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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sorry California. You're still America.

But also, it's not just about boycotting the US, it's also about supporting the Canadian economy to strengthen our country, given our next door neighbor is a demented lunatic, with apparently still tens of millions of supporters.

So yeah, no.

But hey, if you want to secede and use all that sweet economic clout of yours to create Cascadia, you can have all that business back. If it means that much to you.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

As an american, I say to you: Elbows Up, Canada! We're sorry about our government being assholes to you. I know many good canadian people. You guys are on the right side of history in this battle (except the weirdos in Alberta).

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry it isnt the government it is the people. This government didn't come out of nothing.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are correct, friend. We have quite the struggle on our hands over here. Just my luck, I became a citizen in 2025.

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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a Canadian elbows are at a cool 30° right now, not everything is peaches and cream on the liberal side of the rainbow.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Yeah, a secession for the less-insane states sounds pretty good. Tho the red (read: non-coastal) parts could fuck on off with Idaho and Nevada.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

This is totally unfair to Colorado. You can't leave us with these nutjobs.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Don't worry the California Imperium can annex you guys once we get done with the Mormons.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

If there was some kind of secession crisis I feel like CO would be the most fucked state for sure. Surrounded on almost all sides. Although most of those states are low population so who knows what might happen...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make your own nation. Let's trade.

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[–] Toto@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Love hearing about this every once in a while. It’s a nice reminder that Canadians aren’t as powerless as the US would like us to believe

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you for hurting us. I really mean it.

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[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well don't be a nazi once and see what happens. All Republicans should be put down

[–] decolo@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd be okay with marooning them in the Pacific garbage island

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

The British already did that, please not again. Thanks, Australia.

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[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fuck Adam schiff. These wineries are what rich people do when they get bored just being socialites. Or they are generational wealth that has manifested in these vines.

This hurts immigrant labor in my state, deeply, it would be the only worry I have IF TRUMP WASN'T MURDERING PEOPLE IN THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY UNLOCKED THE CHEAT CODE OF PUTTING YOURSELF DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE.

Frankly if all your energy isn't put into stopping that shit Adam, then what the hell is the point, Canada should continue to ethically boycott the country.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

They unlocked the cheat code of lying. They're not even actually putting themselves in front of vehicles. They're not that brave.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not that it matters - the fascists loooooove being hypocrites - they revel in it - but....

Remember how the wingnuts were positively giddy about the prospect of being permitted to run over protesters if they felt "threatened" (meaning, someone was blocking their car)? You had cops sharing memes like "All Lives Splatter" and people putting that sticker on their car, wearing the shirt, etc., gee what a knee slapper that is, hardy-har-har, what a great "dad joke" that is you guyzzz.

Because, you know, blocking traffic is the real threat to people's lives, etc., how dare they, of course you should be able to run over protesters.

But in the case of ICE, you have unidentified, armed, and masked men, and, now, it is they who should be able to jump out in front of a car, and are supposed to be able to murder someone in their car?

The only thing that is even remotely consistent here is which side the conservatives are on. Just imagine if liberals started passing bills to make it permissible to run over an ICE agent if you felt threatened, and then, liberal politicians started sharing the equivalent of "All Lives Splatter"?

Can you just imagine the meltdown from the right, as well as the Murc's Law Media?

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[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago
[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago

America won’t fucking learn until the wealthy are materially affected. We’re not quite there yet. So far the hurt is only on working class people, but like half of them still support the regime. Maybe the gas crisis will knock some sense into us. Probably not.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 12 points 1 month ago

Given that these wineries are likely owned by rich ass conservatives in my state. Good fucking job.

[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even they lift the ban people are choosing not to buy American in Canada. It may not even help at this point

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[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 9 points 1 month ago

He should be pleading to Americans, not Canadians.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fuck us. Fuck us hard, Canada. We deserve it.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why don't you write a DM to your president about reconsidering his trade war?

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A Democratic U.S. Senator has taken to social media to urge Canada to reconsider its boycott on American alcohol, specifically wine from California.

In a post on X, California Senator Adam Schiff

I really wish we had an opposition party

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Schiff should be campaigning to influence the people that started the trade war and continue to threaten the USA's traditional allies and trade partners. Those people are in the US Government, not in Canada.

And Meredith Lilly sounds like a traitor:

Meredith Lilly, who worked as an advisor to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, believes the provinces are “overstepping their jurisdiction” with the ban.

The Carleton University professor and Simon Reisman Chair in International Economic Policy says she expects there are a number of conversations happening behind the scenes and hopes the federal government is pushing to get booze back on the shelves, and that provinces are listening.

“International trade negotiations are a federal responsibility, not a provincial responsibility, and so it’s my view that the provincial premiers should be working collaboratively with Ottawa and taking signals from Ottawa about what would be the best approach,” she told CTV News.

She says the trade irritant has “become quite a personal issue” for American officials on the file, including United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

“It seems like this is one of the measures that could be taken quite easily to move the conversation forward in a more constructive way,” Lilly said.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

We need a Zohran Mamdani party

[–] chewypoops@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, and if you want the boycott to stop, petition your government, because they're the reason Canadians are boycotting American goods to begin with!

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[–] unruffled@anarchist.nexus 7 points 1 month ago
[–] busted_Anoose@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

If you vote idiots in who shit on your allies, expect them to shit back on you.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I promise, the ruling class in America could not give less of a shit.

Well, maybe if you paid them enough.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Which kinda sucks because California is not a shithole red state.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

because California is not a shithole red state.

Almost 40% of Californians voted for Trump in 2024.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

41% of Canadians voted for Pierre last election.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

California is still USA, and USA is a rogue nation led by a criminal psychopath.
We know half of USA don't like Trump either, but he is still your President, and the threats and destruction he wields on the world is on America as a country, not Americans as individuals. That means Trumps actions are on behalf of ALL Americans, not just the idiots that voted for him.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Still a part of a shithole country. If they want me to buy their stuff they should secede.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago (8 children)

It’s a luxury item. I just can’t find any sympathy.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There's a solution for that. California could join Canada.

/S

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Bold of you to assume Canada would accept them.

38% of Californians voted for Trump in 2024. (34% in 2020, 31% in 2016). Canada doesn't want those people.

The USA has to fix its own problems. Don't expect Canada (or anyone else) to come in and fix it for you.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Honestly Canadians would vote for trump in about the same ratio. :(

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Conservatives got 33.74% of the vote last election. Now they're in the awkward spot of trying to move away from being Maple-MAGA to being pro-Canada and it's not going well for them.

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[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 3 points 1 month ago

Fucking this.

Canada can throw it's stones right now at trump, and the (R)tarded states because they fucking deserve it. But the fact is they also have a sizeable chunk of their population that would support this same shit that's happening down here.

We had a hostile takeover of our media, our voting districts through gerrymandering, millions of voters literally disenfranchised, and they very likely stole the last election.

So don't think this same shit that happened here can't happen north of the border. It absolutely can.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile newscum is platforming fascists on his podcast and blocking the one time five percent billionaire tax. Also I should mention all these Epstein connected fascist anti democratic tech bros became filthy rich in California so the world should be angry at California for sure

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Divided states of america's political caste being pieces of shit worldwide causing devastating harm to California wine industry.

ftfy.

[–] flock_of_nazguls@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Boo fucking hoo.

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