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An Open Letter to Canadians: Your Anti-Trump Boycott Is Crushing MAGA And It's Inspiring The World (deanblundell.substack.com)

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[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 116 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This isn't even our final form.

We need to get out there and destroy Little trump jr (Pierre Poilievre's conservatives) and stop them from selling us out.

If any Canadians need a voting kit you can go to https://elections.ca/ and sign up for one there. Takes less than 15 minutes. (Deadline is April 22 but I'd suggest to get it done ASAP!)

All you need is a pic of your I.D. to confirm and they will mail you your kit. I got mine within a week and I already filled it out and it's on its way back.

[-] ghostface@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you Canadians, this is how a true friends reacts, they dont normalize bad behavior.

Mexico is on board reach out to them and just have a MC agreement! Work with the UN to prevent this from happening again, because clearly the USA can't be trusted

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 weeks ago

I think a lot comes down to the propaganda machines. Our conservatives pay millions of dollars to things like "Canada proud" to spread bullshit and divide us. We need to drag this crap out of the shadows and beat them down relentlessly in the light of day.

I don't know if we will win the fight, but we sure as fuck are NOT going to give up.

[-] shawn1122@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Canada's conservatives are completely off script currently focusing on cutting carbon taxes, defunding public broadcasting and increasing contribution limits to tax free savings accounts while an existential threat is looming. Almost as tone deaf as the Democrats in the US.

Conservatives are still leading slightly among men who seem to respond more positively to "anti-woke" rhetoric and sloganeering vs women who seem to have a strong preference for Liberals (and even NDP) at the moment.

[-] christopher@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

I already signed up for mail-in voting. It was easy

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Registered to vote from abroad. I cast my vote suuuuuuper slow, at the speed of international mail! Sent it away Monday morning.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This was my first time as well, and to be honest I think it's the way to go. I didn't expect it to be so smooth.

I went to elections.ca (If memory serves it was on a Thursday) filled out the form and submitted a pic of my I.D. and submitted it. By Tuesday it was in my mail, (could have been there on Monday but I didn't check) Filled it out, put it into the envelope and sign it, which then goes into another outer envelope, and mail it back. Done, Easy Peazy.

Now I don't have worry about getting to the polling station on time, or to wait in any lines, and don't have to worry about picking up any of the numerous viruses going around.

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

You can also do advance voting at any time at your nearest Elections Canada office! I voted last Saturday.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great to see. Feel good as you do it, please.

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 63 points 2 weeks ago

Canadian shoppers are starting a new habit. After checking an item if it is a US product they return it to the shelf upside down and turn several more of the same item upside down so the next shopper knows to skip that product.

Haha omg, I thought I was the only one childishly doing that. My grocery store must be really on top of re-facing their shelves, because I’ve never come across any upside down US products.

The biggest hint something is American is when the shelf is fully stocked and there’s lots of items missing from the nearby brands.

[-] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 weeks ago

That’s so true - empty sections of cranberry sauce, tomato paste, pasta, etc adjacent to fully stocked American items are such a telltale sign lately.

[-] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

I fucking love you guys for this. Hit us in the wallet until the fascist trash is gone.

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[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 weeks ago

So thanks for that, but...that's not really the point.

We're not trying to hurt Trump and MAGA. We're not trying to either destroy the US or get it back to where we were a year ago.

Trump - and more to the point, his re-election - was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Canada finally has said "enough is enough."

We're not doing this anymore. We're not tying our country's fate to ANY other nation - not the US, not England, not China or Eritrea.

Canada cannot afford to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of convenience and harmony.

Canada has one direction: Forward. We are reclaiming our sovereignty, our culture, and our place as a progressive leader in the modern world.

[-] match@pawb.social 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What are you saying, that you care more about doing right by your own countrymen than you do about harming your perceived enemies??

[-] shawn1122@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Canada is a relatively small country. Strategic partnerships are going to be critical moving forward but creating some distance with the US is a crucial first step as it is no longer a reliable trading partner.

