I don't have time to read the article right now unfortunately, and have only glanced at it, but anyone not concerned about the global rise of authoritarianism isn't paying attention. Based on my glances, I thought the commenters disparaging the Tyee read less of the article than me. I think we're seeing a post-election uptick in US commenters making US-centric comments on Canadian news article posts on lemmy.ca. When they're relevant or thoughtful, I don't mind. I hope to read this slightly dated, but perhaps more relevant now than before, article later