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I'm a beginner in Japanese. I don't completely get what

> 笑っちまう程 立場が 変わるぜ

means in the context below. Is it something like "The more I laugh the more
the situation changes"? It makes no sense to me.

The context:

> 運命・・・か。おまえを捕虜として 国に連れ帰りゃ 俺も一気に 英雄扱いだろうな・・・部隊を全滅させ、部下を５人も失ったくせに 敵と手を組んで オメオメ
> と生き残った 国辱ものが・・・ **笑っちまう程 立場が 変わるぜ** ・・・
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笑っちまう程 translation in context
笑っちまう is the colloquial form of 笑ってしまう, here meaning something like “laughing
involuntarily/despite oneself”.

程{ほど} can be literally translated as “degree” or “extent” and A程B usually
means something like “B to the extent of A” or “so much/enough B that A”. I.e.

> 笑っちまう程 立場が 変わるぜ

Means

> The situation will change † (so much) as to make one laugh

† The tense should be matched to context
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