You think what happened in Minnesota is an outlier? I guess we shall see. But the recent attempts to set up more ICE warehouses are hitting big pushback. And refusals. I see the wealth gap increasing.
Minneapolis might be an outlier even in Minnesota itself. My problem is that you are threading ICE to a wealth gap. The two have nothing to do with each other. There is no link between them as far as galvanizing people politically. If anything, people at lower incomes on the whole are likely to be more supportive of deportations.
The wealth gap is a much deeper economic discussion. Briefly, one can mistaken wealth compression as healthy even when there is underlying stagnation. The contradictory idea that you also need to contend with is that many U.S. economists will point to globalization increasing the U.S. wealth gap. Trump is clearly not interested in promoting economic globalization.
And the movement against the oligarchs is growing. Referring to them as the Epstein Class is a big tell to me. These guys are fucking weird. Right into Eugenics, perpetual youth experiments, setting up bunkers in out of the way places. Let alone the pedo shit. They are looking and acting like James Bond villains right now.
Shhhh...... you don't want to say conspiracy theories out loud. First, the thoughts can sound paranoid. More importantly, someone might come to silence you.
And no where did I say more govt. In fact these trade deals, including access to building weapons for sale, opening up China, are going to decrease out USA reliance.
I think these are basically government-to-government solutions. They're fine, but one has ask why not before. What was Trudeau doing?
By the way, we have had discussions about trade agreements in years past. Most members realized they're often of limited importance, symbolic and often political theater. If Canada can sell more fossil fuels and commodities to China, that would actually be great.
By the way, I think big trade agreements generally favor multinationals and low wage countries. So much for your concern about the wage gap.
People are going to be willing to take a hit here. Really we are.
But with America be willing to do the same?
I know you want to believe Canada can deliver a big hit to the U.S.
I don't see that. The best recourse long-term in my opinion would be try to work towards a common market with the U.S.
I generally don't discuss free trade with Canadians. They will say there is free trade in one post and in another they will tell you why certain industries and markets have to be protected or controlled. If they don't see the ambiguity, there's not much to discuss.
The U.S.-Canada trade battle will pass. Rightly or wrongly, Trump thinks Trudeau wasn't a very good ally.
