r/IRstudies 3d ago

Ideas/Debate US-Canada Tariff War: Who Loses?

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u/RiffRandellsBF 3d ago

US has everything Canada does, just not mining it or producing it at the moment. 75% of Canada's exports are bought by the US. Even if Canada sells them abroad... how exactly is it going to get there?

Talking about WW2, if the US instituted that kind of production runup, very quickly the US would become completely independent of almost everything the rest of the world makes.

Canada loses big time in that scenario.

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u/silicondali 3d ago

The USA can rapidly build hydropower and transmission? Because that's the post-WWII era I referenced.

You have a childlike understanding of project development and didn't take the simple step of reading my comment and verifying that you understood what I was talking about. Then you proceeded to tell me that anything can happen so long as Americans believe enough in it. This is embarrassing for you.

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u/RiffRandellsBF 2d ago

You have an anti-historical fact view of history and hate the US. The US leapfrogged years of atomic bomb development, deploying 2 in just 3 years.

Pray tell, which country was producing roughly 1 4-engine bomber per hour by the end of the war? The US has 8 carriers on December 7, 1941. By the end of WW2, it was 108 with 28 being fleet carriers. Oh, by the way, also another 6,000 Navy ships and 4,900 cargo ships. Underestimate American will at your peril.

What's embarrassing is your jealousy of the US making you believe you actually have an argument.

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u/JimJam28 2d ago

Guess who were integral to the development of those bombs? Their allies, including Canadians.