NoneOfUrBusiness

You talk about equality and democratic principles, but neither of these allow you to take people's stuff. To quote the article:

“Sixty per cent of the natural resources needed in the United States of America are on Native American land,” said Hall, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Tribes.

“So they have to figure out that they got to come to us and talk to us if they want our resource they want to extract. And so I think to bring us to the table, that’s what we’re trying to get to. Let’s talk.”

And that's the crux of the issue; nothing from European settlement of North America to the present day gives the Canadian government a legitimate claim to the resource and lands that have historically belonged to the First Nations. Therefore, it's their stuff and they decide who does what with it; they have about as much responsibility to the majority interest as you have to your neighbors, and I doubt you let your neighbors waltz in and take your money with no compensation. And it's not like these are wealthy people not paying their fair share; I hope I don't need to get into the historical and current problems facing First Nations people directly due to colonial and later Canadian policy. It's not at all difficult to make the argument that Canada is just a bunch of white dudes who came from Europe, committed a bunch of atrocities, declared themselves the legitimate government of Canada, committed more atrocities and are now appealing to the majority interest when it suits them. Canada simply has no legitimate right to the land or resources owned by the First Nations without a treaty consented to by both sides; "we are your legitimate government so give us your shit" is nothing more than rank tyranny. And yes, tyranny of the majority is tyranny.

TL;DR: You need people's consent before you take or use their stuff.

I've seen people here supporting a war on Iran because of WMDs and women's rights. The brain rot extends way beyond the Republican party; there's a reason DNC Zionists haven't come out against this.

That's way too flattering for America. Israel is screaming "trap here, trap here, get into the trap now before seats run out" and the whole West is like "shut up and take my money".

Your election season is 2 years long and is somehow measured by how much money is spent reaching voters.

Their election season, I'm watching from the other side of the world and find this as absurd as you do.

It is absolutely normal when not campaigning to work with people who can actually effect change,

The only thing the Democrats can do in America's Republican-controlled government is stall and obstruct, and they've clearly proven they don't intend to do even that. Are you even keeping up with this stuff? The only antifascist actor with the ability to effect change here is the people, so by your own logic he should be working with civil society and grassroots resistance organizations, not the ineffectual beyond help Democrat leadership. And in the first place America is in the middle of a fascist takeover—what makes you think anything about this situation is normal?

particularly if the masses seem more intent on vying for virality of their protest sign selfies and not upsetting anyone rather than actually resisting fascism.

This holds true even more for the Democrat leadership than it does for the rank and file. In the immortal words of Democratic consultant James Carville: "it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead."

If the masses are more intent on vying for virality of their protest sign selfies, the DNC is flat out not doing anything. American liberals' ineffectuality was inherited from their leadership, not the other way around. If the leaders change, enough rank and file will follow to maybe get something done. I mean hell, the Democrats were out there condemning "protestor violence" during the LA protests and supporting the exact "peaceful protest" that you're saying doesn't accomplish shit. These guys are hopeless; at least the masses can be radicalized with the right influence and events, influence such as the words of Barack fucking Obama. I mean don't get me wrong all my criticism of the Democratic leadership also applies to Obama so I wasn't expecting him to get off his ass or anything, but it should be remembered that he's not acting not because he can't or there's a better play, but because he doesn't want to.

of course a rational sitting President needs to show solidarity in that with their national security heads.

He didn't need to do anything. He willingly went along with it.

Look up the history of conservativism. They've always supported and will always support authoritarianism; the only difference is whether they want a monarchy, fascism or corporate feudalism.

Wait I thought the Liberals only had a minority government. Did they get another seat?

Small correction: You need to fight back for it to be a war. What the Liberals are doing is class rape.

"Competent government in this time of crisis," according to people around here.

Kinda wanna embrace our AI overlords ngl.

As a wise man once said: It's a big club and you ain't in it.