There are more than enough people who just don't give a fuck or don't know what's happening. I talked to a friend last week about the social media stuff and she just shrugged and told me she has nothing to hide.

We have our share of insane individuals too sadly.

Just like in your country, there are many here who would just like to pretend this is all business as usual, "ignore the politics", and carry on

I wish I could get out!

Since you are stuck there, hopefully you can work together with others in the same position to fix your country's problems.

Yes. That's the result of decades of American propaganda.

My university just notified us about this academic year's round of an exchange program with the US. You'd be surprised how many students legitimately consider it a great opportunity.

It depends on the country, but in general it looks like about half of the general population has no idea what is going on in the US. Even fewer realise what has been going on for years.

were you not paying attention during COVID? People are childish, and self centered assholes and don't give a shit about anything but themselves.

I'm fucking disgusted by the number of people, that I personally know, who still go to Detroit for concerts...

Terry and Barb Boomer need to spend that rental income in Florida.

Probably a mix of the oblivious, the aligned (we have our contingent that's OK with the direction of the U.S. They just suck), and people with family in need of support (lot of retirees in warm/dry places).

I was praying my grandfather would get his head out of his ass and come back to Canada for familial support after my grandmother died, but he's a stubborn old bastard who still gripes about PET and apparently renounced his Canadian citizenship at some point. So it's scheduled visits from his kids and a system where they get a text message if people don't see him at the dog park two days in a row. They kinda have to go, he's got no one else at this point.

Are they that oblivious?

Yes, I think Australia travel to the US is down 4-7% or some such.

CTV is a Canadian news source, probably the biggest aside from our public one CBC

I'm Indigenous from northern Ontario and we have family all over the province. A month ago I had a group of friends tell me that they crossed over for day shopping over at Cornwall.

I told them that was stupid because they were brown non-white native people and that there was a high chance they would get in trouble.

They didn't care and said that all that was just stuff that happened somewhere else and wouldn't happen to them.

Now it worries me that at some point, we're going to hear news of some stupid thing happening soon where a group of native people will just get in trouble at a border crossing just because they were dumb enough to go there.

Commercial drivers only I'm hoping.

I know quite a few people who still go all the time. Fucking Disney world Florida.

I have to go once a year because veterinary services are about 4x more expensive in my area of Canada.

Edit: but I'm not sure it's worth it anymore.

At this point I’ve got no clue who’s still traveling to the US but either way, good luck

Anyone who still goes to the U.S. when they don’t absolutely have to is an open supporter of fascism, and deserves whatever happens to them.

One way relationship. Probably always go there and they never come here.