• Shindo66@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I know stuff has been said before, but when the president says basically “we have to do this and we will do it” and “if you dont like it we will brand you a treasonous traitor” for something you have very strong opinions about, its kind of scary.

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      20 hours ago

      Yeah it didn’t used to be like this. We allowed a geriatric reality TV personality who rapes children to permanently break our society.

      It’s all just so fucking stupid.

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        We were never not considered hostile, we just had a ton of offsetting soft power. There’s just less of a reason to deal with us now that we cut soft power.

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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          nah, Canadians definitely didn’t see the USA as actively hostile. now, quite a few do.

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            Person in Canada here! This is true, mainly because of the whole “constantly threatening to invade us, shit-talking the Prime Minister non-stop, starting an idiotic trade war and trying to rename our lakes” thing.

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            Well I hate to inform you but most of the planet isnt Canada and most countries dealt with us a bullies you could occasionally get to buy you a cheeseburger or throw down half on dinner.