Most Canadians think boycotting U.S. goods or travel is helpful: Nanos
Most Canadians think boycotting U.S. goods or travel is helpful: Nanos
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Most Canadians think boycotting U.S. goods or travel is helpful: Nanos
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Framing it as "helpful" is stupid and irrelevant. Where you spend your hard earned money is a form of voting. Buying a product isn't just a simple trade of goods and services anymore - it hasn't been in a long time as long capitalism is the dominant form of monetary policy of the governments around the world.
Again people, keep voting with your wallets. It's actually more effective than what many governments at many levels can do!
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It’s the only real power we have.
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Because despite all their bullshit ideologies through Hollywood, America only cares about money.
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Most Canadians are right!
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I don’t even care if it’s helpful for trade negotiations. It’s great for our economy and it’s good for me.
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Canadians have been feeding the US economy for a hundred years. Why the fuck would anyone vacation outside of Canada?
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Four in five Canadians surveyed believe boycotting U.S.-made goods or avoiding travel to the United States could help strengthen Canada’s bargaining position with its southern neighbour...
It should not be a bargaining position. It should be a straight-up divorce.
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this is another one of those opinion polls where public opinion doesn't matter, depriving the empire of your money is demonstrably helpful
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It is! Thank you for the help.
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I mean tbh as someone in the states I don't even know what good we make that's even remotely worth
Alc -> plenty of alternatives esp with european selections Produce -> there are alternative importers (depending on region) Fast food chains and junk food -> nah lol
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Bourbon, for me. It's the one consumable product made in the USA that qualifies as a genuine contribution to world cuisine for me, and I am going to miss it tremendously.
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There's always other distilleries that do similar things.
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If you absolutely have to travel here… I hope nothing happens. If you can’t find an alternative good… sorry for the trouble.
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Boycotting is literally not doing something. It doesn't really meet the bare minimum of action despite being a step in the right direction. Returning to a neutral position from supporting something materially isn't applying pressure without political organization to receive it and direct it.
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So you know what? You don't have to boycott stuff.
The rest of us can do as we choose, and us Canadians are going to choose to not spend money on US stuff.-
That is missing my point, aggressively. You can make more strawman arguments if you wish, but if you're still hemming and hawing about your consumer spending as activism, not only that but for the sake of Canadian nationalism, you're a long way from having political priorities. You are satisfied with nothing. Your leadership will take note of your complacency.
Boycotting is more than negative, and less than positive. Boycotting is nothing. Not boycotting is aiding and abetting. Expecting results from nothing is just silly.
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Boycotts are the acts of choosing deliberately to avoid doing something. So the actions that Canadians have done is travel within Canada more and and travelling to Mexico and overseas more as well.
The US wine boycott has been a boon for Niagara and Okanagan regions. The "Buy Canadian" movement !buyCanadian@lemmy.ca has been thriving alongside the "Boycott US" !boycottus@lemmy.ca one.
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Boycotting is literally not doing something.
And it only took five days worth of it to get Jimmy Kimmel back on the air.
It doesn't really meet the bare minimum of action despite being a step in the right direction.
See above.
Returning to a neutral position from supporting something materially isn't applying pressure without political organization to receive it and direct it.
Basically false. See above.
Maybe shop your Boycotting Doesn't Work bullshit elsewhere?
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So what else would you suggest the average Canadian do?
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I don't know if it's helpful, but I know a lot of Europeans around me seem to also boycott anything US out of principle nowadays.