Overview:
The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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Related communities:
Boycott:
!buycanadian@lemmy.ca
Activism:
!antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
My mother and stepfather were seriously considering turning into snowbirds and wintering in Florida.
Not anymore. They were about half-way through the process of setting up their winter Florida home and just dropped it. They were polite about it in the letter, but made it perfectly clear: they'd rather snowbird in Cuba than in the USA. At least there the Cubans like Canadians and have an actual health care system.
I think a lot of Americans also feel unwelcome in America right now. It is an unwelcoming place now.
The amount my feet will ever touch American soil again is zero.
On this amazing planet there are a million more places I’d rather be a part of, see, and not worry if I’m going to get sent to a U.S. concentration camp because I don’t like couch fucking Vance.
In Canada we share a border with France. Did you know? We can visit Europe without ever leaving North America. St. Pierre.
Boycott America!!
Yup, though I wish the danish portion of Hans Island was a bit more hospitable.
Is there a Danish side? I thought the last round of exchanges ended with Canada putting a bottle of whiskey on that side, thus claiming it as Canada's! 🤣
They ended the whisky war by splitting the island down to the middle after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Oh. Pity. The whisky/akvavit war was one of the more charming things in world politics.
Splitting it is OK, I guess, but ... WHERE WILL THE CF's PEOPLE GET THEIR AKVAVIT FROM NOW!?
Canadian side isn't any better.
The national post is an american hedge fund that pretends to be canadian.
the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network.
Yup and more.
Yeah I'd really rather Canadians didn't allow American owned media in our communities.
Plus there are a number of smaller local independent news organizations. (some listed here:https://independentnews.ca/ - note the list includes some orgs with extreme editorial positions)
And a few larger ones, such as the Winnipeg Free Press, which is the largest and oldest currently operating newspaper in Manitoba.
for sure... but the arn't wrong on this. the USA feels super hostile, and i dont plan to go there for a LONG time.
Felt that way since the early 2010s. Don’t even fly through transit
Felt that way to me as far back as 1999.
Last time I went to states was the 80’s. Did not feel comfortable going there after that. I will never set foot in the us ever again. It is a fascist dictatorship.
I went for a job interview in '99. I had my pick of 4 jobs after two days of interview at the company. I declined them all.
That was the last time I set foot on US soil as well and when I began my "let's not buy American things as much as possible, OK?" phase.
Was this around the time americans thought it was cool to shoot people for their shoes ? What a shithole.
Mom had a place in Florida at the time. Spent a lot of time there. People just started getting weirder and kind of scary. Plus all the major highways started getting couches and other stuff thrown on them. Too unsafe.
I went on an MSC cruise a few months back to the bahamas and that was a legitimate issue we ran into.
The cruise was almost entirely Canadians, So you could totally tell that they were trying to actively avoid us and a few even were worried about sitting at the same table as us during lunch settings.
All of the family that did end up sitting with us was super kind. However, it was clear that they were creeped out for the first five or six minutes until they realized that we weren't going to bite or at them.
Were you all wearing MAGA hats or do Canadians just know from a hunch?
Q: How can you tell if an American is in a group?
A: It's just like with vegans: they'll tell you.
lol @ the maga hat, Like I would ever be caught with that(well technically I wouldn't be caught endorsing either sides tbh, they both suck currently).
As an actual answer though, it doesn't take much to differentiate someone from the US, especially Maine from someone from Canada. Attire generally gives it away but, if attire doesn't give it away, accent definitely will. and if somehow neither of those give it away, the first few questions at a table are generally a courteous "so where you guys from and whats your name". Which unless you lie, would also give it away.