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supercyberlurker Mar 26, 2026 +1318

I like it. You can't fight a narcissist directly. They just entrench, double-down on denial, and attack back. You can't even really fight them indirectly. They'll threaten, abuse, send flying monkeys after you. You fight a narcissist by removing them from your life, dropping them from your social circle, blocking them via email/phone/etc. You go no-contact with them, build friendships up with other people, and build a new world without them - one that knows what they are. That's what is slowly happening to the US but maga is too dumb to see it... just as many maga are too dumb to understand why their children won't talk to them anymore.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +233

“You can’t sit with us.” — Mean Girls (2004)

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Cynicalheaven Mar 26, 2026 +58

Literally any of the Plastics would be way more competent at running the USA compared to Trump. They'd also be way more mature as well.

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Laphroaig58 Mar 27, 2026 +10

Mmmmm. Polyethylene.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +307

By the way, it’s not just MAGA. MAGA is just the worst displays of it. The real people who need to wake up are Americans who consciously or unconsciously still support American imperialism. This includes the majority of Democrats.

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2cats2hats Mar 26, 2026 +274

> The real people who need to wake up are Americans who consciously or unconsciously still support American imperialism. This includes the majority of Democrats. I'd like to back up this comment as listnook is worldwide. In Canada we regularly see in our media articles about Americans(small businesses near the border, Las Vegas, etc) about how much they miss us and offering perks like money on par and discounts. **NONE**, not one article I read do they ever, once, ever mention why Canadians are saying f*** you to visiting the USA. It's as if they're terrified of the elephant in the room, or something. This looks to Canadians as a plea to open the tourist money valve. It's not working out well for them. So yeah, your populace(dems too) in general appears blind to what is going on and why they are suffering.

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Alternative-Work-710 Mar 26, 2026 +86

Well said🇨🇦

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Black_Moons Mar 26, 2026 +116

>NONE, not one article I read do they ever, once, ever mention why Canadians are saying f*** you to visiting the USA. It's as if they're terrified of the elephant in the room, or something. This looks to Canadians as a plea to open the tourist money valve. It's not working out well for them. Screw american's feelings, bunch of snowflakes. If they want Canadians money they can stop being the biggest terrorists on earth constantly threatening and attacking everyone else.

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Wurm42 Mar 26, 2026 +79

American here, one who is deeply ashamed of my country right now. American corporate media has been captured by oligarchs. The billionaire owners are all afraid of setting off a Trump temper tantrum; They don't want to print or broadcast news stories that show how Trump's policies aren't working, or how angry people in other countries are. The owners are afraid that Trump will retaliate against their financial interests if they tell the truth. God forbid they use their positions of wealth and privilege to speak truth to power! So if you want to read about Trump's policies aren't working, you have to go to nonprofit news sources like PBS/NPR and ProPublica. Or go abroad-- the Guardian does a lot of reporting in this area. Sorry so many of my fellow citizens are fascists, or idiots (possibly both). I'll be out protesting with No Kings on Saturday.

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quintupularity Mar 26, 2026 +32

I think you nailed it. We no longer have respectable journalism. this goes all the way back to Reagan and his repeal of the fairness doctrine. It all started with Reagan and it was always leading right where we are now.

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Wurm42 Mar 26, 2026 +18

100% agree. We have to undo the "Reagan Revolution" and bring back things that he gutted-- the Fairness Doctrine, strong anti-trust laws, real taxation on capital gains, bonuses, and other exotic forms of income enjoyed by the super-rich, and more besides!

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Silver-End9570 Mar 27, 2026 +4

We need to do this, and we need to ensure that millionaires and billionaires are no longer able to run for office. Yeah, they'll b**** and moan that it's unfair, but due to their wealth there's just so much higher of a chance of backdoor deals, and doing shit that doesn't benefit the American people, just their pockets. As evidenced by our current Mango in Chief. They're also a lot more vulnerable to manipulation, as if a country decides that their company can no longer operate there and hurt their bottom dollar, it incentivizes them to do what that country wants. Oh, and we need more controls on the Supreme Court, the first being that the lifetime nomination needs to be axed. Every decade at the least, or at most 20 years. And we need to stop paying for politicians medical care. Senators get free health care on our tax dollars even after they leave office. How in the f*** is that fair when they can't decide whether us regular folk can have f****** healthcare?

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Silver-End9570 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Reagan really fucked up the country - it just took half a century for it to come to term.

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jordan853 Mar 26, 2026 +32

Thanks for saying that, but you really shouldn't only be ashamed of your country right now. Pick any decade from the 1950s to today and look up all the coups your country started in other countries. Today's US imperialism is not new, this is just the most recent and hamfisted entry in a long list of atrocities.

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Haunting_Explorer376 Mar 26, 2026 +21

Stay safe, neighbour. We love your people, it just hurts us too much to support you like we used to. In a few years, I can see us forgiving your country if you smarten up a bit. We hurt with you, we just have to protect ourselves first. No hard feelings.

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Wurm42 Mar 26, 2026 +10

Absolutely protect yourselves! And keep boycotting American bourbon and other red-state exports. Some people here just won't get it until they get hit in the wallet.

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joecitizen79 Mar 26, 2026 +9

Love might be a strong word. They're like our dimwitted cousins. We like them, but at the same time it feels like a chore putting up with them.

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frenzyboard Mar 26, 2026 +13

Ey, you guys have your own crazy conservative uncles. I've spent enough time in Canada to know Ontario is just North Ohio.

