They know. It’s just a way to say that Trump is dumb behind the curtains of a compliment. The guy is fluent in corporate speak

What are you even talking about lol there are all kinds of Canadian outlets out there, why are you even talking about government?

Maybe you’re getting confused when people say “Canadian”. They don’t mean “owned by the government”, it only means that it’s an organization that is headquartered in Canada. Like Rebel News, a wacky outlet that is based on Toronto. It’s garbage, but it’s Canadian garbage.

So if there’s an worldview out there that not even the shittiest Canadian outlet is platforming, it has to be the most insane fringe stuff.

If there’s absolutely no Canadian source that fits someone worldview, I’d say that’s pretty damning evidence that said view is propaganda

No, a few drug stores should carry it, but it’s usually closer to the makeup section instead of the usual beeswax stuff.

Also beauty product shops might have it.

La Roche-Posay lip balm is the best imho. French company, so not Canadian.

Almost certainly, because our safety standards are garbage, because we force ourselves to be in lockstep with NHTSA as to not make trade and travel difficult with the US

hyperbole obvious to any 5 year old isn’t really reason to any discredit, take a chill pill

What I really need to know is which one would win. I am guessing the eagle is better equipped for a fight, which also checks out.

This is cool and informative, but I’ll be using this more like as a tool to avoid chains than anything else lol. Well, except Cora.

If you’re on the hunt for a Pizza chain in Vancouver, Captains Oven is a small chain (4 units?) that I enjoy.

Just take something we import very little and slap a -200% tariff

He has a core guiding ideology of American exceptionalism and imperialism. America first. God bless America, specifically. Not that he understands any of this, most of it comes from intuition and having the worst scourge of mankind whispering policy pitches in his ears, but I’d say that much is very consistent. It’s just that it got so worse from one term to another that it looks like a departure - but to anyone paying attention to the things he tried in his first term, this is a continuation.

Edit: for instance, he signed the NAFTA deal he’s complaining about, but it wasn’t because he liked it, he signed because that’s the best his team was able to negotiate. They told him to sign, he signed it. But the same dumbasses that advocated for the tariffs back then, advocated for them again this time. So once again, he just nods and signs, as long as his team says the right MAGA words. The moderates were expelled from his team because Trump wants to be even MAGAy than before. It’s the same ideology, with less checks and balances.

He’s more like Eric Adams. It happens to be that he’s a conservative suburbanite but his guiding principle is having power and making money, there’s no ideology mixed in

for now

The only writing that really helped me understand all this bullshit was Justin Ling’s on Navarro

This is your guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzrIoJ0Wo2U

Not in the picture, but other folks in this posts comments are taking this possibility too seriously

Unpopular take maybe…

Canada does not need to join the EU to increase trade and partnerships. More trade agreements and joint projects. The EU is a complicated political structure and joining it is unnecessarily complicateted.

If anyone feels alienated, deal with it. I’m not saying this to make an enemy but neighbors will get no cookies or pats on the back for doing the absolute minimum, then coming here tell us “on behalf of half of us, I’m sorry” and that “this is not us”. Yes it is, face it and deal with it. Do more and to better.

You didn’t ask “what matters”, but “what to do”. I can tell you the things I do, but they’re all groups in my city so unless you move here it doesn’t help much. But you can look for the equivalents where you live: strong towns, vision zero, proportional representation, antifascism, buying local, defense of the public library, volunteer with a local party… the list of options on how to get organized and on what specific areas is endless.

Pick any of the things you already told that matters to you and go work on it. Not even talking about Canada anymore, you’re the one using learned helplessness to weasel out of putting in the work. Go on about not having the time to act on these things, after telling us that you care about them so much.

What as a normal person is there to be done?

Great question. Step one is educating yourself on how to answer this question yourself, but better ask this of you local groups, I’m not from Seattle so can’t help you figure this out. But the short answer is to organize.

Democracy doesn’t happen only on Election Day.