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1dererLives t1_j5vjan9 wrote

Reply to comment by Ray_Pingeau in Justin Trudeau gets swarmed by protesters walking to Ontario restaurant by No-Atmosphere9320

> healthcare is the only real difference I see between our countries anymore.

That speaks more to your own ignorance than anything else. A basic review of social statistics, public infrastructure, legal systems, etc, would demonstrate a myriad of differences.

And that doesn't even get into the fact that both countries have significant internal regional social differences.

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SentientHotdogWater t1_j5vm51f wrote

>And that doesn't even get into the fact that both countries have significant internal regional social differences.

People from other countries literally cannot tell us apart.

The regional differences between Americans and Canadians aren't any greater than that between Americans from different states. In fact someone from Minnesota or Wisconsin is probably way closer culturally to someone from Ontario than they are to someone from Texas.

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AftyOfTheUK t1_j5w03xg wrote

>People from other countries literally cannot tell us apart.

What does the media-warped opinion of people who have never lived in either country got to do with reality?

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SentientHotdogWater t1_j5wmw9e wrote

It's not just people who live in other countries. FFS we can't tell each other apart a lot of the time.

Be honest. If someone who grew up in Seattle moved to Vancouver and didn't tell people they were American how long do you think it would take for people to figure it out?

If it weren't for Google I'd have no idea Keanu Reeves or Ryan Reynolds were Canadian.

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Ok_Cranberry_1936 t1_j5xr3u3 wrote

Its clear you haven't spent much time in WA or BC then. We have vastly different cultures. And yes, we can spot Americans with ease.

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SentientHotdogWater t1_j5yawaq wrote

Americans with a strong southern accents or people who like to walk around in cowboy hats? Sure.

But an American who grew up in a city, and doesn't have a strong regional accent in a city 2.5 hours away where the people also don't have a strong regional accent? Fuck no.

I know you can't because I've seen you not do it over and over.

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Ok_Cranberry_1936 t1_j5z3wsz wrote

I'm born and raised in Vancouver. Been to Seattle hundreds of times. Family has a cabin in Birch Bay. Worked over 15 years in restaurants and hotels. I guarantee myself, and 90% of every coworker I've had in my career could pick Americans out of a line up, without fail, without them saying a word.

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Ray_Pingeau t1_j5vmnp2 wrote

Sorry, but I’m looking at the immediate world around me. The rising gun violence, the incoming private health care. The rage farming politics. The fact that I can’t go a week supporting Canadian only businesses. Seeing confederate flags flying. Conservative MPs supporting the overturn of Roe v Wade. Consolidation of media. Then there is America owning more and more of Canada every year.

Obviously it’s not a spitting image of America but we are more American every year. You and I will view the world different ways. If you think Canada still has its own identity, that’s cool but i see something different and there’s no way you can change my mind on this when we are on our way to privatized healthcare on the backs of politicians that wish they were republicans.

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