Being from america-lite(kkklanada) and getting weird looks when i speak matter-of-factly about how the USA is the most evil entity on the planet feels like being gaslit.
I grew up being told we hate Americans but then as an adult that really meant we like besting them at sports and saying they’re not smart or whatever.
Talking to Canadian libs about the US recently has to be one of the most infuriating things. Yes they are evil, but the tariffs and Trump has very little to do with it. We’ve been perfectly content being the lapdog of the Great Evil, and continue to reap the benefits of being in the imperial core.
My playbook is using the tariffs and Trump to softly warm liberals to China. Like framing it pragmatically and pointing out that China is the much more stable superpower and has no designs on annexing us.
Getting hung up on all this talk of annexation is so perplexing to me. Canada is an American state in all but name. The US owns like 90% of the Canadian economy, dictates our foreign policy and even domestic policy in certain cases. And you could be forgiven for thinking we were voting in the US elections given the amount of Trump and Harris/Biden signs and flags plastered all over neighborhoods and even some businesses.
People think annexation requires military force and direct occupation. When it doesn’t. Canada is for all intents and purposes simply a raw resource depot for the US.
Peoples identities are mixed up with nationality, and so the idea of having that identity altered with overt force feels violating. Canadians are absolutely resentful of Americans exercising power over them, especially overt power that they cant ignore or trivialize. People are still pissed about the Arrow program and still proud of not going to Iraq.
My point is the Americans don’t need to exercise hard power over Canada because Canada is already part and parcel with American imperialism in the form of the Anglo-American empire. These little spats over tariffs matter little in the overall geopolitical scheme of things and are a.useful distraction for the masses. Also, Canada was very involved with Iraq. Canadians commanded naval flotillas in the Persian Gulf and Canadian special forces participated in various operations.
Sure, and that’s why it’s very stupid for Trump to talk about it, because it would be stupid and pointless to do. It would upset a lot of people despite practically changing very little
For us though, it’s useful propaganda. “Hey maybe the country that keeps talking about invading and annexing us actually isn’t our ally and we should consider them a threat” is pretty convincing
Being from america-lite(kkklanada) and getting weird looks when i speak matter-of-factly about how the USA is the most evil entity on the planet feels like being gaslit.
I grew up being told we hate Americans but then as an adult that really meant we like besting them at sports and saying they’re not smart or whatever.
Talking to Canadian libs about the US recently has to be one of the most infuriating things. Yes they are evil, but the tariffs and Trump has very little to do with it. We’ve been perfectly content being the lapdog of the Great Evil, and continue to reap the benefits of being in the imperial core.
My playbook is using the tariffs and Trump to softly warm liberals to China. Like framing it pragmatically and pointing out that China is the much more stable superpower and has no designs on annexing us.
Getting hung up on all this talk of annexation is so perplexing to me. Canada is an American state in all but name. The US owns like 90% of the Canadian economy, dictates our foreign policy and even domestic policy in certain cases. And you could be forgiven for thinking we were voting in the US elections given the amount of Trump and Harris/Biden signs and flags plastered all over neighborhoods and even some businesses.
People think annexation requires military force and direct occupation. When it doesn’t. Canada is for all intents and purposes simply a raw resource depot for the US.
Peoples identities are mixed up with nationality, and so the idea of having that identity altered with overt force feels violating. Canadians are absolutely resentful of Americans exercising power over them, especially overt power that they cant ignore or trivialize. People are still pissed about the Arrow program and still proud of not going to Iraq.
So, the US is like the homelander and Canada is The Deep.
Oh god…
My point is the Americans don’t need to exercise hard power over Canada because Canada is already part and parcel with American imperialism in the form of the Anglo-American empire. These little spats over tariffs matter little in the overall geopolitical scheme of things and are a.useful distraction for the masses. Also, Canada was very involved with Iraq. Canadians commanded naval flotillas in the Persian Gulf and Canadian special forces participated in various operations.
Sure, and that’s why it’s very stupid for Trump to talk about it, because it would be stupid and pointless to do. It would upset a lot of people despite practically changing very little
For us though, it’s useful propaganda. “Hey maybe the country that keeps talking about invading and annexing us actually isn’t our ally and we should consider them a threat” is pretty convincing