if canada wants to become more fully sovereign and in full control of itself, its citizens need to act more canadian. america is a melting pot; canada is a patchwork quilt. there was a vote for quebec to suceed from Canada and form its own nation. if a state in america did that we would not allow it.

american politics doesn't take into account other countries' needs. there is an assumption that we don't make an impact upon the world unless we want to. our government tries to back away from the world arena while our corporations are globalizing it. its a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, and speak-no-evil relationship.

that's one of the problems. who can be held accountable for our corporations doing legitamite business? surely you can't prosecute every american corporation for doing business (and therefore, americanizing) with the world. it's assumed that mcdonalds will pay for its own mistakes, and intel corp will pay for its own mistakes, and so on.

american power keeps moving up because no one is willing to stop it. why does it matter that we're sucking up canada? we haven't militarily invaded canada. we haven't imposed economic sanctions; in fact, we're opening our markets to them. is it our fault that the sharing of cultures favors america?

foreign peoples hate us because our culture is extending everywhere. but what have they done to stop it? economic sanctions are costly and stifle people's rights. military power is not feasable, especially against a power our size.

capitalism shares cultures by sharing trinkets of that culture. who doesn't think of america when they see a pizza hut, burger of any kind, or a movie?

face it: americans like their culture. they thrive in it. being american is being competitive, outspoken, and free. when you exchange these cultural properties with canada's weird accent, lesser drug laws, and free medical care, which one looks like it's going to win? our culture is based on love of freedom, however distorted the real picture is. can you say something as strong about canada? india? germany? england? scotland? australia? italy? south africa?

our culture overpowers canada's culture because, simply, ours is stronger. say what you want about the supposed evils of this, but that isn't going to change anything.