Comment on I feel like half the neighbourhood is on fire and everyone is carrying on like everything is normal
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
People dont know what to do about it. Its as simple as that. They dont see any available action that they see any chance of being fruitful… plus they are too busy thinking about how theyre going to pay their next bills.
This is it 1000%
In the US, probably 75% of the population will irreparably fuck up their entire life from a single missed paycheck, which can happen if you miss a single day of work because you were illegally detained.
Not like “oh, I’ll need to pay a late fee fuck up”, I mean, “you and your kids will die cold and hungry under a bridge” fuck up.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Yes but, if you live in Canada, it is very easy to NOT GO to the Untied States. One of my complaints is people in my country continuing to walk into the burning states as if they see nothing wrong or dangerous about it
pahlimur@lemmy.world 4 days ago
People not coming to the US is already having an effect. Hotel occupancy is starting to drop off and prices are starting to drop.
I know it’s anecdotal, but my Canadian coworkers all canceled their trips to the US. They all switched to Europe or Mexico.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 days ago
I live in one of the biggest tourist areas in America, and business is WAY down, and I’m all for it. Let the big corporate tourism jackals feel the pain.
phx@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A bit over a year ago, we were making holiday plans including a trip to the US. When the orange menace got re-elected I convinced my wife that we should just do a longer Canadian leg for the trip. Best decision ever.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Good but I still know people going there like nothing is out of the ordinary. I won’t be satisfied until nobody is going there. And these people I know don’t support Trump.
zeca@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Ah i see. Well i know im not going to the us anytime soon either. Simply having my phone searched and messed with at the border is already a big turn off. I have family members there that are still a valid reason to visit, but i agree that going to something like disneyland would be support for this degenerate state.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I’m pretty sure I’d get arrested crossing the border because over made a lot of anti-trump posts on Facebook
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 days ago
There have been people who have accidentally crossed into the United States because they took a wrong turn on the road, and ended up in detention for weeks.