It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.
  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Nothing has actually changed between the people of the two nations, but Trump instinctively knows that he can divide people by creating conflict so he succeeded in getting America’s stupid masses and Canada’s stupid masses to start playing his tribalism games.

    And ya’ll on both sides of the fence are playing into the game willingly because you both feel righteous and better than the other because of the loud minority who are screaming the insults and taking it seriously.

    Once again, we have the minority voice dictating the narrative for hundreds of millions of people.

      • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        23 hours ago

        Yah me too but I’m talking about the social discourse between people, towards people, not governments. There is a hateful sentiment spreading and if you haven’t seen it yet, you will. It’s just ramping up and it’s all by design.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      I think Canadians are actually pretty decent at distinguishing the government and the people, because of the cultural closeness.

      Kind of like how Zelensky probably still speaks Russian at home.

      • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 hours ago

        There’s a lot of hate I see even here on Lemmy, with the sentiment of “You stupid Americans are getting what you voted for” kind of blanket aspersions. I’m fully aware that most of them are shills or astroturfers trying to incite back-and-forth anger, but it seems to work very easily and ends up in a lot of “no YOU!” arguments across social media.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          Yeah, it does happen, although even online I think it’s less common than the supportive comments.

          Canada was largely populated by waves of Americans escaping whatever previous thing.