God speed. Hopefully if/when you can wrest control back your country can do something to bring sanity back to American politics, since it’s just bad for everyone.
Short of 2 decades and doubling the education budget, not sure what your options are though; going to be hard to undo all the international and reputational harm that’ll come out of it, even with the promise of 4-8 years of at least not outright malicious policy.
It’s sort of funny - Seeing the rise of the Buy Canadian or Buy from EU groups/movements/knowledge sharing as a U.S. citizen and thinking “Shit, can I buy from them, too?”
Equal parts recognizing that buying American made usually means you’re just buying something assembled from components produced elsewhere and that standards here are not as good. (And getting worse all the time, now that the pro-corporate writing is on the wall.)
This American is rooting for Canada.
God speed. Hopefully if/when you can wrest control back your country can do something to bring sanity back to American politics, since it’s just bad for everyone.
Short of 2 decades and doubling the education budget, not sure what your options are though; going to be hard to undo all the international and reputational harm that’ll come out of it, even with the promise of 4-8 years of at least not outright malicious policy.
It’s sort of funny - Seeing the rise of the Buy Canadian or Buy from EU groups/movements/knowledge sharing as a U.S. citizen and thinking “Shit, can I buy from them, too?”
Equal parts recognizing that buying American made usually means you’re just buying something assembled from components produced elsewhere and that standards here are not as good. (And getting worse all the time, now that the pro-corporate writing is on the wall.)
Right?
When I was younger, I’d try to “buy American” but over the years I’ve slowly stopped caring for the same reasons you’ve described.
Now, I’m purposefully looking for non-american origins. As long as it’s sustainable, I’ll be buying more Canadian, Mexican, and European products now.