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To the extent this is the justification, why is Canada included?
by vinay427 1mo ago
To the extent this is the justification, why is Canada included?
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- duderific 1mo agoIn case the US takes over Canada, I guess. After all, we've already taken over Lake America.
- spacedcowboy 1mo agocough I think you mean Lake Epstein
- csense 1mo agoThe Canadian government froze the bank accounts of truckers involved in a protest [1] [2] [3]. If a government is willing to go after the property of its own citizens without due process, foreign investors have to think: "What's to stop the same from happening to me?" Even if that foreign investor's a central bank. [1] https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/debanking-and-debunking/ https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/debanking-and-debunki... [2] Maybe the truckers' protest went too far; they were blocking roads. The point isn't whether they deserved to be punished; the point is that their accounts were frozen without going through the laws and court system. [3] This was in 2022, so it has nothing to do with the current US administration.
- megagpt5 1mo agoI thought they did go through the law and courts system.
- eldaisfish 1mo agoFor anyone curious, this is hyperbole that people of certain political persuasions love to mischaracterise. These were not "protests", they were a sustained attempt to appeal to the wrong level of government for policies of a foreign government by a bunch of people who were riled up on the internet. Highlights included nazi flags, guns, harassing and threatening women and local residents, etc. what is most telling is that when you search for commentary about the Canadian federal government freezing bank accounts, a significant portion of links are from reactionary, right wing websites.
- 486sx33 1mo agoThey did freeze bank accounts though, and in other countries with democracy, citizens are allowed to protest, “occupy” and nazi flags are free speech. Mentioning guns is hyperbole, zero protesters shot anyone. Now, the government DID take peoples rights away and their bank accounts . Very important.
- poncho_romero 27d agoWhy is "occupy" in quotes? The trucks jammed downtown Ottawa and were making a tremendous amount of noise. That isn't some peaceful protest that got a permit ahead of time, it was an attempt to shutdown the nation's capital.
- andsoitis 1mo ago[flagged]
- insane_dreamer 1mo agoso they can say moving out of "North America" instead of "US" and avoid the ire of a certain mad king
- ModernMech 1mo agoThat won't work because he already believes he owns everything from hemisphere from Greenland to Venezuela.
- insane_dreamer 1mo agowhy stop at Venezuela? Chile has valuable mineral deposits, and crave the freedom that only the mad king can give. Extend the empire to Tierra del Fuego I say!
- andsoitis 1mo agoChile is a stable, market-driven democracy with a robust economy, whereas Venezuela has experienced severe political authoritarianism and a deep, multi-year economic collapse, and a massive humanitarian exodus of millions of citizens.
- insane_dreamer 29d agowhoosh! > whereas Venezuela has experienced severe political authoritarianism and a deep, multi-year economic collapse, and a massive humanitarian exodus of millions of citizens none of which has been resolved by the US violently removing their leader and taking over their oil
- Flip-per 29d agoAnd coincidentally, Venezuela has heaps of oil.