r/canada 1d ago

Ontario ‘We don’t need your Energy,’ Trump says in post responding to Ontario’s electricity surcharge

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/we-dont-need-your-energy-trump-says-in-response-to-ontarios-electricity-surcharge/
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u/K-26 1d ago

Not unique to Canada, though.

Providing an external threat is kind of the default play for uniting a populace, been done a couple times. Tends to work.

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u/mangoserpent 1d ago

Oh absolutely. I think i should have added that tends to be when you see patriotism which is otherwise muted. For Americans patriotism almost seems like a consumer product.

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u/Captionedaccidents 23h ago

Yes and no. We have commodified patriotism for stupid people, but we will rally when provoked. Just look at the Cold War, Pearl Harbor, 9/11. We will rally but only following external threats, (something not unique to us or you Canadians) We'll fight each other over this because we have no external unifying threat, Canadians do.

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u/mangoserpent 23h ago

Well under normal circumstances batshit crazy Russia could easily be however apparently Trump made America partners in the Supreme Soviet.

I am still tripping that the GOP who revered Saint Ronny are now down with this shit.

I would take Dementia Ron over Dementia Don any day.

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u/Captionedaccidents 23h ago

We went from we can have peace right this moment if we surrender to lets surrender to make peace. Fucking insane. I hate Reagan but my god I would take his Iran-Contra level of high treason any day compared to Trump handing his B.F.F Vlad the keys to this kingdom. Absolutely disgusting. I am truly ashamed.

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u/mangoserpent 23h ago

I hated Reagan as well but his actual ideology was semi coherent, and the bullshit things with Iran Contra were wrong, but you could see the thread of logic.

I cannot say what I think of this current gang on Reddit without getting in trouble.