• Tedesche@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Just want to chime in and say that my mom and her friends were just in Canada and they said the people there totally understand that half of America is against Trump and everything he stands for and don’t blame all Americans at all, but they feel they have to punish the country for electing him nonetheless.

    Totally reasonable IMO.

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      25 days ago

      I’m sorry to tell you that’s not really true.

      The general attitude in Canada is that most Americans are complicit, uneducated, unprincipled, and themselves guilty.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        25 days ago

        155 of 340 million Americans voted.

        To me, this means that 185 million people, with the exception of a small percentage, didn’t care, or was fine with whatever, making them complicit.

        In addition to that, 77 million voters, voted for Trump.

        So 262 million Americans either voted for Trump or were complicit in the decision that was made by their countrymen. That’s a whopping 77% of Americans either asked for this or they were completely fine with it if this was the outcome.

        So yeah. There’s some Americans, about 23% that tried, at least… The rest of the Americans are either complicit or wanted this… And as a Canadian, that 77% is why I’m actively avoiding American made goods, and I will continue to do so, regardless of tariffs, for the next few years… I’ll probably stop around 2029 or so… We’ll see how things go from there…