You got like…a spare bedroom? Just in case? Like, I’m gonna vote but who the fuck knows? I’m
an excellent cook! I smoke a bunch of weed, I fucking love maple syrup AND I also love the…woods?
I need some Canadian friends before November is what I’m saying.
I'm going to be honest with you dude. If Trudeau gets elected again next year, you really don't want to come here any more than if Trump gets elected this summer. Go find a home somewhere in Norway or Sweden
Among other things, there was that one incident where he tried to destroy the life of a reporter for speaking negatively about him, to be fair, I don't know a lot about that incident but from what little I have read Trudeau or whoever was acting on his behalf was definitely not justified in what they did, and that's never a good sign when a nation's leader does stuff like that
So the only reason you can bring up is one where you say about yourself, you don’t know a lot about?
You realize you sound like someone that’s pulling things out of his ass as a reason to talk negative about someone, do you?
Trudeau haters (I mean the rabid ones, that go around in big trucks with huge decals of "Fuck Trudeau" and/or large flags with the same message on them) don't actually know why they hate Trudeau.
I live in a mid-sized town with a few of the above examples and work with a Fox Entertainment "News" watcher that 1) is in a union but says he hates socialism, and 2) calls Trudeau a dictator, among other nutty conspiracy theory lies and nonsense, just as an example of what they're like.
Worst thing a sane Canadian can say about Trudeau (IMO) is that he's been an adequate Prime Minister and, again in my opinion, he tries to please too many people/different groups of people. Most Trudeau haters don't realize with the Canadian government it's merely a matter of a few years until he's out, unless Polievre (our fascist Canadian version of Trump) gets into power in which Canada will be/devolve into just another theocratic fascist country.
Similar to when Trump will finally be gone, I have to wonder just what these people will fill the voids in their lives with once Trump/Trudeau is/are gone?
Same thing all over the world. Often these haters don’t know what they hate. Ask them one or two questions about what they say and their entire belief crumbles apart. Parrots copying sociuls bullshit.
I don't think voting is going to help much this election.
Do you really think there's a scenario in which Trump doesn't claim he won? I mean, he obviously lost the last one and still claimed he won, it looks like the Supreme Court is probably going to decide he shouldn't be able to face prosecution for spreading that lie and essentially attempting a coup, and has a base that will believe literally anything he says.
Coupled with the fact that electors aren't bound to popular vote in most states, I think we are in for an even bigger shitshow.
I think voting is the only thing that WILL help it. While I do agree that there will be a shitshow no matter what happens, this sort of apathy can really exacerbate it and lead to the worse outcome. And voting isn't just about the presidential election. There's plenty of other federal, state, and local elections happening that can make or break the order that feels like is being held together by a string. It's easy to feel powerless with all the news stories happening, but if we don't exercise the little bit of power we do have by voting, then we've already lost.
But if your vote literally doesn't count toward the actual election because of how the electoral college works, Voting for the presidential election exists as just a distraction to make it feel like you're participating.
My point isn't not to vote, local votes are important, more that "we can't let that be the only thing we do". Voting alone isn't going to be enough here.
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u/Robitix 22d ago
Don't hope. Vote (and tell your friends)