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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I actually was in Canada for a bit and the impression that I got was that of a sense of banality where people did not know how buddy-buddy Canada has been with the US.

I was not "political" at that point. But the people I knew used to believe that Canada was similar to the US but with the "derangement" separated from the substance.

[–] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you got it 100%.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canada is just the USA with a roughly 10 year policy lag and none of the global geopolitical power. Most Canadians see this and develop a superiority complex. They think "at least it's not as bad up here" or "at least we're not as brutal as them". Class consciousness and worker solidarity is basically non-existent. We're truly a puppet state.

[–] CombatLiberalism@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

10 year policy lag

By God are we working hard to close that gap