American farmers need it. Let’s use that dependence to fight back

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    I mean, it would objectively be funny to hear them continue to scream how little they need Canada for anything in the midst of massive food shortages and crop failure.

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      I think it’s actually important that Canada has only responded in kind, not escalated. I think a lot of Americans are actually pro Canada, and keeping that outlook is valuable.

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      Stop selling it to GOP voters. Make customers vouch that they support democratic ideals. Publish their names so the ones that lie on the form get skewered by MAGA.

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      One of the three big comnpanies decided just to stop selling to the US, do not know if that has changed as I do not remember which one it was.

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      so, promote military invasion into Canada.

      Have you not seen what they’ve done to Venezuela. Escalation does not fix anything.

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    Trump statement: “We don’t need COMMUNIST CANADIANA potash. Our great state of Idaho grows the best potashtoes in the WORLD. FREEDOM POTASHTOES. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

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    It will be a great famine! the greatest famine. People come up to me and say “Mr President, no one has created a better famine than you” they say thank you mister president. And horrible Biden 5 years of 4 years of horrible policy, Biden let the criminals in, and we solved that.

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    And oil. And critical minerals. Apparently road salt too…

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        Well, plenty of lives depend on petroleum products, too. And you can use sand or similar to prevent icyness, as well, although you need more of it.

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    IMC Global owns the Sask potash mines, an American company. Not sure if that is a factor.

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          The US enforces that

          Despite the Americans frequent claim to be the world’s police, they arent the only ones enforcing the embargo.

          Other countries have navies and have detained Russian ships as well.

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            Which Navy will stand up to either with the backing on neither?

            The list becomes much smaller, that’s why nothing is done about American piracy.

            Also the world police thing is just a military power projection. They don’t want to be challenged so they take away country’s need for an army.

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              Which Navy will stand up to either with the backing on neither?

              Just a reminder that Ukraine has done a lot of damage to Russian ships, despite not having their own navy.