• selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    Hell, I don’t want to live here— why the fook would any Canadian who aren’t braindead stupid want to come to this shit hole with its shit hole government???

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    I know there’s a lot of focus on the US today, even more than usual but I’m getting very concerned about every other countries domestic swing towards conservative populism that’s generally intertwined with racism mixed in the current anti-immigration movements.

    This is good. I absolutely think it’s a problem for every country to have foreign ownership of land/property. It ranges from champagne socialist to hyper-capitalist doing foreign land/property purchases. Screw vacation homes. Screw rental properties. Regardless of all that, don’t let anti-Americanism distract you from growing conservative populism that’s been growing across the world for I feel like the whole 25 years of this millennium

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    This is due to a few factors:

    1. US house taxes are very high in any place worth living in.
    2. This is typical Boomer demographics, they are dying.
    3. Older Boomers cannot afford to get sick in the US.
    4. This peaked after 2008 when US housign was cheap.
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      I imagine the wealthy are over represented in the segment of Canadians looking to buy American homes, and most feel reasonably confident that overrides everything else.

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        To be fair, are they wrong? Wealthy is the only truly privileged group in America. For a few million, you can outright buy American citizenship now

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        Wealthy or young professionals who can make a significant amount more money in America vs. Canada, which is generally the same thing.

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      Ahh hello, European. As a Canadian I would like to point out that Canadians have rejected the demonym “American” (when it is applied to us) and have done so far as long as I can remember. We consider it offensive.

      If you’re looking to start a fight with a Canadian, calling him an American is an easy way to do that.

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      ‘America’ is being used as a hegemonic moniker for The United States of America.

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    When all of us in the USA are all dying of fire and Canada is nice and cool, this will make even more sense than it does now.

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      Canada will get is getting warmer too you know. From nice and cool to nice and warm. Same as here in Norhern Europe*, and I believe the influx of rich “Southerners” will increase, if it hasn’t already.

      * I can’t believe how far South Canada goes. The most populated area is on a latitude with Central Europe. I live on the same latitude as, say, Anchorage. I can’t even find a reasonably-sized town in Canada. But afaiu climate is very different because of the Gulf stream?

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        Yup. If and when the gulf Stream shuts down, everything above again is going to be a popsicle.

        Day after to tomorrow is my favourite apocalypse movie.

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          If and when the gulf Stream shuts down, everything above again is going to be a popsicle.

          You mean in Europe?

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        Living in Southern Ontario the climate here is already fucked. this past winter was just all over the place. Didn’t have much of a spring just transitioned from Winter to Summer. probably going to be the same for Fall just from Summer right to Winter. I mean we had a few chilly days in August.

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        Research from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources indicates that ice fishing season is three weeks shorter on average than it was in the 1970’s. Increasing temperatures = less ice on lakes = shorter ice fishing season. If climate change is impacting Wisconsin, it’s already impacting Canada.

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          Oh sure, I phrased it a little badly.

          In other places it shows more during the summer, in the North it shows more during the winter. can’t remember the last time we had a proper one here, without several melting and re-freezing phases.

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        Climate is different for a few reasons but the Gulf Stream is one of them.

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    Economy is going to contract especially come spring. These snowbirds most of the time were more kind than locals. People have no idea how much money they pump into local economies.

    Hopefully this is advantageous to midterms but who knows.

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    Here’s hoping for Drake and Bieber being among those 20%.

    Do you remember a white Canadian reggae artist called Snow, best known for “Informer”, in the early 90s? He pretty much disappeared from the music scene after he stayed in Canada.