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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada (thebeaverton.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by GrymEdm to c/[email protected]

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The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.

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[–] StarshotJohn 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Wait, I voted for Harris, but I chose this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

You may not have chose this but too many around you did. I believe if you’re not okay with what’s happening you have a responsibility to make noise and tell those around you that nonsense like this has to stop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently we all did. Outside of individually storming the white house and getting shot in the process, turns out all of us might as well have been sitting on our thumbs. I mean really,how exactly were we supposed to counter some of the absolute dumbest people on the planet that might as well have marked a ballot with a crayon?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago)

americans, as a whole group, did choose this… you specifically might not have and i applaud you for that decision

however the country that you live in DID choose this, and it wasn’t even like he lost the popular vote this time

americans chose this

and everyone globally has to live with it

and everyone globally will choose how to insulate ourselves from it - once is a joke; twice means it’s really what your country as a whole chooses with eyes wide open. this wasn’t a fluke: this is america

and then, i guess we will see what happens, but im going to be cheering on the australian government every time they pull away from the US from now on. i’m going to be cancelling US subscriptions and buying non-US product alternatives. i’m going to be pirating all US media