Holy shit, Canada's having an election! But why?

[EricHiggin]

Jumpin said:

EricHiggin said:

Trumps being aggressive and kind of a dick to the world because it's causing other Countries to show their true colors. I've spoken to a few American friends about this, and I've seen plenty of Americans say the same thing in internet forums and social media, that they didn't realize how much Canadians as well as the rest of the world didn't actually like them, and they're obviously not pleased about that. Nobody who knows anything in Canada really thought Trump meant he was going to annex us. 'Elbows up' was a great campaign phrase for the Canadian Libs to help win the election, but long term politically for Canada's relationship with the USA, was really stupid. Trumps creating resilience within the American people by showing them that the rest of the world is mostly being politically correct and doesn't really like or respect the USA, and Americans in general are seeing that and don't like that. In order for this part of the plan to work, Americans have to be more resilient, united, and nationalistic, and it looks to be working, so far.

True colours?

The idea that betrayal and threats leads to bad feelings isn't exactly a difficult concept to understand. It's common sense.

We have Americans in this forum. They're not saying what you claim they're saying.

I'm going to be more blunt than the others here, because it's obvious you're full of a shit.

Your reasoning is based on being closer to the issue and knowing more about it. Well you're from Germany and I'm Canadian, aka Murica Lite, so.

As for the Americans here, everybody knows it's a rarity to hear a Rep speak up, whether that's because they're keeping quiet or a tiny minority.

As for the Americans who do speak up, they knew Trump was a joke in 2016 and didn't stand a chance, that he was a Russian operative, that he believes the far right are "very fine people" or that 'drinking bleach' cures Covid, that he'd never have a chance of winning again after 2020, that Biden was fine, that Kamala had the edge, etc, etc, etc.

We know one of the biggest reasons why so many independents or center left voted for Trump instead, is because they now saw what the left as a whole had become and didn't want to be part of it. Trumps words and actions caused that to become clear, because of things like the 'foundational principal' of political correctness getting tossed out the window to try and destroy Trump. Now whether they actually like Trump and think he's totally right, or whether or not they're teaching the left a lesson and trying to force them to move back to the center, that's harder to say, but it points to the same cause. When you hear the phrase, "Trumps not the cause, he's the symptom", this is what they are referring to in general. Nobody likes a cough, but it won't go away unless the cause get's taken care of.

This is also why so many Canadians who voted Con are baffled about this election outcome. Trudeau wasn't the cause, he was a symptom. Carney is just another symptom. Until the cause get's taken care of, Canada is going to have to put up with it.

I'm going to suggest you be less blunt, because that's uncalled for. You're free to your opinion, but try to be more civil about it. "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar". You should also broaden your horizons. "A healthy diet goes a long way".