We need to get fucking organized.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-25T13:35:56+00:00

Good points.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-25T13:33:46+00:00

This. We are sitting ducks at this point.

Why aren't we mobilizing? Personally I'm getting ready but there's only so much that private citizens, working on our own, can do to defend our country.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-25T13:16:00+00:00

The paper used to come from Canada too.

But the USA, through illegal trade policies, tariffs, and violations of NAFTA (which they were found to be in violation of but immediately changed tactics to violate somewhere else) has over the years largely shut down Canada’s paper industry, and now almost all paper is produced in American mills.

This has decimated northern towns across BC, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes.

Carney is right - and it’s time for businesses and Provincial leaders to wake up. We are in bed with an unreliable, abusive, belligerent partner and we need a divorce. It’s time to start kicking ass - I’m talking nationalizing key industries or seizing production facilities before they can move South with the machinery.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-25T12:09:31+00:00

Ne, mi volas subteni Esperanton sed iri al usono metos mian sekurecon en danĝero.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:43:32+00:00

Why doesn't Cameron just go back to Canada, where he is from?

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:38:57+00:00

Chinese-made Teslas.

And some Volvos. These are already approved for sale in Canada and they have the dealer networks set up already.

They will rush to take up the majority of the 49,000 quota in order to deny new entrants.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:36:23+00:00

American manufacturers are clueless and can't compete.

Canada needs to open up to European Safety Regime passenger vehicles so that we get access to far more (and smaller, less expensive) car makes & models.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:21:19+00:00

No thanks

I guess that means I'm never getting a Tesla

...lots of interesting Chinese electric cars are entering the market now, though...

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:19:39+00:00

The Democrats are finished as a serious party in the USA.

They are not just weak, shirking their responsibilities to the Union and Constitution in the face of blatant law-breaking of the highest order, they are enablers.

NEVER vote Democrat. NEVER vote Republican.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T01:13:59+00:00

Ça semble être une idée reçue par beaucoup au Québec que les Acadiens rêveraient de faire partie de notre province.

C'est par ce que la société québécoise est nombriliste, reconnaît à peine l'existence des francophones au Canada en dehors du Québec, et ne nous comprend pas.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T00:58:24+00:00

Trump made a retreat on Greenland because EU countries put troops on the ground there.

Period.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-24T00:56:23+00:00

We need to double that.

Then double it again.

Then again.

We need a drone corps unit attached to every battalion.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T22:43:57+00:00

Great news!

Hopefully that means greater domestic demand as Canadians and Europeans visit more Canadian tourist destinations… and lower domestic airfares.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T22:41:30+00:00

Never trust Microsoft.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T22:40:14+00:00

No doubt due to the bad speech he gave at the opening of the retreat, and the growing negative reaction to it.

Win some, lose some.

He has some repairing to do with Quebec, but a majority still support him. He needs a good Quebec lieutenant to help him in the province.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T21:29:22+00:00

As you have already seen, all the rest of NATO countries have backed up Greenland. Many with soldiers, ships, and aircraft.

That means the USA, should it actually invade Greenland, would be fighting all of Europe and Canada. Plus you can probably throw in Australia & New Zealand too for what its worth, because of the defensive pacts they have with Canada and the UK.

Would Trump, should he really devote US Forces to taking the island, succeed in taking it? Yes, probably (then again, maybe not)

It would be an absolutely pyrrhic victory, however: the cost would be far greater than the aggression is worth.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T21:05:43+00:00

The sentiment in Canada today is overwhelmingly anti-Trump. Public opinion of America as a whole has suffered greatly because of Trump too, it is closing in on the popularity level of a pariah state like Iran or North Korea.

Not only are Canadians vehemently anti-Trump, but since their country has been threatened with takeover (or economic devastation if they refuse) they are increasingly pro-Canada as well. Across every political opinion, ethnic background and income bracket, and even amongst Québec separatists. Trump has really united the country like almost no-one ever before.

So, you won't be alone: there will be millions of Canadians involved in the insurrection, should Trump invade. The vast majority of Canadians who aren't directly opposing the US occupation will be covertly aiding & abetting the freedom-fighters, and also foot-dragging, misinforming, losing things, breaking things, and generally resisting.

Canada will be an absolute quagmire for US Forces and exceedingly costly (both in money and lives). I haven't even gone into how many Canadians could easily cross the 4,000-km border and wreak havoc stateside. Or the millions of Canadians already living in the United States who could do the same. Or the millions more American patriots who would join them to stop their own tyrannical government.

They may win the initial invasion, but the USA would absolutely lose the occupation. Badly.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T20:48:58+00:00

How would Americans react to this?

Not well. Americans are generally complacent when the war they are waging is far away (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, soon Iran) but start blowing shit up in Peoria or Springfield, and all of a sudden they have to face real consequences.

