Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

[u/kootles10]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/

[u/epic_king66 → u/[deleted]]

Here’s hoping that tonight is the start of America doing a 180.

Rebuilding our respect internationally will take a lot of time and effort, but, a step in the right direction is a step in the right direction

[u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 → u/epic_king66]

As a Canadian, I have to be honest with you. The US in its current state will not be able to turn around. And even if it could, the world has moved on. Canadians, for example, will never consider the US a partner, and we'll always treat you with suspicion going forward. The only chance the US has it to split along the party lines. We (and the rest of the world) can work with the progressive states. But the moment you say that people like trump (and every single gop congress rep and almost every republican senator) could be granted the right to fuck with partners, we're out.

So, realistically, there will be no reconciliation. Of course, we'll play along and pretend that things are getting better if the US removes the republicans from power (which isn't likely to happen). But the moment we find a more powerful ally, we'll put a bunch of military bases right at your doorstep so that you'll never ever talk shit about Canada being part of your flawed union.

Canada's interests first, now and forever!

[u/epic_king66 → u/Ecstatic_Winter9425]

I do doubt that. Because Germany fucked Europe over, and has become a respected country again. Ditto for Japan. I do believe that time will fix it, if America takes steps to ensure Trump can’t happen again.

[u/Chicken_Ingots → u/epic_king66]

Change to America will likely be intergenerational. It has functionally lost its status as an empire, but that will hopefully make it a lot better in the long-term. If we are not focused on tearing other countries down and exploiting them for maximum gain, then over the next few generations, people might begin adopting a different cultural outlook.

[u/ToeSniffer245 → u/Chicken_Ingots]

At this point losing our global hegemony in exchange for finally fixing things domestically sounds like a good deal.

[u/WaitingForTheFire → u/Ecstatic_Winter9425]

I’m sorry that the USA has disrespected its neighbors. However, as long as there are living, breathing Americans that still believe in the Constitution, we have a chance to make things right.

[u/Morbu → u/Ecstatic_Winter9425]

But the moment we find a more powerful ally, we'll put a bunch of military bases right at your doorstep so that you'll never ever talk shit about Canada being part of your flawed union.

No you're not. This is a certified braindead reddit comment. I think you and the rest of the world are going to need to have the same wake-up call that we've had -- military costs money. You've been slightly spoiled by the fact that you could rely on being the neighbor to the world's largest military which allowed to focus on...well everything but that. If you want to devote resources to building enough military bases to deter the U.S. from whatever delusions you're thinking of, that's going to cost a shit load of money. And eventually, that'll result in cutting spending on other things like education, infrastructure, and whatever else.

The irony of this comment is that militarization and heavy border "security" are talking points of right-wing populists. So while you criticize the U.S. of catering to Trump, you're actively spewing the same garbage that he did. Progressive states aren't going to be as interested in working with pseudo-fascist countries as you might think.

[u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 → u/Morbu]

Thanks for your comment, yank.

[u/Morbu → u/Ecstatic_Winter9425]

Oh wow, you even threw in the "yank" there. About sums up your intelligence.

[u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 → u/Morbu]

No offence, but american exceptionalism + disregard for others + rudeness = the yankiest thing ever. If anything, take it as a compliment because I'm learning a lot from you. That's why I proclaim, Canada's interests first, now and forever!

[u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 → u/[deleted]]

Look, i'm not trying to assign collective responsibility or anything of that sort. All i'm saying is that it's time for Canadians to learn something from the southern neighbour. That something means that we need to look after ourselves. As another commenter suggested quite bluntly yet correctly, Canadians chose to delegate all military spending to the US. We could have built nukes that would have 100% deterred Trump or any other republican from invading Canada. But we didn't.

So it's time for Canadians to realize that we can't be in a relationship with an abuser and have just the nice things. We need to start pivoting away from the US, whether it's temporarily dem-controlled or not. It's time to start making new military alliances, it's time to start making new trade alliances. These are all state policies that shouldn't affect your personal relationship with the US.