Donald Trump threatened Canada’s Mark Carney during his rambling Davos speech on Wednesday (21 January), where he claimed that the nation “only lives because of the United States”. During his address at the World Economic Forum, the US president said that Ottawa should be “grateful” to Washington for all the “freebies” it receives. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” he said. It comes after Mr Carney warned that the old world order was in the “midst of a rupture” and was “not coming back,” during his own speech in Switzerland on Tuesday (20 January).
    • Drithvan [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I agree. But I think something I want to keep in mind is that if there ever came a time when the US does invade Canada, I would not fight for the status quo of present-day bourgeois Canada.

      I would fight as part of an insurgency against America if there was a socialist/communist partisan force that I was ideologically aligned with. I don’t want to fight out of nationalism, I would wish to fight from a basis of anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism.

      • sexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Oh, hard agree. This is something I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about tbh.

        I will fight for the dictatorship of the proletariat, but not for the current dictatorship of capital.

        • Drithvan [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          9 days ago

          I like to envision something like Tito’s partisan forces being created and used to fight American fascists. Fighting not for the existing state, but rather fighting for a new dictatorship of the proletariat.