• Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    When you threaten a country’s very existence, expect that country’s people to view you as a threat.

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      8 days ago

      Oh Canada boy, the us is a threat to the whole earth not just to some ice hockey and syrup.

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        8 days ago

        I see your history of trolling, but Canada is a lot more than “some ice hockey and syrup”. That’s very dismissive of you.

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          A little humor to go with the depressing truth , soooorrrryyyy. I hope you guys learn from our leaders mistakes and fallout is minimal long-term. But yeah I have given up on my fellow Americans and I don’t blame you.

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      8 days ago

      well, if they overthrew trump, prosecuted his administration for their crimes, addressed inequality, banned guns, gave their people healthcare, built a yuge wall between church and state (and made the megachurches pay for it), and rectified the racism and other bigotry pervasive in their society, i would consider it.

      shit, they would be better than canada at that point.

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      8 days ago

      If the US as a whole can come around and actually begin a programme of actually caring for people over selfish profit, I can embrace them again. The scale of such a reform has to dwarf their first Reconstruction by a long shot.

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        If the US as a whole can come around and actually begin a programme of actually caring for people over selfish profit

        Did that version of the USA ever existed?

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          Did that version of the USA ever existed?

          No. The US was founded on genocide, grown through slavery, and profited off of exploiting EVERY other nation that they could for their entire history. They support dictatorships and genocide all over the world. Oligarchy and Patriarchy was baked into their Constitution (only rich white males had a say) and the Oligarchy/Patriarchy has never given up any real power since then.

          tRump has ripped off the mask for the whole world to see what the real US is, and only fools will forget what they have seen. I am certain the next tyrant the US votes in will be even worse.

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          The New Deal could be considered one time. Regardless of whether you agree with that, is there are reason that such a version of the USA could never exist?

          To me, it’s the greed, wilful ignorance and arrogance I hate, not the people.

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    7 days ago

    The US can eat the shit out of my ass.

    I know there are a handful of sane Americans out there. They need to get a handle on things down there before they’re swept up in ICE raids. Take action before it’s too late.

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      however it goes this week, it’s been great to watch the Jays battle the past month

      still… it’s not like it’s actually a team of Canadians, as strong as some of the player’s ties are

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    7 days ago

    People of the us still are and half the states but yeah the federal government no one should trust currently.

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      I would disagree with that. I would say they’ve been our biggest enemy this whole time and NAFTA was a mistake. I hated how pro-US Trudeau was.

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        welll. some people still are. Im not sure nafta was a mistake. In an ideal state we would use stuff as locally as possible so neighboring countries trading over shipping afar makes sense. I mean I am located in the us so might not be trustworthy but does it help I wish I lived in toronto?

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    Imagine going back just a year with this. No one would believe you. How do you wreck the relationship between America and Canada? LITERALLY CALLED THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH

    Insanity.