Boycott US
Overview:
The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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I see some of those interviewed talking about missing Americans or feeling badly that there's collateral damage, e.g. "Trump's actions aren't New York's fault."
I really believe strongly that the boycott is good for Americans too in the long term. As a Vegas resident, yes losing your tourism last winter was painful, and we miss you too. There was a special on NPR about it recently and a lot of people just expressed how much they like Canadians and are sad not to interact with you anymore, money aside.
But America is struggling with fascism right now. That is so much more important than anything else. People in power need to LOSE MONEY for things to change. You are doing us all a favor 💕 thank you.
People who say that need to check the voting records for where they live. (I know you know this. I'm just venting.)
There is nowhere in the USA where Trump didn't get a metric fuckton of votes. About 3.5 million people (~43%) voted Trump in New York State. 786,294 (~30%) people decided Trump was hunky dory in New York City.
That is way too many incredibly fucking dumb people for comfort. New York gets dumped into the same trash pile as the rest of the USA.
I think it's important to remember that it's not that 43% of New Yorkers voted that way, it's 43% of people who voted, and the number of people who voted is startlingly small.
I'm not saying that because I think the apathy is okay, I don't, and they should be held accountable for sitting on their hands and being "oh I don't really pay attention" about it, too. I just think it's hard to reconcile the outright hostility of the MAGA movement when you meet people every day that are nothing like that. It can feel confusing, but it makes a lot more sense when you think about how easy it is for perfectly nice-seeming people to just stay home and let evil happen (rather than enthusiastically support it, although there's a lot of that too).
That's why I gave the numbers too.
Still way too many fucking idiots. NYC/NYS can go DIAF as well.
Looking more and more likely all the time that we're all gonna lose loved ones, businesses, etc to this stupidity, and we need to
What I find disappointing knowing democratic Americans, is the unwillingness to boycott from within. Most are still feeding Bezos money bc convenience, and the same of many republican-owned businesses. If they can't boycott for their own good... well, we get he idea.
Be that as it may, 30% is the floor for conservative voters. Conservatives don't vote the way you think. You're looking at the facts of the current situation, who is running, and all sorts of things that to the conservative mind is completely irrelevant. 30% will always always always vote for the loudest, most aggressive, most conservative available candidate, not because they are the best person for the office given current conditions, but because that is what one does. They do it out of a sense of duty, every election, whether they are 50% ahead or 50% behind. It's part of their identity.
Progressives just don't vote like that. You're modelling conservatives as though they were just progressives with different opinions. They work differently. But if you ask me, WE could learn from THEM.