palal , 9 months ago

It’s important to remember that in the US, political aims are achieved by funding think tanks and political parties and “independent protests” rather than on funding the government at large. So, I’m attributing the actions of the decision makers in the US (Republican officials, key Republican decision makers) to American policy at large. After all, in a two-party system, the Republicans will eventually regain power and they will follow the policy of these key decision makers. It’s rather odd that the decision makers in American politics aren’t government officials, but I guess that’s the wonders of a two-party democracy. You can say that Koch (for example) isn’t an American government official, but then I’d ask you what defines a government official if not a high degree of influence over government policy.

On the Freedom Convoy protest bullshit:

Conservatives in the U.S., including right-wing media and high-profile Republicans, are vocalizing their support for the Canadian convoy and donating money.

How American right-wing funding for Canadian trucker protests could sway U.S. politics

U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Canada trucker donations

On funding for Canadian “independent think tanks”

How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada

U.S. Republican Koch oil billionaires help fund the Fraser Institute. Why the Fraser Institute?

On direct funding to politicians (“bribes” or what have you)

The US funds the International Democrat Union, who directly gave Stephen Harper a cushy job after he was ousted as PM in 2015.

On blatant economic favoritism by the DOJ to crush Canadian businesses: …wikipedia.org/…/CSeries_dumping_petition_by_Boei…

Maybe the Democrats are better, but from what I’ve seen all they do is not actively make things substantially worse.