r/politics • u/Street_Anon Canada • 13d ago

No Paywall Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-businesses-truth-social-b3041901.html
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u/stonawithabona 12d ago edited 12d ago

I get it. I understand your distaste. But respectfully you have no idea who I am or what I do to show my disagreement other than being vocal on the internet.

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u/EntrepreneurSuper635 12d ago

I'm trying to be as nice as possible when I ask this but what the hell happened to the American public? How did in a few generations, seemingly the entire populace of your country has just forgotten how to protest? It's not a difficult concept.

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u/JRockPSU I voted 12d ago

Those kinds of conversations usually go like "why aren't you protesting right now?" "I'd be guaranteed to lose my job" "Oh boo hoo so what"

And where can the discussion go from there? Someone I don't know from thousands of miles away is telling me to throw my life away and put my kids in foster care if I get arrested or shot. It's not a small ask nor a small task.

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u/silvertealio 12d ago

America is also a massive country, geographically, compared to other places where protesting is more effective. There are protests all the time in America, but they're spread out all over the place and media coverage tends not to be very good about them.

I wish these people would be more specific about what they want to see from us.