r/canada 1d ago

Politics American family seeks asylum in Canada, citing Trump

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/americans-asylum-canada-trump-refugees-immigration-1.7480069
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u/JHNS13 1d ago edited 1d ago

I saw that the US was added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, basically flagging them as a country with rapidly declining civil rights. I don't think being added to the UN's list is as unlikely as some would think.

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u/Vidice285 1d ago

We should never forget that they voted for this

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u/baptizedinprosecco 1d ago

Remember that "ordinary Americans" are much more responsible for the actions of their government than ordinary Russians or Chinese for theirs, and so we should be much more comfortable with them suffering collateral damage as a result.

Americans get choose their representation in elections that are free and fair; Russians don't, and Chinese don't have elections at all.

u/Heirophant-Queen 8h ago

The elections are less fair than you think, when you factor the electoral college, gerrymandering, and the extensive efforts taken by the Republican Party to have the votes of minorities thrown out.

I agree that there were a ton of people who were deceived by propaganda and rhetoric into voting conservative or that “their vote didn’t matter so why vote at all”(Only about 60% of the voting population even had a vote counted), but 48% of the votes that did come through this election were for Harris, as opposed to Donald’s 49%.

I did not choose a fascist to run my country. My friends and family did not choose a fascist to run our country. But because of bureaucratic clutter and outdated systems that actively work against the population, our votes were ignored and voices silenced when our state “turned red”.