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Why has Canadian culture turned into selling out to the USA? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Why has Canadian culture turned into selling out to the USA? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago
  1. No shit, but the ones I listed control a large margin. Where did I say they are the only ones?
  2. Which one?
  3. That's not what I'm arguing. Not sure why you're bringing this up.
  4. Costco is owned by the US. Their markup is irrelevant.

Thanks for explaining American capitalism. But I'm talking about why Canadians don't support Canadian businesses instead of US businesses.

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    Why has Canadian culture turned into selling out to the USA? (lemmy.ca)
    submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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    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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    [–] 16 points 7 months ago*

    I find it hilarious that the Canadians that are supposedly boycotting American products are still all over Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

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    [–] 34 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Refreshing to see politicians actually support the working class. Respect to Mamdani.

    In my Canadian province of Ontario, the exact opposite happens, our premier, Doug Ford (former drug dealer and college drop-out), stopped pay increases of nurses during COVID and is funneling billions of our tax dollars on nursing agencies owed by the wife of previous premier.

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    Humans are part of the ecosystem. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
    [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Are Indigenous populations deforesting the Amazon? Are they forcing oil pipeline projects that cause massive oil spills that pollute rivers and lakes for thousands of years? Do they force mining projects that pollute earth for thousands of years? Did they invent forever chemicals that have now pollute every single square inch of earth? No, they live sustainably.

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