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Hypothesising_Null Mar 26, 2026 +23

Don't forget Alberta. Some prominent people there were just conspiring with the Trump administration on secession plans. https://www.reuters.com/world/alberta-separatists-step-up-efforts-leave-canada-after-meeting-with-trump-2026-02-12/ Canada hasn't gone as crazy as the US, but if they don't get a handle on their nut job contingent it's only a matter of time. Learn from our mistakes.

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Hosni__Mubarak Mar 26, 2026 +18

I think the crucial divide is that Canada gets their news from mostly reliable news sources, while the United States is getting bombarded with Fox ‘news’. So Canada hasn’t fallen as far down the fascism rabbit hole as we have.

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Wurm42 Mar 26, 2026 +9

Dude...I lived in Ohio for years. Ontario ain't that bad! I'll give you Alberta, but not Ontario.

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PandanadianNinja Mar 26, 2026 +5

Oooof I knew we were bad, but Ohio bad?

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GenghisConnieChung Mar 27, 2026 +7

You know, before Doug Ford was elected I would have agreed with you, Doug feels like Ohio.

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joecitizen79 Mar 26, 2026 +3

Thats a fair point

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mynx79 Mar 27, 2026 +3

lol - there is a fairly big chunk of rural Ontario that is like Ohio, but the cities tend to vote left. I've heard it said that our "right wing" party, the Conservatives, would be the equivalent to your Democrats in their politics. Our "left wing" - the Liberals and Mark Carney - are fairly socialist. Which apparently is a bad word in the States. To me, it's more of a "look after each other" policy. Of course we've got the NDP (New Democrats) and the Green Party which are even further left than that.

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hutch_man0 Mar 26, 2026 +2

Very very true

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Haunting_Explorer376 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Nah. I love them because they're different than we are. I love them as one human loves another. Brother, we are all the same.

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Silver-End9570 Mar 27, 2026 +2

This American wishes you the same and that he could do more aside from being sure to vote in the midterms. Watch out for yourselves, and do what you need to do.

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TheYamfarmer Mar 26, 2026 +26

Instead of apologizing, f****** do something. I hate all these Americans saying sorry but are just waiting for other people to fix the mess they made. Its pathetic.

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ABystander987 Mar 26, 2026 +26

Right? Like thats all there is. On any form of social media or anything online. Constant "sorry my fellow Americans are so and so, yada yada yada".. Its tiring. And even when they do speak of a revolution to overthrow the orange chimp.... NOTHING EVER ACTUALLY F****** HAPPENS. For a country that was built out of a revolution. They sure as hell dont actually seem to eager to do anything relatively the same, to fix this themselves.

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frenzyboard Mar 26, 2026 +16

Dude, America as it is today wasn't born from the revolution. It was grown from the ashes of the civil war and the post reconstruction era policies of imperialism, entitlement, and repression, all while masked by the "Great Awakening" of evangelical nationalism. We married religion and patriotism as a conscious salve to soften the blow of successfully squashing a second revolution. And we got good at squashing revolutions (see the generational rollbacks from the women's liberation movement, the civil rights movement, and the labor movement). Get it out of your head that America is revolutionary. It's as static as the fuzz on the TV screen.

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ABystander987 Mar 26, 2026 +3

Im speaking of the country that was born out of the american revolution, ousting British rule. A Civil war may have occurred later and torn said country apart for a time, but that same country was still born out of the ashes of the old colonies due to said revolution. What america became after the Civil war, well ok sure looking at that perspective you can say it became a whole New country. But in terms of a broader view. No. Same country.

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boojiboy1984 Mar 26, 2026 +6

It was founded on genocide and chattel slavery. Not good bones.

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PM_ME_UR_CREDDITCARD Mar 26, 2026 +12

Oh, but they have jobs! They don't have to do anything because, they have a job to go to instead!

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Television_Powerful Mar 26, 2026 +10

They are having too much faith on the mid terms. Which will be a shitshow, Trump won't go so easily. Even Robert De Niro said so.

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Hypothesising_Null Mar 26, 2026 +8

Look, I completely understand where you are coming from. More Americans need to do more, period. However, the reality of what the average American can do is pretty bleak. This weekend is the third major protest event (No Kings 3) in Trump's second term. Over 3000 protests are planned that will likely bring out millions of people. Will it make a difference? Probably not. We're likely well past the point waving signs is going to change anything. So, what do you expect the average American to do? They aren't trained for violence. ICE is killing people with impunity, already. Our police are armed with military hardware. They want to use it. They can use it, no one will stop them. Trump will deploy the National Guard, if not the Army, legal or not. He will invoke the Insurrection Act and Martial Law. That will give him unprecedented power. Have you ever seen the destructive power of a tank, Blackhawk, or even just a well trained combat unit in person? I have. I once believed in this country and chose to serve. I know firsthand what people would be up against. Violence will not work to solve this problem. Violent revolution may have once been possible in the age when there was a parity in weaponry. That time is long gone. So, do you propose we enter in to an era of the American Troubles? Because that is where violent resistence is headed. A long drawn out period of violent acts met with violent retribution. All while the media vilifies the resistence as terrorists. Then there's the personal costs. Loss of employment, which means loss of healthcare, likely housing, food, and other sacrifices. This not only harms the person willing to resist, but their families, children, maybe even friends as they are caught up in the government's response. Would you sacrifice everything, including maybe your life, if this was all happening in Canada? Would you sacrifice your kids? Your partner? Your parents? Personally, I doubt it. Easy to talk tough on the Internet. Not so easy when you are watching the foundation of your country be torn apart by a madman and his merry band of sociopaths and you need to choose what you will sacrifice to fight back. So, they apologize. It's sad, it's pointless, but it's what they can do. They just want the rest of the world to know that not all Americans support the atrocities. That if they realistically could they'd make it stop. It's their little type of protest. They'll vote against it and hope it'll matter. They'll carry a sign, they'll march, they'll say they don't support it. I suspect, if the tables were turned, that's what you would do, too.

