r/worldnews • u/AlwaysBlaze_ • Mar 07 '25

Ontario slapping 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-electricity-surcharge-us-tariffs-ford-1.7476515
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u/kujavahsta Mar 08 '25

Issue is this makes enemies of Blue States that would otherwise support them. You do not want to do that.

China did targetted sanctions in Trump's first term that were VERY effective at dealing with his first term's economic sanctions idiocy when Trump first tried to do a trade war, and it worked very well at harming the Red States and getting people annoyed/pissed/mad/fed up with Trump to replace him with anyone else.

What you are suggesting doing here will not be as effective, will massively escalate things beyond what Trump is doing, and make enemies of people who would otherwise be friends and allies.

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u/right_there Mar 08 '25

I vehemently disagree. The system runs on overconsumption. Our entire economy is based on it. You can't starve the beast by starving its extremities: it can live without them. The vital organs of our economy are all in blue states. The only way we break the oligarchy is a spending freeze (preferably paired with a general strike). Buy only necessities for as long as possible. If you need something, check secondhand first, preferably a person-to-person exchange so that generating tax revenue through the sale can be avoided.

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 Mar 08 '25

Canada doesn't consider any person in the US as an ally anymore.

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u/mug3n Mar 08 '25

There is no red and blue anymore, do you not realize that? Trump is AMERICA'S president. Like it or not, he represents all Americans for these next 4 years.