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[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So why haven't you marched down here yourself and taken up the good fight? Or are you just an armchair general making excuses for not protecting freedom and democracy in the world because you're too chickenshit to actually put your money where your mouth is?

Guess what, everybody's a hero until it's their life on the line, and then the truth comes out: the average person is too scared to give up their homes, their food, and their lives. A cornered animal will bite, but if you leave it even one avenue of escape 9 out of 10 times it will bolt.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right. Enjoy your death camps I guess.

Everybody thinks "it could never happen here" right up until it does. We said the same exact thing learning about Nazi Germany in school. Keep an eye out, because I'd say Canada is probably about 10 years behind the US.

Your conservative party has been eyeballing the Republicans as role models for decades, and you had plenty of Trump supporters marching not too long ago. I've been watching the Canadian war on science since the conservative administration from 20-25 years ago shut down a decade-long study on the effects of UBI halfway through and sealed the documents because they didn't like the results that showed that there were noticeable drops in employment in only two groups - pregnant women and students - and that other effects included improved grade scores and graduation rates, increased college enrollment, and a general improvement in the local economy.