I can't help but feel like the people who are like “This is what Texas voted for, I don't feel bad for them” would not feel the same way about the rest of the world saying similar about the United States (“this is what the US voted for, so I don’t feel bad for them”).
I think people are stuck in the marketing that Canada and the USA have been promoting for generations: that these are democracies, and that the USA is even the "Leader of the Free world".
I did a thought experiment a few years ago, and came to the conclusion that I don't believe Canada is a democracy.
I wish people could move past blaming individuals for systemic problems, and recognize that the marketing of these institutions isn't true. As individuals we need to be working to dismantle and replace these systems.
I know many people who have fallen for the myth that the USA is a healthy democracy, and that the residents/citizens actually wanted what is happening. Like I think of Canada as a set of institutions and not a place or a group of people, they need to do the same with the USA and stop identifying with those (very flawed) systems.
I think people are stuck in the marketing that Canada and the USA have been promoting for generations: that these are democracies, and that the USA is even the "Leader of the Free world".
I did a thought experiment a few years ago, and came to the conclusion that I don't believe Canada is a democracy.
https://r.flora.ca/p/canadian-democracy
I wish people could move past blaming individuals for systemic problems, and recognize that the marketing of these institutions isn't true. As individuals we need to be working to dismantle and replace these systems.
I know many people who have fallen for the myth that the USA is a healthy democracy, and that the residents/citizens actually wanted what is happening. Like I think of Canada as a set of institutions and not a place or a group of people, they need to do the same with the USA and stop identifying with those (very flawed) systems.