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hellswaters Mar 26, 2026 +19

Part of the problem is that its the 3rd protest. Google is saying this is the 61st week of his presidency. This should be the 61st week of protests. Do you think anyone in charge cares about a protest every 20 weeks? They will ignore tv for a few hours, or go away for the weekend. Anyone in power won't even notice that there was a protest.

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Hypothesising_Null Mar 26, 2026 +8

I agree. I can't argue with that. A General Strike, even a regional one, would undoubtedly carry more weight. A sustained or more frequent protests would be more difficult to ignore, to a point. But here's the rub for most people. They simply can't. Unlike Canada, the UK, France, or well, any other modern democracy, the US has no protections worth talking about for workers. Protesting either means taking time off work or only doing it on the weekends. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. They can barely afford their rent or if they are lucky their mortgage. Missing a day of work could mean the difference between having a place to live or not. Let alone food to eat or clothes for your kid. If they lose their job, they lose their healthcare. Now, any health conditions they may have go untreated. For those with chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure this could mean severe outcomes, even death. People with worse issues are clearly at more risk. However, let's say they'll give up their own, they are willing to sacrifice. But, can you justify giving up your child's? Your partner's? They're tied to your work, too. What if you are injured protesting? Then what? Can you afford the tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills to go to an ER? Will you destroy your credit and go in to lifelong debt? Sure, we could plan sign waving events every weekend in cities across America. Standing appointments if you will. But, how will that not just become a drone; background noise? It would be so routine no one would pay attention. Twenty five people here, maybe 100 there.. there is no power in that. The media wouldn't cover it. You'd be like the person on the corner standing on a box screaming about the end of the world. People wouldn't give you a second look. America is big, like really big. Most foreigners have no idea. Why can France bring a million people in to Paris to protest? Because they can all take a train or bus to get there within a few hours from anywhere in the country. Let alone drive. For perspective, it takes about three hours to drive entirely across Ireland (Dublin to Clifdon). It takes around 42 hours to go from Washington, DC to San Francisco, California. Could a person living paycheck to paycheck in California, Oregon, Nevada, or Colorado realistically get to DC to protest? No. They couldn't afford the plane ticket or the gas. Even if they could, can they spare the four days to get there and back? Of course not. Work, remember. So, how bad does it need to get that enough people will sacrifice everything, and I mean everything, to come together for a protest that will truly matter? Millions marching on DC. Enough they can't easily be ignored. For most people, it isn't there, yet. Now let's put all that aside and accept that for the most part, protests mean nothing. They can safely be ignored. They learned from the 1960's when they had a social impact, just like they learned from Nixon how to manipulate the media. Politicians don't actually need the will of the people. Thanks to the Supreme Court and changes in the laws they only need the will of the billionaires and corporations. Elections are bought, not won. They pay attention to money and / or power. The people, well, when 98%+ of the wealth is controlled by less than 1% of the people, let's say it's not looking good. Power of the people comes from numbers and / or violence. We addressed violence, not a great idea. Numbers, well, see above. Until things are so bad enough people are willing to flood the streets of DC, walk away from their jobs (general strike), and risk everything for change... nothing will change. Protests as they are today are only making the companies that produce cardboard and markers wealthier and wearing out your shoes. Might feel good to express your rage, but the politicians are golfing and Clarence Thomas is somewhere camping in his "motorcoach". They don't care about you because they don't need to. That isn't likely to change anytime soon. Not until things get much, much worse.

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kiwipetey Mar 27, 2026 +2

From Australia I remember when Biden was leaving,he looked over his shoulder and said that the oligarchs were truly taking over back then ,he was on the money

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cre8ivjay Mar 27, 2026 +2

Sadly, I'm no longer convinced protests are going to cut it.

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MootRevolution Mar 27, 2026 +2

I don't think it's fear of Trump that is the reason for the billionaires' attitude here. I think they are in on it.

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happyretired24 Mar 27, 2026 +2

The Canadian CBC and CTV do a decent job just like BBC and Guarsian

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WillyShankspeare Mar 27, 2026 +2

Always been this way. Look up William Randolph Hearst. Media has always been owned by the bourgeoisie.

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CastleDI Mar 27, 2026 +1

I respectfully disagree your American corporate are shamelessly trying to sold to us the same schema. So there are also so guilty. It's not as if them not us. Sorry is you all.

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Harrycover Mar 27, 2026 +1

You seem to think that billionaire owners are afraid, so to you they are victims? I don't think so, they are gaining something with Trump, they are absolutely actively supporting this status and I think this is a big mistake to pretend the contrary.

