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rssMB to Left News WireEnglish · 2 months ago

Canadian Oligarchs Go “Elbows Down” as U.S. Invades Sovereign Nation

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Canadian Oligarchs Go “Elbows Down” as U.S. Invades Sovereign Nation

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In the early hours of Friday morning, the United States launched a criminal attack on Venezuelan soil, kidnapping its president Nicolas Maduro Moros and his wife Cilia Flores. In his statement…

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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    Bunch of fucking losers. Letting trump get away with this is a disgrace

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    Can anyone name a time in history where appeasement of a war hungry neighbor worked out for a nation?

    I can’t think of a time where that was anything other than a HORRIFYING BAD IDEA.

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    Liberal governments issue lukewarm statements against imperialism. Liberals complain that said statement wasn’t strongly worded enough. Both are not useful against the horrors of capitalist imperialism in any real way.

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    I am not familiar with this quoted phrase. Please explain.

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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      Tldr:

      Elbows Up is being said in Canadian politics loosely referring to hockey in which you protect yourself by keeping your elbows out. Used as a way for Canadian politicians to say they are being independent from American tariff/immigration/aggression.

      The article is making a Elbows Down joke at how those same folk agreeing with American aggression so long as it’s not aimed at Canada.

      • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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        Thank you.

      • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        someone needs to make a canadian-to-english translator. lol

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      Explained in the article

      • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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        I’m not interested in the article.

        • Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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          Then why should anyone be interested in your comments?

          • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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            I didn’t make any comments

            • Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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              How odds since I responded to three of them now.

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    Because if we piss the orange moron off before we’re ready to properly receive him and his jackboots, he’ll fuck us over.

    If we play the quiet mouse, we get moved down or off the list to conquer.

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