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  • This trade war is not just a disagreement over trade policy. It's a war of independence, and the US has decided that we should not be independent anymore. We've already ceded so much of our independence to the US over the last 40 years via heavy-handed economic treaties with purpose-built backdoors, they've decided we shouldn't have any kind of sovereignty at all.

    War is hell. War requires sacrifices. War is destructive. We've not actually signaled as a population that we are OK with the damage this war is going to do to us, and it's not at all clear to us what is necessary to survive this attack intact, and what is just basic shock-doctrine exploitation.

  • If Alberta would stop thinking not having their preferred political leaders in power is an attack on them, maybe we could talk. Until then, maybe they can stop being dicks to the rest of the country all the god damn time?

  • This.

    For some bizarre reason, Americans are defined via international treaty as "not refugees". Nothing the US government does to its citizens is allowed to be considered inhumane, oppressive, or persecution.

  • What investment? We've pumped millions of dollars into these companies to get them to expand their networks to rural communities, and they've just shoved it up their ass like a cash enema. They're definitely not spending their own money on improving services.

    The only systems they're incentivized to improve are the ones that funnel our cash into their pockets.

  • Yes, yes, clearly we haven't given the rich enough power. If only we gave them more, then they'd solve all our problems! Let's abdicate our responsibility to each other even harder!

    That'll surely fix things this time!

  • Would you be surprised to learn that business is actually a network of cargo cults, where the thing they're trying to superficially mimic is other businesses that don't know why they're doing what they're doing?

    I work for an online edtech company that saw massive organic growth during lockdowns, and has been chasing that dragon since lockdowns were lifted. They spent millions expanding their workforce at the time, while they severely pared down their school outreach team. They made multiple moves that only made sense if you assume lockdowns would last forever.

    I raised this with management a couple of times, and their only response was "everyone else was doing it, too".

  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Trump is open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada; Trudeau responds

    Canada @lemmy.ca

    Budget Astroturfing in Full Effect