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winterwonderland1905 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Scott Galloway can be a fool sometimes, but his campaign to get people to unsubscribe and hit the tech billionaires $$ makes sense. The stock market and tech billionaires are the only people Trump cares about and listens too. So clean out your subscriptions and unsubscribe wherever you can.

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Ratorasniki Mar 26, 2026 +52

This miss our money, they don't care about us. Their country has experienced staggering moral rot. Their media likewise reports things like "New poll says Americans think Trump has gone too far in Iran due to increased gas prices at home" next to a picture of people digging through rubble for survivors. This economic bullying of the entire world, threatening of allies, including *three* separate regime change operations - two military and one economic in Cuba, as well as wanton murder of people in ships, war crimes, and bringing about an energy crisis unrivaled in history that the brunt of which will fall entirely on others is starting to get a little expensive at the pump. F*** right off.

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TachiH Mar 27, 2026 +12

Its what happens when you are constantly fed propaganda about the US being the best at everything. By a lot of metrics the US is a third world country!

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Silver-End9570 Mar 27, 2026 +2

>It's as if they're terrified of the elephant in the room, or something. They're terrified of the backlash. As a business owner, they serve everyone - regardless of political alliance. They're afraid that calling out Trump will hurt business which hurts them. I'm not saying that it's right, but that is the reason, or at least one of the major ones.

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lyth Mar 26, 2026 +3

When the US is forced to surrender to Iran there country needs to be forcibly demilitarized like Japan and Germany were after WW2. They've been acting irresponsibly with that shit for longer than I've been alive. If they can't play nicely with the other kids on the playground we need to take their toys away. They can have them back when they learn to act like big boys.

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JimboAltAlt Mar 26, 2026 -4

In my experience as an American this isn’t strictly true. Not that we deserve a pat on the back or anything but not only are Trump/MAGA really (and increasingly) unpopular here, but there’s not a lot of affection for American imperialism either. The problem is that the people with insane amounts of money are in control of everything, and (for now) they’re just fine with Trump/MAGA and American imperialism, as for the moment those pursuits remain profitable (somehow) to the super-rich. Who — and I cannot stress this enough — have an outsized and international say in both what gets done and what gets said about it.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +11

This war is the breaking point. By attacking Iran Trump has exposed the weaknesses of American imperialism: when other nations are no longer afraid of us and are willing to stand united against us. I hope the rich who perpetuate this empire realize they are fighting against the march of history.

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2cats2hats Mar 26, 2026 +4

> In my experience as an American this isn’t strictly true. Canadians don't believe it to be true. But this is what your media is telling Canadians.

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Jack-Innoff Mar 26, 2026 +10

Some of us very much believe this is true. Until REAL change happens down there, they're all the same to me.

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noleksum12 Mar 26, 2026 +58

When it affects their 401k enough, then they will care.

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Sayhei2mylittlefrnd Mar 26, 2026 +30

The collapse of the US empire will see to that

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FollowingFeisty5321 Mar 26, 2026 +11

5 minutes after everyone starts expressing tech independence from the "magnificent 7" and they start shedding 0s.

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NetZeroSun Mar 26, 2026 +12

I hear you. But even if we did not vote for any of this. When people deal with the US. You are dealing with the whole. And sane politicians (democrats which are still center right arguably) are way too weak compared to the power hungry republicans. It two wars and house crash and we landed an Obama with “hope”. Only to go absolutely bat shit with trump. International community is going to use cattle prods from now on with the US to keep a distance.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +8

I think we’ll become more like China geopolitically. The West still recognizes our military and economic strength but won’t be afraid anymore to call us out on our bs, with some arm-twisting if necessary. Until we get our shit together as a nation and can rejoin the table as an equal.

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Automatic_Walrus9401 Mar 26, 2026 +11

Agree. And one of the issues we have as a country is that there never have been repercussions for its behavior. Whether the window dressing of reconstruction after the civil war, no real consequences for driving regime changes post WW2, or even for orange Man after January 6. Until there are consequences we are just going to repeat the same thing over and over again.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +4

FDR had a similar policy while we were still a middle power prior to WW2. I think it’s something we should revisit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good\_Neighbor\_policy

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BareNakedSole Mar 26, 2026 +26

A lot of Americans have grown up hearing that America is the indispensable country. American exceptionalism has been force fed to them even though they did absolutely nothing to make America great - they were born onto the winning team without having to do a god damn thing. And they can’t understand why everybody else doesn’t just accept that. The embracing of ignorance and shitty education has made it worse to the point where people simply can’t understand how the world can work any other way. People who have never been more than 100 miles from the little shit hole town they grew up in think that being an American means they have all the answers. Ignorance is very prominent in MAGA thinking but there’s a bunch of people on the left whom embrace a narrow worldview as well

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +11

We have to recognize this as the same kind of rhetoric that led to the rise of fascism before WW2. We are one nation among many on this Earth. We are always stronger and more moral when we treat others with respect.

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ARazorbacks Mar 26, 2026 +27

Truthfully. Anyone still inviting MAGA to Thanksgiving is feeding the machine. Unfortunately I think it’s too late to right the ship without serious pain.

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TheYamfarmer Mar 26, 2026 +7

All Americans are feeding the machine.

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RareBid Mar 27, 2026 +6

Exactly and thanks for saying this. Everyone's focusing on Trump but this has always been American politics. It's done so many deceitful harmful things in this world that have been distorted or hidden. Republicans and Democrats are both to blame... AND other Western countries are complicit including Canada. The US does all the dirty work and the West benefits while the non-west suffer the consequences for Western greed. While I'm supportive of Carney, he only took this position because he had no other choice. He it didn't take this position because it was the right thing to do but because it was only position left. He's no different or better than many of the western politicians, disingenuous lip service.

