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Nobody denies its their right, but that doesn't mean it's not a very stupid action, motivated by dumb nationalism. You can't handwave circumstances away, as if
by cornholio 3y ago
Nobody denies its their right, but that doesn't mean it's not a very stupid action, motivated by dumb nationalism. You can't handwave circumstances away, as if the legislators don't know it is a cashgrab against foreign corporations and genuinely believe Google and Facebook are Canadian companies.
- gremlinunderway 3y ago[flagged]
- jurassic 3y agoI don't think it adds anything to the discussion to personify and sexualize these companies.
- tomComb 3y agoIt’s not dumb nationalism, it’s typical lobbying, sold as nationalism.
- largepeepee 3y agoWhat's new? We have been using that same excuse to block out Japanese and Chinese goods in various eras. Just feels weird the Canadians are copying our playbook
- jrockway 3y agoThey're using this playbook because it worked. Look at China, they were once a big threat to American Exceptionalism or whatever and now... <checks notes>... oh. Nevermind.