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?

  • brianpeiris@lemmy.caEnglish
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    26 days ago

    Here are my (hot?) takes:

    • America’s greatest export is culture
    • People love capitalism and they love consumption. People love celebrity, fashion, and wealth. People want to be seen holding a Starbucks cup while face-timing on their iPhones, talking about the latest Marvel movie. Truth is, most Canadians want to be at least a little American, and some Canadians want to be very American.
    • A lot of people aren’t political
    • “Canadian” has always been a fuzzy concept
    • Americanisms became entrenched before America became a dirty word
    • Companies (especially tech companies) are designed to lock people in through various mechanisms
    • Inertia is very difficult to overcome