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xynith116 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Yes this is true too. Just because our allies felt compelled to follow us does not absolve them of their own wrongdoings or failure to speak out against the US’s wrongdoings.

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OpTouchedMe Mar 26, 2026 +24

America will never wake up. Their entire culture is built on individualism and killing people. This is America, MAGA and Trump are the best representation of who and what America truly is. It’s the rest of the world that is waking up and acknowledging it.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +2

I hope we can change. Germany, Japan, and Britain changed. We can always strive to do better than before. And apologize for our past transgressions.

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Jack-Innoff Mar 26, 2026 +5

It's going to take a veeeeery long time, but I too hope you can change.

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 +29

When you critique America they'll still get butthurt, despite acknowledging the accuracy of the critique, and respond with a whataboutism. Yes, even the "good ones". "Why are you being mean when I voted correct?" They think since they're the "good guys" we should automatically give them grace.

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cheraphy Mar 26, 2026 -10

Do you also blame the abused house wife of the neighbor when he drunkenly kicks your dog? Why doesn't she simply fight back harder to stop him?

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 -2

You know what, you're right. You've done your part! Good for you.

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PaleInTexas Mar 26, 2026 -17

Where do all these imaginary conversations take place? I dont know a single left leaning person who doesn't think the critique is justified.

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 +16

r /parlerwatch, r /worldnews, r /politics (I've been banned there for calling Americans' response to the Epstein files "pathetic"). They *really don't like being critiqued by non-Americans*. I'm glad your real life conversations aren't with people like that. But they're not imaginary. Again, an American telling me I'm making shit up because I'm critiquing their country. Didn't you just prove my point?

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kalekayn Mar 26, 2026 +21

>They really don't like being critiqued by non-Americans. or even Americans who actually are left wing and not just think they are because they aren't Republicans.

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DangerBay2015 Mar 26, 2026 +22

And even if they agree with you, it’s like “well, you aren’t American, what gives you the right to criticize us? It’s not YOUR country.” Like. F*** off. America sneezes and the world catches a cold. Not to mention all of the corporate fucksticks spending millions to plunge every other western democracy into the same illiterate shitpit the Yankee Douchle Dandies wallow in.

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 +22

I would *almost* be willing to accept that response if they didn't criticize any other country for anything, real or imagined, and we're supposed to just take it because American exceptionalism. Canadians know *America very well*, but Americans know *Canada hardly at all*. That will never stop them from telling Canadians what's wrong with Canada.

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Blownards Mar 26, 2026 +6

The most accurate statement I’ve read on Listnook… ever… other than my own.

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PaleInTexas Mar 26, 2026 -5

>Didn't you just prove my point? How so? >I'm glad your real life conversations aren't with people like that. But they're not imaginary. Im sure people feel free to be more of an a****** when anonymous and on the internet.

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TheEagleDied Mar 26, 2026 -5

I guess we all enjoy finding idiots to argue with in our free time.

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 +6

Hey, at least your conscience is clean.

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joecitizen79 Mar 26, 2026 +8

The majority of Americans are complicit

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +3

As were the British, French, Spanish, Germans, Japanese, etc before their empires collapsed.

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Massive-Question-550 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Why would they give it up though? They can literally bomb countries into submission. Cuba and Venezuela have been taking a beating for decades because they refused to play ball with the USA and the world doesn't do shit. No one stopped them in Iran either. China has the same deal, they are stronger than other countries and when push comes to shove they will give everyone else the boot just like the US does.

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xynith116 Mar 27, 2026 +2

That’s the thing, we tried bombing Iran into submission and that hasn’t been working. So now they’re saying “if you want our country come and get it with boots on the ground”. And we’ll see how that goes but it seems like Iran has the geography advantage moreso than any other country we’ve tried to invade before. Meanwhile Iran is showing they can exert their own imperial ambition with Hormuz. Especially over the GCC (both economically and militarily) and oil importers. So we thought they were some weak isolated nation but it turns out they are expanding their influence through this war. China also has imperial goals, mostly in the developing world and Europe with their Belt and Road Initiative. Time will tell if this is a coercive program or actually set up to be fair and mutually beneficial. And of course military ambitions against Taiwan. So I’m not saying this is the end of imperialism globally, far from it. And yeah the US may just try to shift from being a global empire to being an empire in the Americas, but I think that’s a significant reduction in our overall power, especially when we have to use military force again to keep the new empire in line. So it might not collapse outright but I definitely think it’s waning while new empires are getting stronger. Ironically this is the whole “multipolar world” that Trump was talking up (but we all know that’s just a Kremlin talking point). As far as I can tell Europe and other democracies like Japan, Canada, Australia, etc don’t want to be part of the American empire anymore but don’t have the strength and ambition to form their own. This is the idea of middle powers joining together as equals to resist empires. Ukraine also falls into this category and wants to join the western alliance. I think this is the best path forward for them but we’ll see how it shakes out over the coming years.

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Massive-Question-550 Mar 27, 2026 +1

True, I think the US bit off a bit more than they can chew if Iran doesn't crumble as like you said they control a key shipping rout as well as a major oil field so it would be difficult to starve them of money without straight up occupying these areas or wiping out the leadership to install their own which is definitely what they tried to do. Regardless, countries butting heads is never good for the rest of us who always have to foot the bill one way or another.

