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I hate how well this could work, the largest (only?) pillar of Canadian "identity" is not being American, just look at how riled up people got with the 51st state rhetoric
Why hate it? I’m actually a little optimistic that social reactionaries can be defanged and marginalized groups made safer through anti-American xenophobia.
Maybe hate wasn't the best word to use there, I can't say I'm upset about more people being anti-american. Normally my anti-american stance gets a lot of pushback from people so it's been nice to have people agree that America sucks.
I am frustrated that the people around me didn't/don't care about all the objectively evil shit the amerikkkan empire has done all over the globe, but the second there's the slightest hint of amerikkka bringing that evil to them they're up in arms. They have no problem with benefiting from being a lapdog of empire, they only oppose it being aimed at them.
I would frame it as a cultural invasion of American idiocy.
I’ve been somewhat tongue-in-cheek about it, but I welcome Europe leaving America “holding the bag” for lack of a better term.