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I really hope we get back to times where we were really best friends. It was good for both countries and was a model for international relationships/partnership
by Beannation 4mo ago
I really hope we get back to times where we were really best friends. It was good for both countries and was a model for international relationships/partnerships.
- bluGill 4mo agoWrite your congressman. If congress decides the people care things will change, but when they hear nothing they don't care.
- Beannation 4mo agoIm Canadian, so I cant do much to affect American policy. I'm generally happy with how Canada's politicians are handling this situation. I do hope more Americans do what you say, it is why democracy exists.
- throwaway27448 4mo ago> If congress decides the people care things will change Hah
- bluGill 4mo agoMidterm elections are coming up.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoI think they are afraid they are going to get creamed in November, but for some reason they are more afraid of the president. They might not be wrong about this, the president is known for siccing the department of Justice on his political enemies.
- cmrdporcupine 4mo agoAs a Canadian watching from a distance the fact that the administration and its congressional allies etc don't seem to be concerned at all about what is going to happen in November gives me a lot of apprehension about what they might know that is not being stated publicly. Midterms coming up and prosecuting an endless "war" that doubles gas prices, and not seeming concerned at all about the blowback? What's up with that?
- SpicyLemonZest 4mo agoOnce you accept that Trump is literally senile, a lot of things click into place. Why does he seem unable to predict obvious consequences of the actions he takes? Why does he fixate on random mean words and repeat them with no regard for normal political strategy? Why does he randomly fall asleep on camera? When he says that he has no reason to worry because the polls show everyone loves him, I think he genuinely believes that.
- cmrdporcupine 4mo agoThat's a given, but what is the excuse for Bessent and so on, who are clearly very smart. Just in a really bad way.
- thatguy0900 4mo agoTo some extent those people have all been vastly enriching themselves with insider trading. They're going to be getting pardons as well. What's the worst that will probably happen to them, they retire to some country with their new fortunes?
- kashunstva 4mo agoBessent is really smart? It’s possible he may be; but he communicates so poorly, that unless you knew anything of his background (I do not.) then it would be hard to assess. If he understands anything about monetary policy, apart from personal enrichment - which of course is a given in this administration, one couldn’t discern that from his public utterances.
- throwaway27448 4mo agoWhen you figure out how to leverage a vote to get something, let me know. Last time I tried this I was screamed at for electing a fascist for withholding it.
- bluGill 4mo agoYou will be screamed at no matter what you do. So don't let that get in your way. It is important to vote. Remember when people are screaming that at least you're sending a message because votes even for third parties are counted and when third parties start to get a lot of attention that does change what the major parties do. So don't worry about so-called wasted votes. They're never wasted. Sometimes you don't have a good option, but you can pick the best option you have.
- GJim 4mo ago"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".
- throwaway27448 4mo agoWhen our state furnishes candidates worth voting for, maybe I'll consider it a democracy.
- GJim 4mo agoThat fatalistic attitude is why your democracy is in peril. Get off your arse and take lessons on protesting from the French.
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- engineer_22 4mo agoSocial unrest is not usually a hallmark of a functioning society.
- GJim 4mo agoSocial unrest is how equality and functional societies were obtained.
- bluGill 4mo agoA society needs to allow that unrest first. Both directly allow it, but also the type of thinking that would cause it.
- throwaway27448 4mo agoAlright so let's obtain that society
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- engineer_22 4mo agoTouché But your argument implies society was dysfunctional, and unrest made it functional. I don't think we are actually disagreeing here
- Arubis 4mo agoThe French have more of a social safety net, which enables extended protests. I understand the irony in stating this (well then, USian, get off your ass and demand a social safety net), but the chicken-and-egg problem is real. This is setting aside cultural mores and biases; for an example thereof, see sibling comment.
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- otikik 4mo agoThey will care more if you pay them instead, though.
- nemomarx 4mo agoGiven how cheap some politicians are, a pro Canadian lobby could do wonders. If AIPAC can get so much influence for so little why not.
- mothballed 4mo agoAIPAC bought the KY-04 seat by pumping so much money into shows demented boomers watch that they completely upset the usual primary voters in the state by getting truckload of demented people to show up from a 30 second sound blurb played over and over that Massie was selling out Kentucky to the democrats. This despite the fact the votes from last term's primary voters basically did not change at all. It's actually mind blowing how effective AIPAC is. They managed to upset one of the most popular Republicans in the US house by a genius campaign at non-voting demented boomers by tricking them to believe probably the most conservative guy in the entire congress is secretly a Democrat.
- asteroidburger 4mo agoThe nice thing about having a rep that supports my ideals is I don't really see the need to. It won't change anything, and I don't need to convince them.
- bluGill 4mo agoIt is important because they need to decide priority. And if they are not strong supporters they may even change their opinion to get votes next fall if they see the political winds. (I don't know your representative, some are more swayed by the winds that others)
- Beannation 4mo agomid terms will be fun, and scary to watch. Consequential times....
- moltar 4mo agoCountries can’t be best friends. Each country will always act in self interest.