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spinbutton Mar 26, 2026 +1

And 100% of Republicans

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +6

Many simply don’t understand why things are the way they are. That’s why education is important.

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manachar Mar 26, 2026 +14

Unfortunately, it seems the likely best policy for those within the US as well. Move away and cut off all conservatives. Tywin businesses, family members, coworkers, bosses, etc. Make them irrelevant to your life. Otherwise they will use any scrap of connection as power over you. We almost need a modern Greenbook of anti-conservative communities and businesses.

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +6

If there’s any silver-lining to this war I think it’s that many of us who were previously uninformed are finally starting to see the big picture.

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Cryovenom Mar 26, 2026 +6

Too little. Too late. - Your former friends and allies

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +1

Yes and we deserve it

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p_2923 Mar 26, 2026 +15

A great Krogan warlord once said: "The greatest insult an enemy can suffer. To be ignored"

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +4

Love Mass Effect. A game with a great example of people putting aside their differences.

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026 +1

Well, they say the opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference.

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jert3 Mar 26, 2026 +8

And it's even more difficult to deal with a narcissist who rapes children, is above the law, is compromise by foreign powers, who is well below average intelligence, and only has professional experience as a television actor. The only approaches that work with Trimp are bribes, big money, gaudy trophies, ego boosting titles or prostitutes, the younger and more abused, the more effective. Besides that, tactics that generally work for 5 year olds can be of use here, as would the study of common, severe pyschological issues.

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jayserena Mar 26, 2026 +6

And in the meantime, grey rocking is a great tool that Mark Carney is employing very well!

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primsociety Mar 26, 2026 +3

It’s not even just a narcissist thing; this is simply how any political movement works. Endless tolerance breeds intolerance. This is why I disagree with the liberal notion that you shouldn't exclude people just because of their political beliefs. You actually need to do that… that’s how it works. If you want to succeed as a political movement and get your world back, you must set a boundary on the morals, ethics, and principles you accept in the world you are building. And you have to cut off those who cross it, including the people you love.

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louistran_016 Mar 26, 2026

100% agree on the approach if the narcissist doesn’t happen to be your biggest customer, represent over half of Canadian trade and commerce growth, right next door with an army powerful enough to annihilate whatever we can muster in a couple of days. As much as we hate it, we need to adapt living in peace with the narcissist, at the same time gradually divest from him. Europe doesn’t buy enough to completely replace the US, and for sure will not come to rescue in annexation

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xynith116 Mar 26, 2026 +8

The only thing the Ukraine and Iran wars have shown is in order to remain sovereign you must be strong, be respected, and have allies. Otherwise you’re just trading the boot of your enemy for the boot of your “friend”. I wish you guys the best of luck ❤️🇨🇦

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John_Bruns_Wick Mar 26, 2026 +2

No. He keeps threatening to take us over. The money and trade will hurt but things have changed forever, we gradually must trade and work around them now. Anything else is an indignity.

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hgaben90 Mar 26, 2026 +1

That's the secret of the success of Hungary's current opposition leader as well. Distancing from Orban but distancing from the similarly huge ego former opposition figures as well.

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NeverGNarcAgain Mar 27, 2026 +1

"Grey-rock" the Donald?

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quiet-wiring Mar 27, 2026 +1

This is spot on. No point arguing or reasoning with a narcissist, because they're not interested in equal footing or even in solutions. They're just constantly looking for ways to one up you. F*** Trump, the world has had enough of malignant narcissism and needs to move on without the USA.

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Silver-End9570 Mar 27, 2026 +1

>That's what is slowly happening to the US but maga is too dumb to see it... We really need to stop saying this. They're not dumb. They know exactly what the f*** is going on. They just do like their Orange God does - anytime something happens that they don't like, they mentally rewrite what happened in their minds and then go on about life acting like the imagined scenario is what happened. It's honestly a f****** miracle they don't all have aneurysms from the mental gymnastics they have to do every waking minute to make it all make sense to them. Considering them to be dumb/misguided is just making the problem worse because they'll never learn.

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External_Beat8153 Mar 26, 2026 +131

Trump destroyed American “soft power”. Then he destroyed its perceived standard of order and good government. Then he destroyed the economic rules of international trade. Then he erected the long despised notion of American belligerence as the replacement of coherence in the ‘free world’. The result is a irreversible pivot away from America as a trusted, stable partner to do business with. Carney represents that style of rational leader other nations can talk to and build relationships with. Compare that with Trump. The answer is clear.

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PistolPeteLovesRust Mar 26, 2026 +22

If our gov was any good trump as president wouldnt be a thing

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Zombie_Cool Mar 26, 2026 +38

If our culture was any good he would've never had a chance as a candidate in the first place!

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026 +5

You should replace “our gov” with “our country”. The government is a reflection of the people.

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island-roamer Mar 26, 2026 +88

I like this quote: *"Ironically, it may be Donald Trump — the man who lit the fire to the old rules-based order — who inadvertently acts as a catalyst for a renewed, rules-based global trading order,” said John Ferguson, global lead of the Future of Trade initiative at Economist Impact. “While the U.S. retreats behind its own rules, the rest of the world is not standing still — it is actively rebuilding the global trading system in America’s absence"*

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ConsequenceNo2571 Mar 26, 2026 +204

Coalition of the Uninfected

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mephnick Mar 26, 2026 +93

Not sure what to call the Coalition of the Not Nazis Maybe we could be called The Allies or The Allied Powers or something

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Failedmusician87 Mar 26, 2026 +25

You might have something here...

