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Fuck that. This is what I support.
Cut off access to all monetary gain completely form within Canada for all American citizens and corporations. Divest America from our stock market and business ownership in country.
Stop medical isotopes, potash, water, oil, gas and power as well as all car parts and assembly.
Turn off access to NORAD and boot all Americans employed there.
Divest CPP from American holdings and require all other Canadian pension plans to do the same.
Boot the American mega corps. Walmart, home Depot, MacDonald's, engineering firms, large construction companies etc. or tax them beyond reason for operating in country.
Boot the burocrats, all of them. Wipe all the offices and buildings clean and offer them to nations willing to do the former US trade and play nice.
Encourage other countries to do the same and offer Canadian knowledge and systems to help with the transitions. Don't just focus on home. Focus on the world.
Remove as many American products as possible from store shelves. Divest all universities and education from America completely.
Institute a massive brain drain campaign to welcome all American citizens with skills and knowledge especially in women's health and reproduction, climate science, engineering, design etc. offer citizenship, full moving expenses, signing bonus' and all the best perks if you work within government service for a certain period of time upon arrival.
Offer citizenship to influential American celebrities and artists that disagree with the current fascist administration.
Deny access for Canadian governments and businesses to American based social media platforms completely.
Take all those who are persecuted for their political or personal views and offer sanctuary in Canada. Set up mass immigration posts for current American citizens wanting to denounce their citizenship.
Immediate weapons technology pact with Ukraine. They have the most advanced weaponry for guerilla warfare against a larger more powerful nation. Support them fully and ask for help. We are each in the exact same situation just on different timelines.
Open immigration for American citizens fleeing persecution. Set up an office specifically for this and fast track anyone with medical or scientific backgrounds willing to fill empty positions in our healthcare or education systems.
Would it hurt? Fuck ya. Would it be worth it in the long run to untangle ourselves from that Gong show south of the border? Absolutely.
Fuck em. Shut it down.
Do you want Marines patrolling our streets? While I agree with the sentiment, there is a non zero chance that this would qualify Canada into the oil for freedom kinetic négociation program. Our best option is to wait for the inevitable usa civil war to come and hope it doesn't spill too much north.
Sit back and let fascism root in our own country as well. Good plan. That's what America has done. Italy as well. France is on the way. Germany too...should I continue.
Why do you think the only two options here are your narrow ideas or nothing at all?
To be clear: the approach you've outlined is incompatible with anti-fascism. Therefore you can't claim that moral high horse. Your approach is fundamentally flawed in that it's still dogmatically invested in capitalistic top-down power consolidation.
Please, dear god. Get off the internet and sign up to help your local mutual aid organizations. We can do so so so much more to combat fascism by reminding each other of our collective strength, compassion, and humanity. That really is the antidote to fascism, and we all need to be working toward that more than anything our federal government can do via tarrifs or trade bans.
I didn't say anything about my narrow ideas or that they are the only way. nothing at all. Your words.
I'll keep my trauma kit stocked (trained medic with decades of experience) and my knowledge updated. I'll grow food and share with my neighbors as I always have and I will offer my knowledge and what is left of my body to fight tyranny the only way it understands. My life is mutual aid for my fellow man. I have dedicated my life mind and body to serve in a job for my fellow man that is not appreciated by the society it helps. I volunteer locally with many organizations that deal with feeding people and offer my knowledge and time to educate young people in my community. I donate to my local food bank fresh food grown in my large garden and greenhouse. Assuming you know me because you disagree with me just makes you an ass.
And I support decoupling as quickly as possible and even becoming antagonistic towards the US regime and it's corporate structure regardless of political or social consequence.
Me too, we just differ on how quickly that can happen without driving average people into the arms of fascists.
30% of our population would be glad to see it, and 30% is all it took in the US this past election.