They were useful idiots

I for one ascribe the blame to at least 40 years of pseudoscience -- neoclassical economic theory [1] -- pushed by neoliberal economists. These same neoliberal economists are often backed by the rich (fuck you "Chicago School of Economics" [2]) . For decades they have pushed this narrative of "government bad" and "private sector" good. Taxing the rich only means you punish the people you want to help (middle and lower socioeconomic classes). This pseudoscience gave birth to the godawful economic policy of "trickle down economics".

Decades of:

• defunding public services (by both parties, by the way) to make way for tax cuts for the wealthy
• middle class wage stagnation (ie, take for example the minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for tipped employees)
• decimation of union participation and subsequently power to labor
• cheap money backed by the faith of the US govt and given to the ultra wealthy as a means of extracting wealth from the people -- see private equity

Want to know why many people are easily manipulated? They can't afford the same lifestyle as their parents. Drowning in debt to greedy capitalist pigs. Years of this cycle and once the algorithms detect this, you can be easily turned into cannon fodder for the ultra wealthy.

"hey bro, your life is shit because immigrants took yer job!! Govt trying to inject microchips into you! Join the FrEEdOm CoNvOy!"

Get us into fighting a culture war against each other, when we should be banding together and fighting a class war.

Fuck the billionaire class.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economics [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_school_of_economics

A right wing group that profits from the rights of others being taken away. The only "rights" they were fighting for is WASPs

*three years ago. I live downtown Ottawa and remember the convoy distinctly (unfortunately) but you made me feel like time was passing even quicker than it already is lol

And they drove a bunch of cool trucks and everyone was happy to see them. /s

I didn't find the video of the guy yelling at them to fuck off and go away from his balcony, but if anyone has a link, it was pretty good.

It formed because of a group of people manipulated into a protest for "our rights".

Neither the people participating or the ones driving the propaganda ever gave two shits about anyone else's rights.

They'd support a law requiring everyone be a fan of their favorite sports all team, because it doesn't negatively effect them and since it aligns with their established beliefs it's the "right" decision for everyone else anyways.

This is how "for the greater good" can do great evil and why writing off people who commit monsterous acts as monsters is fucking stupid.

We need to understand why they do this shit so we can explain to them why they shouldn't.

What fucked us over is the only other option we're neoliberals. They can't talk about fixing real problems because they're paid to ignore those very problems. So instead they try to make Dem voters think of it like sportsball too.

The problem is at best Dem voters aren't maniac fans like Republicans. We're the home team fans who hate our own team and wish anyone else was calling the shots. It's like we were cursed to be born in Cleveland and LeBron James already moved away

You have no idea how much I want to have this conversation.

I was told our rights to travel or go outside won’t return.

I was told that I would be immune compromised for taking an experimental vaccine.

Can we now get everyone to admit some people were very wrong during COVID?

Freedom convoy grew into something much bigger than Truckers protesting about vaccine mandates to cross the border. They had a point that they work in very isolated conditions, but covid freaks were opportunistic, and US/right wing funding to make it blow up was plenty.

Republicans actually think they are being set free with the removal of government employees.

Yes. Clinton also gutted government departments.... Over the span of seven years. Trump is doing that within less than a month and is doing so much more damage. It's like watching someone with a gambling addiction budget their monthly income.

People ARE protesting though. And they are protesting all over the world. I think trump is the first, most hated dictator in the world right after Hitler.

Because those groups were right wing and funded by political agitators, multiplied by manipulated media. The people on the ground did believe in the issues, but it was a concerted effort of political theater as a show of force.

Everyone else is now debilitated by wage theft that they can only care about the economy. When the market crashes harder and full recession hits, that’s when people will take to the streets because they’ll have lost jobs and freedoms. That’s when the martial law will start.

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Genuinely asking. What is this post about? I've seen 3-4 posts with the same vague description of what is actually going on. Sorry, I checked out of politics for yhe past 2 weeks and am genuinely asking, what.

Ah I remember that. Forever burned into my brain: “Eighteen naked cowboys in the showers at Ram Ranch…”

Is that what it was about? Because there was no clear message, and there were some Nazi flags, people complaining about sex ed curriculum, something about farmers .. It was pretty much an incoherent mess that messed up the daily lives of Ottawa citizens, for what?

Because the same people organized both, for broadly speaking the same reasons

Children. They have the minds of children.

Is there a way to hide all comments from folks who werent in Ottawa at the time?

IMO this was a distraction for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The flu trucks Klan Karen convoy of tears wasn't about rights: It was about responsibility.

If you can't understand a detail as fundamental to society as that, then all I hope for you is learning.