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Tumbleweed_on_Fire Mar 26, 2026 +22

League of Sane

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026

Their joke, but worse

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Tunggall Mar 26, 2026 +10

Coalition of the Fed Up As Hell.

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LikePissInTheRain Mar 27, 2026 +1

The Ancient Mystic Society of No Donalds

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links135 Mar 26, 2026 +179

Coalition of United Nations against Trump. Or C***

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Dispator Mar 26, 2026 +52

Making everything about trump makes him happy especially if its negative bc then he can go mask off more and more. Best to not mention him at all and make as many plans as possible not involving said person/country but there will be limits

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spidereater Mar 27, 2026 +3

One analysis of Trump I’ve read that gets proven correct over and over is that he doesn’t believe in win-win scenarios. He thinks everything is a zero sum game. He’s too dumb to really understand how he profits from complicated land development deals so he looks for the other party to be unhappy. If thy are happy he assumes he got screwed. If they are unhappy he assumes he must have come out ahead. He loves it when people complain about him because he thinks that means he’s winning.

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links135 Mar 26, 2026 +6

Clearly he's a guy you can just ignore and he'll go away. See, gas prices.

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Devilish__Fun Mar 26, 2026 +8

The issue is we cannot ignore him because of his current stranglehold. But the guy is right, ignoring a narcissist is what causes them discomfort. Thats why he fired everyone with actual experience and knowledge and surrounds himself with clowns that clap and laugh at every statement he makes.

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links135 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Technically Canada forming alliances with literally everyone else is exactly that. I guess best aware but plan for the obvious. 4 years max of anything else.

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BeefJerky03 Mar 26, 2026 +2

Coalition of Smart Countries with High IQ Leaders

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Ricklames Mar 26, 2026 +3

Call themselves CUNTs might not be the best marketing strategy. I’d propose keeping trump’s name out period. Make trump irrelevant again.

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morkypep50 Mar 26, 2026 +3

I am the C*** commander!

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Individual-Land6203 Mar 28, 2026 +1

I make that shit work!

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BonsaiBohemian Mar 27, 2026 +47

I’m in Mexico right now and two locals have commented (unprovoked) how impressed they are with Carney and Canada on the world stage. He’s definitely making a positive impression. Proud of his leadership. The Davos speech was a barn burner.

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Gloomy_Necesary Mar 27, 2026 +3

I didnt expect to ever be truly proud of a PM as gen Z but I an insanely proud that we elected this guy and that he is the one representing us. He’s going to lock in a majority and a second term no doubt. Havent seen a single person be able to criticize him

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the2belo Mar 27, 2026 +34

I'd like to welcome PM Carney as the new official Leader of the Free World

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026 +2

As a Canadian, who had a chance to meet him personally and is a big fan, “please not”. Don’t get me wrong, I think he is one of the best things that happened to Canada’s politics in a long time, but all humans eventually fall for hubris. Checks and balances and all that.

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MrVeinless Mar 26, 2026 +90

Carney for Prime Minister of Earth.

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markcarney4president Mar 26, 2026 +49

I should change my username

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maverickhawk99 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.

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Imminent_Extinction Mar 26, 2026 +22

Don't get me wrong, Carney was (and still is) preferable to Poilievre, but he's not without problems. For example, the Carney government has shut down various agricultural research sites and cut funding for certain climate-related agricultural programs at a time when crop losses are increasing and soil quality is decreasing across Canada.

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ArcaneDemense Mar 26, 2026 +30

Carney is a standard neoliberal. Which is much better than Trump or Polievre but not exactly amazing.

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thegreenmushrooms Mar 27, 2026 +1

Not a standard one, he had a big win running bank of Canada post 2008, got called over to UK to help with their central bank during Brexit and now the PM.

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Zakkuryu Mar 27, 2026 +1

Sadly austerity was always on the menu of either of them, but one wanted to offer our country to Trump. I would much rather the banker, the prototypical neoliberal capitalist, over the guy who has a doctorate in 3 word slogans, zero job experience outside of politics, and a lower security clearance than I do.

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zokka_son_of_zokka Mar 26, 2026 -8

Oh, god no. We'd end up with no social programs left

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ps120evo Mar 26, 2026 +5

I haven't lost anything since he's been in power.

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threeonone Mar 26, 2026 -23

Carney and his party just yesterday voted down: - Making it mandatory for sexual assault sentences to be run consecutively instead of concurrently (how they're currently run). Which means you get a d******* for committing multiple sex offenses at once - To end the the current sweetheart deal for non-citizens who commit violet or sexual offences. Currently judges give non-citizens lighter sentences because they are afraid it could affect their chances of getting permanent residency in Canada. - Ending annual parole hearings which force victims to re-live their trauma. - Repealing the catch and release system for violent offenders. Currently you can commit dozens of violent crimes and still get bail every single time in Canada. Is this really who you would want running the world? He seems nice on the world stage but back home he's done nothing to help Canadians. He's actively making it much more dangerous.

