▲ 135 ▼ 'A wasted effort': US tourism groups attempt to win Canadian visitors back (toronto.citynews.ca) submitted 2 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (4 children) Never again in my lifetime. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children) It’s the only safe decision. Who’s to say there’s not a right wing coup and this banana republic becomes hostile overnight? It almost happened once already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago The coup has already happened. They’re just trying to find a way of either invalidating all future elections (emergency powers), or rigging them such that they establish a permanent Republican ascendancy. If successful, future elections will become purely performative, a thin veneer of legitimacy over an explicitly engineered conclusion. America will cease to be a democracy in everything but name. And as North Korea, China, and East Germany have shown, names can be worthless. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Strong handmaid's tale vibes... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago 👆 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (3 children) It’s the only safe decision. Who’s to say there’s not a right wing coup and this banana republic becomes hostile overnight? It almost happened once already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago The coup has already happened. They’re just trying to find a way of either invalidating all future elections (emergency powers), or rigging them such that they establish a permanent Republican ascendancy. If successful, future elections will become purely performative, a thin veneer of legitimacy over an explicitly engineered conclusion. America will cease to be a democracy in everything but name. And as North Korea, China, and East Germany have shown, names can be worthless. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Strong handmaid's tale vibes... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago 👆 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago The coup has already happened. They’re just trying to find a way of either invalidating all future elections (emergency powers), or rigging them such that they establish a permanent Republican ascendancy. If successful, future elections will become purely performative, a thin veneer of legitimacy over an explicitly engineered conclusion. America will cease to be a democracy in everything but name. And as North Korea, China, and East Germany have shown, names can be worthless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Strong handmaid's tale vibes... permalink fedilink source parent