orioler25 comments on Canada must stand up to Donald Trump — or there will be no one to stand up for Canada

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, it really isn't. Canada is a neoliberal stronghold and exists more as an extractive enterprise than any discernable nation. Canadian settlers support Trump except when he is explicitly threatening them instead of implicitly. The reality is that Canada, as in settlers, is more culturally compatible with US fascism than it is challenging.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

And I disagree with you. I think Canada leans more towards being a country than being a textbook slogan or a phrase, even though it soaks up a lot of american culture. Look beyond nationalism and towards capitalism (and human nature) for the real culprit. Hint: Human nature is global and greed is a big thing.

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[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Conflating capitalism or nationalism with human nature is a typical display of internalization of naturalised settler-colonial rationalities. "Greed" is a conveniently vague explanation for someone who cannot or will not imagine a world without this system.

Canada is a settler colony. Its only purpose is to facilitate the extraction of resources within its borders to the greatest effect under capitalist imperatives of infinite growth and profit maximization. When I say it isn't a nation, that isn't because I think nationalism is any real way to imagine human organizing, I say it because Canadians cling to an idea of national identity to justify what is fundamentally a brutal, inhuman system.

Hint: If you want to know about a subject, go learn about it before you assume that you've been born with exceptional knowledge on it.

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