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Neko_Shogun Mar 26, 2026 +16

I like how anti trump alliance sounds...I do like anything with anti trump tho

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lexcyn Mar 26, 2026 +22

The masters of the universe reference in this article was amazing haha

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AlHanso Mar 26, 2026 +15

I noticed the 'by our powers combined' phrase from Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Was there a He-man or She-ra reference too?

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Psyko Mar 27, 2026 +3

I think this poster is confusing the quote with "I HAVE THE POWER"

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the2belo Mar 27, 2026 +2

I wasn't aware Castle Grayskull was in Canada

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026 +2

Grayskull is a reference to Pierre Trudeau’s big head

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Psyko Mar 27, 2026 +2

That's Captain Planet dude. Kinda catchy reference considering the circumstances.

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No_Drink_6989 Mar 27, 2026 +11

This man gets it.

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2burgsandadog Mar 27, 2026 +7

God speed Mr. Carney Doing the lords work

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GatorNator83 Mar 26, 2026 +4

What’s this mega anti-Trump alliance and how can I be a part of it

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FingerLickingticklin Mar 26, 2026 +5

Can we have a little diesel in NZ?

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go_sparks25 Mar 26, 2026 +4

Someone I know went to NZ on vacation last week . I am not envying the gas bill they will have to pay for driving around. Last I checked she said the cost was 2.26/litre.

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shlam16 Mar 26, 2026 +4

That was the price *before* the oil crisis. It's comfortably over $3 now.

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FingerLickingticklin Mar 26, 2026 +1

Waaaaaay over 3 now and that's a deal closer to 4

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GoofManRoofMan Mar 27, 2026 +1

Wow, I was thinking the 1.76/l here in Canada was a bit much.

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Early_Macaroon_2407 Mar 27, 2026 +1

NZ can have a little diesel, as a treat.

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FingerLickingticklin Mar 27, 2026 +1

Wowhoo will accept it in smuggled water balloons

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Straight-Message7937 Mar 27, 2026 +2

Woohoo

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Moses-the-Ryder Mar 27, 2026 +2

Grateful for him, PM of my lifetime.

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Tadferd Mar 27, 2026 +2

The USA needs economic sanctions placed on it as a response to causing the oil crisis.

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Doodleschmidt Mar 27, 2026 +1

I can't wait to see the US to beg to get into the new clubs the world creates once there's a regime change.

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satanzhand Mar 27, 2026 +1

Another nail in the coffin of petrodollar, shit this is some high risk stuff that idiot has stepped in

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Existing_Base_2175 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Who do you think the power will be in this “new order”? Yes Trump it a c*ck but people better wake the hell up and realize the ones putting this forward are not the right ones…

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RaverSMS Mar 26, 2026 +28

Can't have enough wars when youre a Pedophile running on the "no new wars" slogan

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Unlucky-Candidate198 Mar 26, 2026 +8

What kind of gross pro-US comment is this? Just bow down to the sociopathic Russian puppet and let him ruin everything he touches? Yeah, okay buddy. We’ve all seen how that’s worked out for American citizens bowing down to their new emperor. Read: It has not, in any way shape or form.

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Reidsie Mar 26, 2026 +15

Bring it. We are ready. The world has never seen the power of Canadians.

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ah_no_wah Mar 26, 2026 +13

Actually it has. See the Geneva convention. TLDR: Canadians are too fierce in war

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KhausTO Mar 26, 2026 +6

Remember kids, It's not a war-crime the first time.

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MrKeplerton Mar 26, 2026 +5

Hockeysticks and curlingstones may break their bones. Tbf, you could annex Vermont and cut off their maple syrup flow.

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Hell-Ares Mar 26, 2026 +3

Oh it has, and the Nazis were terrified of us because we were *crazy*

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thenrix Mar 26, 2026 +22

I think we are scheduled to be integrated (51st state) after Cuba and Greenland, and definitely after midterms, because we aren't voting Republican any time soon...

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MidTario Mar 26, 2026 +25

That would make the troubles in Ireland look like a nice Sunday afternoon

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frankyseven Mar 26, 2026 +4

Yep!

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FulanoMeng4no Mar 27, 2026 +1

Keeping up with the British terminology used to minimize a brutal civil war, we’ll call them “The Inconveniences”.

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invisiblebyday Mar 26, 2026 +13

The plan isn't to give us the vote.

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Overwatchingu Mar 26, 2026 +3

If that were the case we’ll be taking those places with us when we declare independence.

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Upbeat-Ordinary2957 Mar 26, 2026 +4

And the trump epstien files

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TOTN_ Mar 26, 2026 +3

*angry goose sounds intensify

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putin_my_ass Mar 26, 2026 +1

If.

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hackenclaw Mar 27, 2026

he should start leading the pack on reducing USD usage.

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philabuster_60 Mar 28, 2026 +1

lol, a country smaller than the biggest US states is going to turn world trade, stay in your lane Molson, poutine, Tim Hortons and hockey

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dj_fuzzy Mar 27, 2026

As a Canadian, it’s nice to have our PM looked up to on the world stage but I want everyone to know that not everything with him and his government is peachy keen. They have been cutting public spending and it’s pretty arbitrary, like a mini-DOGE. Funding for scientific research on things like climate change, disease control, and agricultural experimentation as well as to our tax collections agency among others is being cut across the board. Austerity is the opposite of what countries should be doing in times of economic contraction and instability. Also, they are leaning heavily into AI.

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JonaJono Mar 26, 2026 -6

Its not just trump its also the war criminal and his people too causing so much trouble.

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