The US was by far the greatest financial benefactor of WW2, in part due to geographic isolation, allowing it to sell weapons to its allies without having its factories destroyed by warplanes, which in turn allowed it to collect 80% of the world's gold supply and set its currency as the global standard. As a nation, it played its hand / leveraged its newfound wealth exceptionally well in the post WW2 period.

It made sense to have a strong trading relationship at the time, given the proximity and that the war allowed the US to amass a disproportionate amount of purchasing power.

It seems that the US has decided it does not want to lead the world any longer, despite its economic might. Hopefully there is good that can come of that.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Did you really mean the US as greatest "benefactor" of WW2 (as in, helping others) or as greatest "beneficiary" of WW2 (as in, gaining from it).

Because it looks a lot like the latter since in helping others the US was mainly helping itself and that help didn't come for free (for example, the UK only finished paying the debt to the US from that "help" in, if I'm not mistaken, 2012), plus the US gained its superpower status exactly from, as you pointed out, still having their factories and selling weapons to its allies.

[-] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

We need to, it remains to be seen whether or not we will. Don't forget, a huge number of us are still shopping american. If this situation goes away, the convenience of trading with the US could easily take over again. People lack conviction, integrity and have short memories. It will take a long-term, concerted effort by the majority of the populace and multiple governments to maintain our trajectory away from US dependence. I'd love to see it happen, but I have little faith our fellow citizens have the constitution to stay the course.

[-] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I really wish so many people didn't miss this point.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump does not understand Canadian values of compassion and politeness.

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Donald Trump never watched Due South.

BTW the entire series is available on YouTube.

Thank you kindly.

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[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t let baby Trump with his small PP and his illiterate maple magas win.

Canada needs to be strong, the conservatives are pathetically weak. All they know how to do is bash Canada and say we’re broken.

Let’s prove them wrong. VOTE! VOTE!! VOTE!!!

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hot tip. If you bracket something with tildes (~) just the one either side, you can make it a smöl ~pp~!

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

As an atheist let me just say you’re doing the lords work here. Thanks for this ~smol~ tip friend!

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[-] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Does not seem be work universally - I use Jerboa on android and just see "~pp~" (tilde pp tilde)

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've not used Jerboa for a while. After a quick look, seems like markdown has been partially broken for a while now. I stopped using it because it doesn't seem to get quite as much attention as other apps. I did quite enjoy it, but got tired of every other update seemingly breaking things. Having spent a year flagging bugs and interacting with the Devs, it just felt like I should try something else. I'm using Voyager now. It's....fine. Similar issues but different. Has some nice QoL stuff that keeps me using it. The big one, for me, is the ability to tag users. So if someone is being particularly unhinged, or has "followed" me (intentionally or just happened to be commenting on the same posts) and being really nice or seemingly intentionally contrarian, I can slap a tag on them with a custom coloured banner with a short description. Handy for when you run into people repeatedly, and you want to know to read their whole thread because they usually have something interesting/wildly inappropriate to say...but they're not so bad you want to outright block em.

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[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

As an American I just wanted to say;

Thank you SO so much, Canada. And please, keep up the good work and if and when you can, boycott even harder! You are all very loved and envied by someone in Seattle!

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think it's just Canada either. I get the feeling that a whole lot of countries are reevaluating their relationship with the US and US made goods. And the way ICE and border patrol are behaving, I think it's likely that overseas tourism is going to completely dry up in less than a year. Hell, even interstate tourism is likely to take a significant hit.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed! Also, "O Canada" is way, way, better than "The Star-Spangled Banner."

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

As a songwriting musician of over thirty years, I wholeheartedly agree. But then again, the Star Spangled Banner is a cover song.

The original was much better.

Personally, I think the only thing America ever did better then the Brits is The Office.

