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I haven't seen this take spreading much yet, so posting it here too:
Canada needs to start stealing IP from the US and violating their copyright. Create and sell jailbreaks for American hardware.
That was part of the free-trade agreement, so there's no reason to continue honoring it at this point.
Canada needs to take a break from America and see other nations. Let’s open the relationship, see where it goes.
America, it’s not you, it’s….no fuck it. It’s absolutely you.
Bunch of racist white dudes moved in, killed all the people already living here, and instituted slavery almost immediately.
Why the FUCK did Canada EVER look at America and say "Well these guys seem like people I can trust!"?
Look, Canada, you're great. You know who else has some great people? Australia. I know. I know. Given how it was founded, by all logical conclusions Australia SHOULD be full of a culture of shady criminals. But it's NOT. I've literally never met an Australian person without later thinking "Man that person was cool."
Maybe Canada should become BFFs with Australia! And hey, I'm the one who came up with the idea. Maybe you could let ME be Canadian. PLEASE let me not have to be in this shitty country anymore! I want to come hang out with Canadians, and Australians, and maybe we meet some Japanese people. That might be fun, right? Oh, and Polish people seem pretty cool.
I guess I just like people who are friendly, and make good allies, but if you fuck with them, they will fuck you up.
Oh, let's get Ukraine in on this friendship!
You do realize that Canada's colonial history is not much better, right?
Australians mistreat indigenous people just like Canadians. So a good match I guess.
We'll be in joint counseling for years after this mess. Maybe a neutral country like Switzerland can be the moderator.
I chuckled
As an American I fully support this. Our government is supposed to work as a bit of a push-n-pull, not a winner rape all, which is how Trump and the RepubliKKKans run things. I am anxious to see them and their policies fail asap, so please do as much damage as possible. I wish that I could renounce my citizenship and become a Canadian. I identify so much more with your country and values. Unfortunately I looked into immigrating about 15 yrs ago and I'm too old, lacking a tech degree, and not rich enough for Canada's point system of immigration. (You get points based on age, skill sets, and the wealth you bring into the country and have to meet a minimum score.)
Same. I’ve encouraged everybody I know to do the same, and they have all already been doing it. And I’m in Alberta.
Like we didn’t really like Americans BEFORE this Trump shit. It’s not hard to see why most Canadians are like “wow, fuck that country” now.
The only explenation I can think of is Trump is running everything like one of his businesses. You are friends with no one. You bluster and pretend, make outrageous demands with no intention of meeting them. He was notorious for not paying his bills and telling contractors to try to get their money. He may be playing the old tactic of asking for $1000 when you know it will be rejected and really aiming for $100 in the first place. He may not even have a plan and just posturing is his goal. He may just put this farce on for a few weeks, then drop it after causing chaos in the markets and with consumers. Then he'll make some vague declaration of victory, his supporters and congress will cheer for him without asking any questions and he'll move on to the next performance.
My question is why do his supporters think causing discord with our closest allies for 100 or so years is somehow helping us? I can only guess a combination of a total lack of education (especially history and analytical thought) and willful blindness, like the victim of a scam who can't admit they were scammed.
That matches what I'm seeing on the ground. My work has a slack chat for discussing Canadian business alternatives and Canadian products are flying off the shelves.
Sorry.
Just what Putin ordered.