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?

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Wtf are you even talking about?

    1. the companies you listed are not the only companies in their markets,

    2. at least one of the companies you listed is Canadian

    3. how is this different from literally any other country around the world?

    4. how are you listing Costco when they’re literally the only store with a maximum markup %

    The exact same thing that has been going on for the past ~60 years of American corporate expansionism.

    They don’t regulate their companies, allowing them to basically abuse their destitute class to let their corporate class amass a vast amount of capital, and then they use that capital to expand globally, buy overseas companies, create capitalists there and use them to spread their shitty exploitative and harmful practices.

      • Dholi@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Wow I didn’t realize one mistake negated my entire point. Thanks for your contribution.

    • Dholi@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      16 days ago
      1. No shit, but the ones I listed control a large margin. Where did I say they are the only ones?
      2. Which one?
      3. That’s not what I’m arguing. Not sure why you’re bringing this up.
      4. Costco is owned by the US. Their markup is irrelevant.

      Thanks for explaining American capitalism. But I’m talking about why Canadians don’t support Canadian businesses instead of US businesses.