[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 9 months ago

Practically no one in the USA would have any idea what such a word would be representing.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 9 months ago

Canada can never decide if they want to be Americans or British.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 9 months ago

This but unironically.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 10 months ago

That's a defeatist additute. You can be a realist withotu being a defeatist. There's always hope. I probably have as little faith in electoral politics as you do, but forming real relationships with real neighbors we can actually create the world our politicians would never support.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 10 months ago

and yet nearly half of American union workers vote Republican. Usually because they are more concerned about "conservatives" two bread-butter issues, abortion or gun rights.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think so. In Michigan, for example, seven parties have auotmatic ballot access for the general election. Often people will say the would prefer one of the so-called third party candidates, but they just cant' vote for them this year because the greater of two evils is so incredibly evil but next year will be different.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 9 points 10 months ago

This attitude is why Americans have two shitty right-wing parties

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 1 points 10 months ago

prefer the term fedizens.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 5 points 11 months ago

Now that "everyone" works from home, a lot of companies figure it cost a lot less to hire Indians to do that than Americans.

[-] g8phcon2@teacup.social 13 points 11 months ago

That's often how it works. Duplicate middle management particularly is usually less needed after a merger.

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