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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 28 minutes ago

Canada is failing? We ain't perfect but the Untied States is the failing nation in this equation

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago
[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 hours ago

Good. Although we should have been the ine to do it

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a board that’s been around for 80 years. Was very active and crucial in past ww wars. If the US wants to act childish and petty 🇨🇦could literally care less. Our news coverage of this yesterday said just that, from high ranking military leaders.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Canada _couldn’t _ care less. Sorry to be pedantic, but they say opposite things.

Despite that, agreed. Canada seems to “get it” with regards to the US. If Trump and friends want to behave like adults, they come to the table. If not, they’re just going to isolate them further. Eventually the US will “American Exceptionalism” itself right into a corner all by its lonesome little self. Then all that debt will really start to hurt.

I’ve always felt there was a difference between people like McConnell and ones like the current crop of Republicans (Trump, Boebert, MTG, etc.). McConnell knew that US soft power as incredibly powerful, and that the dollar being the global reserve currency massively props up the US economy. They built this myth of “American Exceptionalism” to explain why we have it so great when it was these boring things that made that myth possible. Basically, they toed the line of selling the lie while never intending to do anything about those “government handouts” that helped perpetuate their myth.

This new breed sees the myth as dogma. They think the US is actually a gift to the world, ordained by God Himself. They don’t understand soft power, or how reserve currencies work, so they don’t understand what gutting programs like USAid actually does. They literally believe American Exceptionalism is just a fact of the world without understanding why, other than “we’re number 1.” It was always going to happen. The Republicans did this to themselves, and the country.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Well our politicans are performing like they “care” as they should but Canadians are fucking DONE with the US. And it’s permanent and generational.

And I hope the world moves away from the US dollar as the petrodollar.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 25 minutes ago

The sooner the world cuts contact with the Untied States and puts it in a corner until it behaves, the better

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 62 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

They're just butt-hurt that Canada isn't spending the extra money on US weapons. This whole "military spending" thing is nothing but a shakedown to get allies to increase weapons purchases from US manufacturers.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Yep. Go German instead imo

[–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago

Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn't want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

And Canada is buying gripens not f35s so the US can go pound sand.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 10 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Buying f35s now is insane why would you buy war planes from a rabid dog who probably built a backdoor in

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I remember reading in somewhat recent news that Israel is buying them, but they hold the leash of that rabid dog after all

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

It would be idiocy

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Everyone is united in that view. Giving Carney the benefit of the doubt, I think he is ragging the puck before making it formal that we are withdrawing our pre-existing order for 16 F35s with the Americans

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Canada did not cancel any f-35 contracts yet

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It would lose us billions.

[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Better to lose money, then have a worthless plane.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Canada has a lot of weapons components manufacturing.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 27 points 13 hours ago

the us empire butthurt that nobody wants to play with them anymore. ooh, so sad.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 20 points 14 hours ago (22 children)

Cheesus. The USA are really set on digging themselves deeper and deeper. They think they're invincible, I call it hubris.

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[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 24 points 16 hours ago

This should be the other way around.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Break 5 eyes Canada. Get Carney to buy some balls

[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

For some unhinged reason, Trump wanted to kick Canada out of the five eyes last year, so as a response we just stopped sharing information with the US, and the US just kind of Kicked themselves out.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 5 hours ago

Sounds like a Putin pleaser. Fantastic

[–] tirateimas@lemmy.pt 9 points 13 hours ago

Deeper... dig deeper

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Fixed. Fat fingers even when copying links...

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

The comments on that article are quite... Something.

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