Yes it was. There is a small difference in that we get to vote on changing things around here. Back in 1776 that was not the case, hence the rebellion.
I recall that many republicans swore that if Obama got the presidency that they would leave the country. Not many did. I personally know two that did. I know many more that threatened to leave & did not. I expect that not many folks will run to Canada even though they said that they would. I also expect no secession efforts will get very far. Not even the liberals trying to get California to secede from the union.
I believe that this has been surpassed since Tuesday but more Americans researched how to “move to Canada” after the re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday than at any other time since President George W. Bush won a second White House term in 2004.
As has been mentioned, premise of the OP is flawed, there’s lots of (empty IMO) talk this time about secession from the left in CA .
Otherwise, the US is still one of the most if not most conservative rich countries in most respects, so it’s less logical for conservatives disappointed by its drift to the left (as they perceive it) to talk about moving somewhere even farther left.
But for liberals disappointed by conservative victories (though I don’t know if Trump is much of a conservative, but anyway) expatriation or secession both work as escapist fantasies. Expatriation is always the more realistic though, if someone is really serious about it, which some small % of those running their mouths thus perhaps are.
I saw an online petition today for Minnesota (which went for Clinton as a little blue island) to secede from the US and join Canada. What does that count as?
If Canada would have us, I suppose I’d be OK with it. We’re practically Canada already. We like cold weather and hockey. Tim Hortons already has plans to open here soon. All we’d need to do is rename the Mall of America to Mall of Canada and we’d be all set.