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago

I needed a shot of pride and enthusiasm today. Thanks for posting.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

If you’re still letting in the profiteers who financialized every aspect of US life, you’re still going to turn into the US. While you need to keep an eye on Trump, you also need to take care of the healthcare profiteers elbow deep in destroying your healthcare system for privatization.

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

Dean Blundell is a former radio shock jockey who has been publishing pro-left disinformation and conspiracy theories lately.

He has an article stating Carney orchestrated a bonds sell off with Europe and Japan which would be cool as fuck if it were real.. the story is widely discredited.

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-checkmate-how-canadas-quiet

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/11/canada-mark-carney-treasurys-sell-off/

He has another false article stating Carney kicked the US out of NORAD.

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-canada-announces-earth-shaking

I love reading his stories because they're well written and designed to make leftists feel good. If you treat them as fiction you won't be likely to spread the misinformation they contain.

[-] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not saying that the bonds story is true or not, and neither is Snopes. The article you linked said they don't know if it's true or not, and no one will tell them. Hardly a smoking gun. Really all Snopes does is attempt to discredit Blundell.

Under normal circumstances, and with someone else (not Carney) I would say it's bullshit, but Carney is one of the few people in the world that I think could pull it off, if it's true. Believe me, I am still skeptical about it's truth, but it's not far fetched.

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I love the bonds story, I love how it's tied to many actual true events. I want it to be true in my heart.

But there isn't any evidence that it's true, and I don't think Blundell is the guy who would have the "inside scoop" and leak it when no one else does. He just doesn't have the credentials or the connections. This combined with the verifiably false and misleading statements on his site like were excluding the US from NORAD means he's simply not a credible source.

This kind of thing is exactly how the right wing conspiracy mindset started gaining broad acceptance and I just don't want to see us on the left fall for the same trap.

[-] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would tend to agree. We don't need to be using the same tools the lunatics do, it's what makes them lunatics.

[-] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

when America comes to its senses and Canadians return to the US

So like, in 60 years or so?

[-] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the path they take. If they just "wait it out" we'll all be dead before Canadians go back to the way things were. If they hit some kind of breaking point and drag that rapist prick and his sycophants out of their White House in leg irons- I would be willing to negotiate an expedited process.

[-] shawn1122@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trust is hard-earned, easily lost, and difficult to reestablish.

It will be in a few decades as a best case scenario. It's not even about Trump specifically. The world will have lost its trust in the US public to not vote in chaos, now that they've done it twice, for the forseeable future.

[-] jabeez@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly right, a lesson I've tried to hammer home to my kids (and even adults who act like kids), trust takes a long time to establish, but can be destroyed in no time, sometimes irretrievably. These rich assholes are so entrenched in the USA USA USA exceptionalism that they can't fathom that the whole world might not just kneel before us. Well, they (and we) are surely finding out. So much/most of these "billionaire's" wealth is the stock market, which is to a large degree based on feels, and that requires stability and confidence/trust, all of which is being absolutely demolished. Fucking hilarious how they all bent the knee for tax cuts and influence, and are likely going to see most of their "wealth" vanish into thin air. I hope they can find no peace anywhere on Earth for the rest of their days.

[-] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago

Might only be 40. Long enough for the current generation of leaders to die off.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Who knows. Might get bad enough for the 2024 movie Civil War to turn into a predictive documentary. Could be 20!

[-] noxilus@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 weeks ago

It takes a ton of effort to piss off Canada

[-] ComfortablyDumb@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think we are doing enough. There are many businesses with american ownership. Many attractions in Banff are owned by americans. We need to target them as well.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

How do I leave here and join you guys? Y'all aren't very far away

[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

American here. Hurt MAGA more if possible.

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, and sacrificing free will along the way.

Is this a typo?

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bravo! Make yourselves stronger and more independent.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure not everything is about you bud

[-] nocklobster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

These fuckin yanks are so exhausting these days.

[-] nocklobster@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

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