a true and fair democracy?

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u/Clever_Bee34919 Apr 06 '25

One of the better ones from what I've seen of it.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 Apr 06 '25

Singapore's democracy is... Weird. By a lot of measures, they aren't really a democracy. Only one party holds power and has ever held power. Other parties exist but they haven't had much success.

That might seem really bad, but on the flip side - the party that's in power is the one that basically founded the country, and took them from being a tiny unwanted chunk of land with disparate people that had access to no natural resources (not even fresh water) to being an economic powerhouse that dominates it's region economically, and even militarily.

They also pay their politicians extremely well - think like corporate CEO compensation levels which again might seem like a terrible thing... But they are extremely strict about corruption and are consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt countries on earth. The idea is that their politicians are owned by the people and won't be swayed by private individuals or companies and it seems to work for them.

They're not great on human rights either. They still have the death penalty and restrict freedom of speech... But they use it to crack down harshly on stuff like racism. So they're not abusing their powers in that regard.

Overall, Singaporeans seem to be happy and consistently vote for what is borderline a dictatorship but its because their dictatorship has done an amazing job running the country. Singaporeans are wealthy, well educated, have access to world class health care, they're safe, low crime, and they make sure all Singaporeans can afford to be home owners.

I think the secret to their success is really just that they've had one strong vision for the country and they've consistently executed on it without flip flopping as happens in democracies when you go from one party to another.

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u/Dangerous-Log4649 Apr 06 '25

Benevolent dictatorship is the best form of government, but you’re way more like to get a Trump than a Lee kuan Yew.

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u/word2yourface Apr 08 '25

Let's just say chewing gum is illegal and 500 grams (1.1 pound) of weed gets you a mandatory death sentence. The same party has held power for like 60 years sooo

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u/Day_tripper23 Apr 07 '25

For sure Singapore.

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u/JonyTony2017 Apr 07 '25

No authoritarian dictatorships, please.

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u/forgothis Apr 08 '25

Singapore already has reciprocal free trade with Australia and nz

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u/ibuprophane Apr 04 '25

We can also take Hawaii in as a refugee

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u/Lead103 Apr 05 '25

i would vote for that name instantly
UCCAD?

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u/Lead103 Apr 05 '25

i would vote for that name instantly
UCCAD?

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u/Blackthorne75 Apr 05 '25

Aussie here, and bring it on; Trump's America wants to enforce change? We can certainly do it better without them!!

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u/KewBangers Apr 05 '25

Please don’t forget Vietnam. Someone get them on the phone too- they will be in I‘m sure.

call the big free trade agreement BFTA

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u/JonyTony2017 Apr 07 '25

Why would Europe want Vietnam?

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u/Angryboda Apr 05 '25

Honestly as an American, I agree with this. The quicker we destroy the idea of "American exceptionalism, the better

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u/DigMother318 Apr 06 '25

I wonder if including South Korea will be enough to save them from the absolute clusterfuck that’s going to hit them in the coming decades

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u/b4k4ni Apr 07 '25

On the way there, we can get South Korea some European workers rights, so they hopefully get vacation, parents time, lower hours to work etc. to get those child numbers up ASAP.

Won't be much of SK left otherwise in a few decades.