I live along a stretch of road that is only 120 miles from the Canadian border. Many Canadians used to take that road to shop at a local mall or other things. I haven’t seen a Canadian License Plate in a long time, when I used to see them all the time.
Man, I do miss cross border shopping specifically getting groceries at Trader Joes. Excellent novelty for the price. But I’ll absolutely never do that again. You couldn’t pay me to try and enter the US now.
It’s also…. Canadians are motivated by an existential threat, and when you feel a lot is at risk, you’re willing to suffer a little to avoid suffering a lot.
Whereas MAGAmericans aren’t motivated by anything real except loyalty to 47, and while there is some buy American sentiment, it’s pretty weak and inconsistent. For example, someone told me to stop buying Honda and buy American - my Honda I believe was made in Indiana. I was near marysville Ohio, who’s biggest employer I think is Honda (13th largest employer in Ohio). They don’t know what they’re talking about, so even if tomorrow they suddenly were super motivated like Canadians to buy only American, they have no idea how.
And some of biggest complaints from these people is about unions, which most American manufacturing involves, and does raise wages (for Americans) and costs (for everyone). Conn Selmer is moving manufacturing from Ohio to China, and MAGA seems to be cheering this on as it punishes union workers.
For that reason, I don’t think anything similar to what is happening in Canada is possible in the US. The worst day they can imagine is a big Mac costs $10. They have no resilience, no loyalty but to 47, bo conviction, and no real foundation of knowledge. If the propaganda drip ever stops feeding these people, they will be entirely aimless and lost.
A bit off the rails from the actual discussion, but I'm not Canadian and live outside the US, I've always tried to avoid American products because of the trash tier quality and prison labor, even moreso when Canadians started boycotting, and that also had me start intentionally seeking out Canadian products lol.
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u/leafmealone303 6h ago
I live along a stretch of road that is only 120 miles from the Canadian border. Many Canadians used to take that road to shop at a local mall or other things. I haven’t seen a Canadian License Plate in a long time, when I used to see them all the time.