"the number of Canadians taking road trips to the US – representing the majority of Canadians who normally visit – had dropped by 23% compared with February 2024" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

ryanlcooper.com • 2 days ago

"the number of Canadians taking road trips to the US – representing the majority of Canadians who normally visit – had dropped by 23% compared with February 2024" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/i-feel-utter-anger-from-canada-to-europe-a-movement-to-boycott-us-goods-is-spreading

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rozrk.bsky.social•2 days ago

If you watch tolls paid on all north/ south roads ( northway/ny thruway/ 95, you may see quite a bit of deficit this year. Don’t speed they have to make it up somehow.,

ryanlcooper.com•2 days ago

with ICE goons throwing random tourists in prison I wonder if the EU/UK/etc might get rid of visa-free travel for Americans https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80y3yx1jdyo

kanaga.nz•2 days ago

EU/UK/CA/AU/NZ abso-fucking-lutely ought to end visa-free travel for U.S. citizens.

fakesusan.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’re gonna be worried we’ll “forget” to get on the plane home, with good reason, because it’s very tempting

patrickrcrotty.bsky.social•2 days ago

As an American who frequently travels to (and loves) Europe — I wouldn’t blame them in the least.

ryanlcooper.com•2 days ago

yep. I am planning a work trip to Greenland and people are very wary of talking to any American reporter. can't blame them for a second

ozmodiar.bsky.social•2 days ago

23% is a good start but there needs to be a wider boycott

imaginarypixel.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm in AZ, I work in insurance and I have received tons of calls from Canadians requesting CLUE reports and selling their seasonal houses down here. Good for them!

thefirstarticle.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm expecting a larger drop. Canadians who had pre-planned trips are trying to use them up.

Throwing some of them into detention is going to make even that stop.

Only the stupidest rightwingers will go, and when some of them get ICEd, bc again they are stupid, that will likely also drop off.

berniehendriks.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's ironic that the most ardent defenders of laissez-faire capitalism can't conceive of a positive sum transaction unless they're yelling at a socialist about how a rising tide lifts all boats.

Americans won't enjoy the spoils of bullying as much as they enjoyed being the richest among equals.

thefirstarticle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Conservatives will pay exorbitantly more just to not feel like someone they consider their inferior to be their equal.

They'll self mutilate. For real, look at what they do to their own bodies to be in the in group. It's body horror in real life.

berniehendriks.bsky.social•2 days ago

I work with a lot of rich conservative folks. The real issue is that with even really basic awareness, the inequality becomes pretty palpably unfair. IMO the conservatism tends to be a self-soothing mechanism to deal with the cognitive dissonance.

thefirstarticle.bsky.social•2 days ago

The rich rarely wake up to themselves.

berniehendriks.bsky.social•2 days ago

There are a lot of different coping mechanisms though! Philanthropy, workaholism, virtue signaling, vice signaling. Once you see it, you kind of see it everywhere.

upwithpeople.bsky.social•2 days ago

Down only 23%??? C’mon people, head to Hay River instead.

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