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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
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Blibittyblah futurology.today Blibittyblah@futurology.today
Joined: 2026-10-25
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Byeeeeee amerikkka, we look forward to your cheap exports when you run out of money.

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GreatDane feddit.dk GreatDane@feddit.dk
Joined: 2026-04-13
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

The relationship as it once was, is gonna take decades to repair. Until then...

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Freeposity lemmy.world Freeposity@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-27
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Byeeeeee amerikkka, we look forward to your cheap exports when you run out of money.

The only thing we'll be able to export cheaply is guns and onlyfans content.

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SpaghettiMaster feddit.uk SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-10-27
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Byeeeeee amerikkka, we look forward to your cheap exports when you run out of money.

I don't really know if I want cheap american things either. Maybe if they become more normal first.

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addie feddit.uk addie@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-14
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The only thing we'll be able to export cheaply is guns and onlyfans content.

What you going to be making the guns from, if you're not importing Canadian iron and steel any more?

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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-09-16
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The relationship as it once was, is gonna take decades to repair. Until then...

You know America screwed up bad when even the canadians and danes are criticising the yanks.

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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-09-16
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I don't really know if I want cheap american things either. Maybe if they become more normal first.

Mexico and Cuba will surpass the USA.

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Blibittyblah futurology.today Blibittyblah@futurology.today
Joined: 2026-10-25
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I don't really know if I want cheap american things either. Maybe if they become more normal first.

You’ll want cheap American steel and raw material.

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Freeposity lemmy.world Freeposity@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-27
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What you going to be making the guns from, if you're not importing Canadian iron and steel any more?

There are already twice as many guns as Americans. We've got plenty to sell.

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YurkshireLad lemmy.ca YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Are we going to import cars from Europe instead of from the US?

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justOnePersistentKbinPlease fedia.io justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-09-06
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The only thing we'll be able to export cheaply is guns and onlyfans content.

Except Europe already makes better guns and the american gun nuts know it.

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Johandea feddit.nu Johandea@feddit.nu
Joined: 2023-07-03
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Mexico and Cuba will surpass the USA.

They already have in many ways

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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-09-16
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They already have in many ways

Yes, both investing in healthcare and morals.

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CapuccinoCoretto lemmy.world CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-24
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There are already twice as many guns as Americans. We've got plenty to sell.

Slightly used, with minorities' blood on them...

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
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I look forward to driving to Europe next summer.

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Logi lemmy.world logi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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Slightly used, with minorities' blood on them...

"Individually battle tested"

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dustycups aussie.zone prex@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-27
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The Not America Treaty Organisation.

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whatthey feddit.uk whatthey@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-09-11
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Loving the optimism!

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Scrollone lemmy.zip Scrollone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-10-12
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Byeeeeee amerikkka, we look forward to your cheap exports when you run out of money.

We should get rid of the dollar as an international currency, and also credit cards from MasterCard/VISA

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Blibittyblah futurology.today Blibittyblah@futurology.today
Joined: 2026-10-25
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We should get rid of the dollar as an international currency, and also credit cards from MasterCard/VISA

Let’s just tell them they can’t leave their border.

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Freeposity lemmy.world Freeposity@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-27
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Slightly used, with minorities' blood on them...

Minorities and family members.

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mHtt lemmy.ca mHtt@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-10
#23 · (edited) Quote Reply

Canada is lucky the EU takes the time to engage with it. It would do well not to squander this opportunity. Give EU primary access to Canadian resources and minerals, in exchange for Nuclear deterrence and expedited immigration.

Canada gets people and nukes to protect from the US while EU gets discounted resources and a places to immigrate to.

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boonhet sopuli.xyz boonhet@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-16
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We should get rid of the dollar as an international currency, and also credit cards from MasterCard/VISA

Wish there was a goddamn alternative to MasterCard/VISA, or even a plan to create one. If I hear someone say Wero one more goddamn time...

Chinese UnionPay and Japan's JCB are the only actual cards I know of that are globally accepted, though still not as universally as MasterCard or Visa. And I can't actually get either card living in Europe. Not that I'd want a Chinese card any more than I like having my American cards.

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boonhet sopuli.xyz boonhet@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-16
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Are we going to import cars from Europe instead of from the US?

If you don't have car manufacturers of your own, you're probably best off buying Chinese at this point. They will spy on you, but so does everyone else and with Chinese cars you get the benefits of slave labour and near-free lithium batteries, environment be damned. We can never match that pricing in European cars.

The other great option is to tariff cars not built in Canada and watch car manufacturers build plants in your country, that's pretty much what the US and EU both do to protect the auto industry and it's part of the reason all of the big German and Japanese manufacturers have manufacturing plants in the US for example. Canada's a smaller population to cater to, but big enough for some manufacturers with high sales volumes to build their own manufacturing plants. I bet Toyota would easily do it.

Of course at present it seems more likely that you will remove the tariffs on European cars in exchange for us removing tariffs on some important Canadian exports. Still better than buying gigantic pick-up trucks, but our manufacturers are lagging behind with EVs since ICE cars are still cheaper to build than EVs outside of China.

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Scrollone lemmy.zip Scrollone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-10-12
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Wish there was a goddamn alternative to MasterCard/VISA, or even a plan to create one. If I hear someone say Wero one more goddamn time... Chinese UnionPay and Japan's JCB are the only actual cards I know of that are globally accepted, though still not as universally as MasterCard or Visa. And I can't actually get either card living in Europe. Not that I'd want a Chinese card any more than I li...

Yeah Wero is more of a PayPal replacement than a credit card alternative.

The sad thing is that Italy has a Wero-like app, used especially in the North of the country, called Satispay. But apparently Satispay is not participating in the European Payment Initiative (EPI). And, the saddest things of them all, is that Satispay began as an alternative to credit cards, but now they issue a MasterCard so you can pay in every shop. Wtf the whole point of Satispay was not using American cards!

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