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    16 hours ago

    I mean maybe but the ultimate “dont tread on me” is about the death penalty and nobody is at his court house. Nobody is bothering to keep that story alive and thriving. It had it’s 2 minutes of fame. We moved on. Rinse and repeat for everything on the left. Like there’s no momentum for anything worthwhile. The only time there’s traction is for things that really do not have clear goals. It all seems like the left is led astray and herded. Why isn’t Luigi on every Reddit and Lemmy and Twitter and Facebook thread right now? It leaves me with no hope for anything else.

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        8 hours ago

        Thanks for illustrating my point.

        How’s that Canadian boycott going. You still seeing momentum for that? How’s Galen Weston doing this quarter? We have no ability to maintain

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          How’s that Canadian boycott going.

          It’s fun! We have apps that we use to scan barcodes, helping us identify American products so we can leave them on the shelf! Any sense of loss on any nostalgic product, is easily forgotten, as i purchase trays of one and a half dozen eggs at will.

          How’s Galen Weston doing this quarter?

          Quite well in imagine. He’ll be eaten if and when it becomes warranted.

          We have no ability to maintain

          Which is why we look elsewhere for reliable trade partners.

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            The momentum is dead. I get you want to say “we’re doing great” but our fellow Canadians already forgot. This is my point in all of this. Not being honest in this very serious situation is not doing any favors. The news cycle moved on. The mob moved on. There’s outliers holding the fort but that main body moved on and it’s frustrating to not address that. It’s extra frustrating that I know you care but that you’ll say “it’s going great” when you and I both know it isn’t. That the pressure stopped building.

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              The momentum is dead.

              The fuck it is.

              I get you want to say “we’re doing great” but our fellow Canadians already forgot.

              Maybe the clowns you hang out with, but I’m not interested in wimps, or their wimpy friends.

              This is my point in all of this. Not being honest in this very serious situation is not doing any favors.

              Your point is to supress meaningful actions and attitudes, so I don’t give a shit. Patiently unhelpful.

              The news cycle moved on.

              The doom and gloom is gloomy, because i said so.

              The mob moved on.

              According to me, and in keeping with my goals of dissuading activism. You must believe my assessment.

              There’s outliers holding the fort but that main body moved on and it’s frustrating to not address that.

              Don’t know what you’re trying to say here, other than trying to be a momentum killer, so who gives a fuck.

              It’s extra frustrating that I know you care but that you’ll say “it’s going great” when you and I both know it isn’t.

              Your disingenuous empathy simulation has done nothing to move me towards the specific futility that you’re marketing.

              That the pressure stopped building.

              Just like your credibility as a reporter of reality.

              Incidentally, your posting history defines exactly what you are. Not only am I unmoved by your bullshit, I’m now enjoying how inept you are at this.

              You probably should have left it at one pithy comment and then left.

              How much credibility can you possibly have, when you post about Joe Rogan praising Trump?

              Hopefully you’re not a Russian on a troll farm, as your work sucks, and your superiors would move you to the front as drone fodder.

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                “Without saying the word boycott, Loblaw chief financial officer Richard Dufresne acknowledged on a conference call with analysts that the company “did notice a bit of an impact in certain markets.” However, he said that sales had returned to normal by the end of the second quarter, which closed June 15.”

                “The overall financial impact was minor for us,” Loblaw CEO Per Bank told analysts."

                Just like the last boycott was super effective 😆 We’re fucking cooked man. Living in denial isn’t helping shit.

                Look I like your passion. You care. But don’t let that cloud the reality of how fucking garbage we all are at this. You’re holding on too tightly to people who aren’t putting in the work. They’re all waiting for media or politicians to help them. These people can’t be bothered to maintain any of these movements. They’ll stand around in a street for 8 hours, go home and just move on with things. Rinse and repeat.

                It’s like being in a boat with a hole in it. You can keep bailing out the water for everybody, but until you patch that hole, you’re just going to keep sinking.

                But I’ll listen. What metric are you using to determine the boycotts are having any kind of significant impact. I can go on many sites and barely see any mention of things. No new contact. No discussion. Maybe an article a week mildly related to it.

                The right has tapped into something. Go mention Rosanne on a YouTube video and watch the comments come in. There was a video of Jon Stewart skewering Republican the other week. Fuck all for engagement, a lot of comments were shitting on Stewart for being a fascist sympathizer. The right are playing chess and we’re eating the pieces from the checkers box in the garage. They’re putting in the work and it’s fucking brutal to realize. But it’s true.

                So I’m scrolling, look at this

                https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/trump-image-dead-white-farmers-congo-not-south-africa-rcna208699

                Do you think you’ll see memes and jokes of this huge L for Trump or it go away in like a day or two? I haven’t read the comments, how many are just “he’s racist” said ad infinitum. Not only is there no momentum. The memory fatigue and lack of content refreshing is killing us

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                  Just like the last boycott was super effective 😆 We’re fucking cooked man. Living in denial isn’t helping shit.

                  Unconvinced. Watch me not buy American goods.

                  Look I like your passion.

                  No you don’t. I find your faux empathy to be idiotic.

                  You care.

                  Significantly more than you do.

                  But don’t let that cloud the reality of how fucking garbage we all are at this.

                  Your failures are your own. Quit chirping, start lifting.

                  You’re holding on too tightly to people who aren’t putting in the work.

                  Remarkably, your words do nothing to draw me to your idiotc side.

                  They’re all waiting for media or politicians to help them. These people can’t be bothered to maintain any of these movements. They’ll stand around in a street for 8 hours, go home and just move on with things. Rinse and repeat.

                  While i campaign relentlessly for complicity. My view only coincidentally in lock-step with foreign propaganda efforts to undermine national unity.

                  It’s like being in a boat with a hole in it. You can keep bailing out the water for everybody, but until you patch that hole, you’re just going to keep sinking.

                  Enjoy more doom and gloom imagery, in keeping with my brief to sow discontent and pessimism.

                  But I’ll listen.

                  Of course you will.

                  What metric are you using to determine the boycotts are having any kind of significant impact. I can go on many sites and barely see any mention of things. No new contact. No discussion. Maybe an article a week mildly related to it.

                  You’re working under the assumption that I give a fuck about your points. Your overarching agenda is clear, and there is no useful function in attempting to persuade you of anything.

                  The only thing that you could possibly get me to do, is boycott a specific American company or industry harder by naming it.

                  Not only would that be personally delightful on principal, I’d enjoy knowing it was because of something stupid you said.

                  Furthermore, you get me all excited about thinking of trade agreements with everyone but the United States.

                  You’ve inspired me to redouble my efforts.

                  Elbows Up!