The era of deep economic, security and military ties between Canada and the United States "is over," Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, after President Donald Trump announced steep auto tariffs. "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over," Carney said.
… and it wasn’t our fault either. They literally betrayed us. We helped them with the forest fires and they stabbed us in the back. The fact that there aren’t widespread revolts and mass demonstrations and labour strikes going on in that country right now tells us a lot about the people there and their values.
I don’t like this rhetoric. Mainly the last part where folks not demonstrating means we have bunk values. From my perspective we are an anti social bunch who generally suck at organizing. I don’t have an easy way to just join up in a mass protest and I barely know where to start. I am depressed and anxious. I am trying to do what I can. Want me to just not work?? Me and who??? How will I eat?? I’d love to demonstrate.
Being anti-social and not organizing are bunk values. America will never get better until we admit the ways in which it sucks.
Unionize! Start by just talking to your coworkers about pay. You can make a difference, but it will take a long time to unfuck.
I don’t value being disorganized and antisocial. It’s just where I am at the moment.
I appricate your tone. I feel like advice and support are needed. The person earlier wanted to condemn us for having not done massive organizations at the pace they felt we should.
I get that folks are angry. Fair. It’s sad to see the anger so misplaced though. To blame the citizens we’d have to have much freer and fairer elections IMO. Not that many people vote, and the president won by like 3%. America is know for having poor work-life balance.
Lots of folks are trying. I’d much rather solidarity in the working class, and punishment for those that actually made this happen. (That being the doner class, political establishment, heritage foundation etc)
This is by design. The oligarchs have spent decades consolidating power, paying politicians off for favourable laws and regulations, and forced the wage gap wider and wider. When reports come out saying a majority of Americans live paycheque to paycheque, they rub their hands in glee. The plan is working. You cannot afford to protest their take over of the government. You are a slave in almost every way. It is by design.
Oh, there are definitely protests here, you just aren’t hearing about them. They just aren’t making the international news. There are regular, frequent protests on the West Coast of the US, including Hawaii. Pro-federal worker protests, pro-union protests, anti-Trump/Musk protests, pro-canadian protests/celebrations. It’s on our local news often, but it rarely makes international news. People have been doing good work around here too, if you know what I mean. Stuff that enrages the fascists.