It’s so much more than just the tariffs.
I think some Americans are truly not aware how loathed so many things about the US are around the world. They genuinely believe that propaganda that people from Europe or other advanced countries want their amazing lifestyle and are jealous of them.
It’s funny because in my experience that’s always the only thing Americans think about and are concerned with.
Everything there is always about Money and “is that Move financially advantageous for me”
I’m not even sure European Style Social Programs would work there because of this “I take everything I can get”-Mentality
HA! Waste of time and money. I buy goods based on where the company that owns them is based. If they’re in the US, I move along.
At this point and with all the cheetos talk of taking sovereign nations it’s going to take a LONG LONG time for the US to recover from his bullshit.
Yeah that’s the main thing. They have elevated on the fuck around and find out scale to the point where they arguably made way for either China or the EU to be the new global leader in economy, science, etc.
American brands are trying to trick consumers into thinking they aren’t buying American brands. Backlash isn’t about a trade war. It could go away and it still wouldn’t change that the US is a fascist country sending people to El Salvador without due process and even arresting their mayor while threatening annexation of other countries due to inability to comprehend the concept of consent.
Meanwhile, on the American side of the border, some brands are proudly advertising their US roots.
Ford last month ran a campaign with the tagline “From America. For America.”
Maybe people could “guerrilla advertise”: for those US brands kowtowing to MAGA in the US, copy & paste their US advertising over their adverts elsewhere in the world (hoardings, bus shelters, public transport etc), driving home to people where these brands are really from.
E.g. Cover up their overseas “disguise” adverts
- “We’re so local and lovely!”
with their US MAGA adverts
- “America - FUCK YEAH!” (in Ford’s case “From America. For America.”)
I mean, obviously, with permission of the owners/operators of said advertising locations, I wouldn’t be suggesting vandalism…
That ad in the thumbnail feels so American what with the big flag and the manly man with crossed arms staring at the top right corner of the poster.
Rats and sinking ships come to mind here.
