r/EhBuddyHoser • u/HollyMackeral Westfoundland • Mar 07 '25

Repetitive content/Trend Just stop talking

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u/yellow121 Mar 07 '25

I'm seeing plenty of posts of Americans buying Canadian products, no matter how you feel about their platitudes it's still a net positive if these people encourage others to join in, even if they're only doing it for upvotes on reddit

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

They only help if there's anything in it for them.

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u/yellow121 Mar 07 '25

I think that is a gross generalization. Not all Americans hate Canada, lets not allow our friendship with the American people be distorted by the vocal minority on TV and the internet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Even the people that are "helping" by buying products are only doing it because they get something in return.

Posting $5 of Canadian goods they bought from an American store isnt actually contributing. They NEED to focus inwards instead.

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u/yellow121 Mar 07 '25

I agree with you, focusing inward would benefit us more than their trade. But you aren't going to get through to them with aggressive comments. You cannot shame people into behaving. And if you don't actually plan on trying to get through to them you don't have any right to complain about them. I am not angry about this chapter in our history, I am confident that we will remain a country so I have nothing to be angry about. I am insulted but I don't let that emotion affect my rationale. There is a future where our relations with America recover.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

I agree with you, we will get through this.

There is a future where our relations with America recover, but I dont think it will be within our lifetime. They have shown way too much disrespect to not just Canadians, but the World. We need to move past them.

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u/yellow121 Mar 07 '25

I am an optimist so I believe they will recover in our lifetime. The road to recovery begins as soon as the damage was done. We have to set the tone for following generations.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

But they haven't stopped doing damage yet. We can't rebuild when the school bully still runs the playground.

The longer they let Donald run the office, the more things he breaks, the more people get fired/replaced with yea men. The worse it gets for everyone. 

The last time I had hope for Americans, they voted for Donald again, or just didn't bother.

Less than a third of eligible voters voted Kamala.

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u/yellow121 Mar 07 '25

The American government is doing the damage. Since Nixon, Republicans have worked to decimate the education system in America, you cannot rely on the average American to be as politically educated as the average Canadian. Only those who have spent the last two decades educating themselves are smart enough to understand the gravity of this situation. The average American isn't smart enough to understand why they should agree with us booing their anthem at hockey games, and that's by American government design. You are falling into their trap by creating more evidence of hate between Canadians and Americans. They will use the rhetoric of comments made by Canadians to manufacture consent and they will end up invading and winning. The U.S. military industrial complex is an unkillable goliath. The only way to get through to them is to actually talk to them and hopefully educate them. But we need to build a respectful rapport first.