About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.
Unfortunately there’s a segment of Canadians that have been exposed to the same brain rot social media as our Southern Cousins that would very much like to see Trump in power even in our country.
They often confuse American rights/amendments with Canadian and think they are interchangeable between the countries.
It’s a shame as we use to be proud of what made us same but also different. It’s an amazing lesson on the powers of social media and it shows how far behind we are compared to the Russians and the Chinese who are using it to their advantage within our countries. It’s child’s play for them now…
As someone from Alberta I feel attacked. Unfortunately it’s completely accurate
We can suffer through the stupidity together ❤️
I hear it’s not a lot of fun with the Provincial Government being in on the ground floor of this stuff especially when it comes to ending alternative power generation, not allowing health care professionals refer to vaccines and what they are for publically, and I’m sure the list goes on from there which is fun to endure.
I was referring to my local redneck relations and friends in BC.
When did we stop hating Americans is my biggest question
Maybe NAFTA had us import some American stupidity in exchange for Ted Cruz…
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump
I’m surprised two-thirds of Canadians still view American democracy as being “alive” enough to be at risk of not “surviving” something.
Technically, a comatose person in the hospital on life support is still alive . . . and to be honest, I don’t think that’s a bad analogy in this case. It dies if the Republicans pull the plug by ceasing to go through the motions.
Not just Canadians worry about that.
it’s not really a worry, it’s a plain fact
He should be executed for treason and we all know this. The fact that this has not happened reasonably makes us fear the worst. We all know what happened when hitler was not executed when he reasonably could have been.
The responsibility for this development is not that the average American electing someone like Trump.
The responsibility is a horde of professionals, academics, trained politicians, highly educated people and highly experienced people who are all actively working to promote, support, finance and encourage the election of Trump.
If they relied on Trump’s charisma alone, he would have been forgotten a long time ago. They have to continually promote him in order to make him viable … and that promotion can only occur with money and leagues of professionals who actually want to support this.
Average people can be directly and marketed to elect whoever the establishment wants … if they wanted to, they could reanimate the dead corpse of Hitler and with enough marketing and promotion, they could get him elected.
This is an interesting, and probably valid point. On one hand capitalism gonna capitalism and some are seeing themselves as economic winners under Trump. But on the other, I have a feeling that there’s a significant ideological factor that falls outside of this. Parts social ideology, economic ideology, and … religious ideology.
Plenty Canadians to this day will vote to keep housing prices high thinking they’re on going reap the gains but they’re somehow isolated from all the bad stuff that come with it.
For the people you’re referring it’s at least logical if you make enough money to destroy the eco system you live in but you’re capable\willing to move somewhere else.
So GOP has no other person that are willing to do the right thing and just call him what he really is?
@PenguinTD @sik0fewl Anyone on Trump’s “enemies list” faces death-threats for themselves and even their families, from MAGA cult members. The GOP is acknowledging this, but not trying to do anything about it. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/11/2216659/-COWARD-J-D-Vance-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-endorse-Orange-Jesus-or-fear-his-wrath
So all the GOP politicians just cowards in the face of death threats because 2nd amendment and people can just go assassinate them? Did I read this right as I thought GOP is all about small gov and protect your stuff/property with your guns. Like they don’t have the slight courage to call it and fucking say this is a cult and I will defend my family like they defend their gun rights? Is US as a whole tolerate this type of behavior and not hunting down those and jail if they send out death threats while they swatting people from fake internet calls. What a hypocritical country I have to say.
edit: after reading the link entirely, I am glad to say that some people’s head is still clear and thinking. But unfortunately the GOP political figures are disgraces of US’s founding fathers, more like shit stains of democracy.
Can you imagine. Americans fleeing their country as political refugees to prevent getting assassinated. Why this is the future my parents chose is beyond my understanding. Luckily I live just 20 minutes away from Canada and they like me there.
Sure, they like you when they know you’ll leave soon. I like when my family visits too.
Him and his doners keep promissing their whales as such.
Mmm, doner.
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All this comment does is muddy the waters with unsubstantiated claims and whataboutisms. This looks like the exact kind of social engineering being pumped out of China and Russia to attack our democracy and weaken the unity and resolve of Canadians and Americans. Get this shit out of here.
It wasn’t that long ago we were told to worry Trump was going to start WW3 by attacking Russia as one example.
No one ever said that. Ever.
Who was saying Trump would attack Russia? People know his wealth comes from Russia and he fawns over Putin. The worry was that he would be too friendly to Putin.
If there’s just one reason I don’t want Trump in office, it’s that I don’t want to have news on whatever Trump lied about air on Citynews EVERY goddamn evening.
But we are beyond that. If Trump and his increasingly deranged advisers get to the levers of powers again… it’s not going to be good.
- Has Biden ever said something to the effect of “As President I’ll be dictator just for a day?”
- Have Biden and his supporters organized a violent attack on the Capitol?
Polievre is a sniveling liar playing political games in our Parliament but even he and 90% of his party haven’t done the likes of above…
Up in Canada we have our share of kooks like the folks that camped out in Ottawa for some time and blocked border crossings… but it’s very clear the source of this type of rhetoric is imported from Americans.
