Yeah the current US government is an enemy to everyone right now, a cancer that needs to be excised.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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30% of people haven't been following the news apparently.
27% of Americans also view the United States as an 'enemy' country
A little less than half of Americans are my enemy. This is also the same percentage of Canadians I consider to be my enemy.
The new right, freedom convoys, AFD, and other far right movements are our common enemy.
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I think it's telling that enemy and ally are closely matched...
Canadians likely have some nuance here... They don't hate "us" the people, they hate "us" the country.
And rightfully so. We currently have a dictator that is threatening to absorb them into the collective shithole that America has become…
I cannot blame them one bit and I’m surprised the percentage is that low.
the 30% who said they still consider the US an ally obviously don't read the news
fuck the US. if they're actually serious about this invasion bullshit, I'll kill as many of them as I possibly can. even if it's only one guy, and then my house gets blown up and my charred corpse lands in my neighbour's pool, it'll be worth it.
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I personally would not be surprised if musk and trump will try to start a new Hitler era.
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Wouldn't say "enemy" exactly, but I think it's fair to say there isn't a Western democracy in the world that views the USA as a reliable ally right now. Because you're a Russian asset.
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It's weird
This whole issue is because of one man who has cultivated his own cult of personality
...and I do use the term "man" very loosely
He's grown male adult that behaves like a spoiled child
Trump has done nothing to earn a cult other than making one for himself. It's built upon nothing but disinformation and they live in a world of pure distortion that pivots instantly on a whim with zero explanation given
I doubt any follower of Trump's has any specific idea where Trump is taking them because Trump has no idea either
He just wants to be king, he doesn't want to do king
It's too much work and responsibility, he's just here for his own good time
Preferably as we all suffer
It's a very Gore Vidal philosophy
"It's not enough for me to win, everyone else must fail"
As an American, good.
I think there’s a higher percentage of Americans that view the U.S. as an enemy country than Canadians.
We are Americans.
We are Americans, oh yeah!
We carry great big guns
'Cause we are Americans!
Oh yeah!
We're strong (we're strong!)
And we're free (we're free!)
We are Coke, We are Pepsi
'Cause we are Americans
We are Americans.
What we'd like to do for you right now,
is a short history of the United States of America.
First of all a short scene depicting the United States
of America, and their diplomacy.
Hey pal, do whatever I tell ya!
No!
I got a really big gun here...
All right then.
Yeah! Secondly a short scene depicting the United States
of America, and their economy, yeah!
Hey pal, gimme all your money.
No!
I got a really big gun here...
All right!
And thirdly a short scene depicting the United States
of America, and I'm sure we all understand their foreign policy, yeah!
Hey pal, let's go fight a war in Iraq.
Okay! Where's Iraq?
Yeah!
And finally a short scene depicting the United States of America, and the settlement,
the settlement of that great nation, we know and love as the USA, yeah.
Hey you Indian. Here's a bunch of glass beads, gimme all your land.
No.
I got a great big gun here.
Nice beads!
We are Americans
We are Americans, ah yeah!
We carry great big guns, yeah!
'Cause we are Americans
We're strong (we're strong!)
And we're free (we're free!)
We are Coke, We are Pepsi
And we wear
Canadian flags
When we travel
On our bags
'Cause we are Americans (ah yeah!)
We are Americans (c'mon everybody, make like you're at Woodstock, yeah!)
We are Americans
We are Americans
We are Americans, Here we go!
We are Americans
Everything I do... I do it for you.
-- Americans, Corky and the Juice Pigs [who were a Canadian musical comedy group]
As they should.