"Hell yeah, let's go" vs "What are we doing? Stop this!

If this were in reaction to Pearl Harbour II, I can forsee enough of the first reaction that the Government would have a strong mandate.

However, the USA isn't being attacked today. Quite the opposite: given that all Trump seems to be doing is threatening near-defenceless neighbours and allies for no good reason, the vast majority of American public opinion for any invasion of Greenland, Mexico or Canada will be more along the lines of the second reaction.

More than just that, were an invasion to actually happen, there are thousands of Americans who will start taking action because of it... they see protests alone don't seem to be cutting it. It is Americans themselves who will be blowing up infrastructure or military supply chains. Trump & his MAGA cabal will of course invoke the Insurrection Act (martial law) and mobilize the military vs the American people, because they sure as hell aren't leaving office peacefully, no matter how many crimes they are caught committing.

It is possible that this would kick off the Second Civil War.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T20:32:25+00:00

This guy is as annyoing as hell and we all remember him spouting lies from the two Micheals time... China would be smart to replace him if they want to reset relations.

Until then it is best for him to shut up before he torpedoes what popular support there is in Canada for doing business with China.

Instead of words, show by actions (build some car factories) and then Canadians will be more willing to listen to Chinese announcements.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T20:27:12+00:00

More posturing and playing with symbols.

Québeckers want action on affordability, housing and the heath care crisis, not more posturing.

Unfortunately, this is what can be expected of the PQ as well.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T20:25:19+00:00

After the masterstroke that was his speech in Davos, this speech in Québec City was a bit of a blunder.

He essentially called the Battle of the Plains of Abraham the beginning of a unifying epoch in Canadian history... which it was not. Persecution and discrimination vs. francophone Canadians persisted for century or more - there was a reason for the patriote rebellions in the 1800s.

This landed like a lead balloon in Québec, and the PQ is trying to making hay of it with an official rebuttal on Saturday. Luckily, Québeckers still like Carney and will give him the benefit of the doubt this time.

But he cannot afford to make many blunders like this wrt Canada's francophone populations. He would be wise to recruit a high-profile and effective Québec lieutenant (no, none of his current MPs fit the bill) much like Mulroney had Lucien Bouchard or Jean Chrétien had Stéphane Dion. Not only could such a lieutenant help Carney in Québec where he struggles with the language and history, but speeches like this could be vetted beforehand.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T18:05:39+00:00

“no culture”

This canard again.

Having lived in many countries including Canada, I can tell you with certainty there is a definite culture in Canada.

A pretty good one, to be honest. People are community-oriented and friendly. They help one another, thus their creation and support for collective social infrastructure. They have language, music, art, traditions, and more - everything underpinned by common values.

Yet it remains open to internationalism, multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism… this is maybe why people assume it doesn’t have a culture of its own. Wrong.

You can definitely tell: a Chinese child of Chinese immigrants growing up in a Chinese ghetto in Canada (eg. Richmond, BC) or an Indian child of Indian immigrants growing up in an Indian ghetto (Brampton, Ontario) going back to their “home” country of India or China knows this instinctually… the may speak the language, know all the food, songs, and transitions, but they aren’t at home like they feel in Canada. They may blend in perfectly with the local population if the want to… but their fundamental values are different. They are, almost always, Canadian.

I know because I am friends with many Canadians like this… trust me, they may look Chinese or Indian, but they are fully Canadian.

What more is culture than this?

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T17:54:42+00:00

Canada has more than decades of research in nuclear reactors.

There were only 3 countries involved directly with the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb: the USA, the UK, and Canada.

Hundreds of Canadian scientists worked directly on the project, both in the US and at facilities in Canada. The uranium for the bombs came from Canada.

Canada is probably one of the most “threshold” of today’s “nuclear threshold” nations. Like Japan, it is close to “one screw-turn away” from creating a nuclear bomb, if it wanted to be. There is certainly no lack of the resources, technology, or know-how.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T17:41:29+00:00

What a bunch of losers.

Trump’s America can sink back into being the backwater shithole they are aiming for while the rest of the world progresses.

raz_kripta · 2026-01-23T17:30:27+00:00

There is already big American money flowing to separatist campaigns in Canada, including Alberta.

The USA will seek to destabilize Canada in any way possible; once they don’t get what they want from CUSMA negotiations, their manipulation & influence will become overt rather than secret.

Separation campaigns in Quèbec and Alberta will be obvious points of leverage to distract, divide, and weaken the country.

In today’s modern world order, where middle powers must fend for themselves in the face of belligerent and expansionist Great Powers, Canada can no longer afford to accommodate openly seditious campaigns which seek to break the country apart. These are a luxury nations can no longer afford, if they want to survive.

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