I've been thinking about this for a while. If you looks at our major industries that aren't controlled by Canadian oligopolies, we let the US take over and continue to support them. For example, streaming services (Netflix, Spotify, Paramount, HBO, Disney, YouTube, etc...), fast food (McDonald's, Starbucks, Wendy's, Five Guys, Timmies, etc..), home improvement (Home Depot, Lowe's, Rona), retail (Wal-Mart, Amazon, Costco), tech (Google, Apple, Microsoft), credit payments (Visa, Mastercard), food brands (Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, print media (Postmedia Network, which controls over 130 newspapers across the country), social media (Insta, Snap, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp), retail gas (Esso, Ultramar, Chevron, Pioneer) are all US companies. I can keep going on (pharmaceuticals, oil and gas operations in Alberta, and entertainment).

It's ironic when I see Canadians hating on immigrants for not being "Canadian", yet those Canadians copy Americans like no tomorrow. And now we have separatists in Alberta simping for the US and politicians that vocally support Trump (Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and PP). Wtf is going on?

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[–] 6 points 7 months ago

Countries like the united states, but also China for example, model their laws and regulations in such a way that companies can do business at the expense of individuals. This results in very wealthy, powerful companies that can be very competitive globally, especially in countries where laws tend to favour people over businesses.

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