The mental gymnastics Canadians play when explaining how they’re not American

[Goober National]

On 5/9/2026 at 1:03 AM, paxamericana said:

How comical and exhausting. Ironic, isn’t it, Trump is your redeemer, your bitter medicine. Making Canada 51st is the life raft Canadians need but for some weird reason refuse to grab because it’s colored red white and blue. That’s being Canadian in a nutshell. 

Canada needs its own Trump to survive, but that will never happen, as the people who actually run things have seen to it. 

We are sold to the WEF globalists, including China, while USA is not. At least, for the moment.

When Kamala gets to be President, you will join us.   

[John Stone]

........... arguably Canadian culture is in its yogurt ........... and getting more so. 

40 million - increasingly cosmopolitan.

All that said ........... increasingly......

 

....... the degree of corruption  in the US is becoming far too glaring ......... far too few are pulling the levers in the US with impunity ........ the 'people' are increasingly unheard, the 'norms' are ignored and Congress has lost control of spending - the 'ace' it always held over the executive. 

Are Americans and Kanadian's different???

Hell ya.

The US. has Hollywood writing history. 😅

[CdnFox]

11 hours ago, paxamericana said:

Yes by admitting to the fact that Canada is a make believe country and it’s inhabitants are just Americans. 

Make believe seems to be where you prefer to live now  

[herbie]

13 hours ago, Goober National said:

We are sold to the WEF globalists, including China, while USA is not. At least, for the moment.

another one......

so maybe you can tell us exactly who the WEF globalists are, what their agenda is and how they're making your life worse.

And why they're 'worse' than the casbal making you pay more while they demand protection and lower taxes for themselves?

[paxamericana]

1 hour ago, herbie said:

WEF globalists are

Export oriented interests. That’s the most important definition 

[CdnFox]

Just now, paxamericana said:

Export oriented interests. That’s the most important definition 

???

Literally every government in every country is export oriented. We all have to do business with each other. I think you would have to expand a little bit further than that

[paxamericana]

2 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

???

Literally every government in every country is export oriented. We all have to do business with each other. I think you would have to expand a little bit further than that

It’s not an either or, it’s a gradient. When you’re an export led economy you no longer have enough domestic consumption. That changes the political calculus to international markets even if it’s against the interests of your local population.

[CdnFox]

26 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

It’s not an either or, it’s a gradient. When you’re an export led economy you no longer have enough domestic consumption. That changes the political calculus to international markets even if it’s against the interests of your local population.

Ok, so your position is that those countries who are primarily reliant on foreign trade moreso than or above their domestic consumption of domestically produced goods for their economy are the 'primary' people you are referring to when you reference "WEF Globalists". Or perhaps it would be more clear to say their gov'ts are who you mean. 

Is that accurate?

[paxamericana]

17 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Is that accurate?

It’s more accurate to view it as a political incentive.

[CdnFox]

10 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

It’s more accurate to view it as a political incentive.

Doesn't make any sense.

I've tried twice now to get you to articulate your position. A man who can't articulate what he means is a man too stupid to understand what he's saying

. Are you such a man or can you actually state your meaning without sounding like a fortune cookie that got made on a Friday?

[herbie]

IOW it's something dreamed up by  conspiracy theorists that caught up among fellow bozos as an insult. To cover up that they can't compete in a totally free market.

[paxamericana]

43 minutes ago, herbie said:

can't compete in a totally free market.

With Chinese subsidies and American naval protection to access the open ocean you mean? That free market?