• Optional@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Genuinely boggled that anyone would think this is not the same geopolitical players behind Brexit and trump. It’s exactly the same. If there was a big red bus with ‘Alberta will be more free in the US’ it couldn’t be more the same.

    1. it’s not going to happen; it’s never going to happen
    2. it’s not about seceding or annexation - it’s about politically dividing Albertans specifically, and Canada more generally.
    3. Again, this is the same psyop playbook, top to bottom - there is nothing behind it except oligarch money and bot farms.
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      3 hours ago

      I hope you are right, and generally speaking I believe the same way you do on the matter. Sure they had lineups 2000 people long in every community, but that’s it. Everyone that was going to sign their stupid petitions signed them the first 3 days.

      But if you are like me and live here, the sentiment is very much “fuck Ottawa” more than “fuck Canada.” It’s sad how easily affected a population can be when it comes to propaganda like this. It’s sad really. And we thought thought as a society, making sure everyone can read and write a lawful requirement was a good thing.

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        2 hours ago

        And we thought thought as a society, making sure everyone can read and write a lawful requirement was a good thing.

        It’s not wrong there’s just an evil financial incentive to keep literacy at a certain level.