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Ok, fine, perhaps we need to take Trudeau's measures more seriously, and the ramifications of his measures, but guess what else we need to take seriously?

The current threat of Trump-inspired fascism worldwide. Of which the "protests" in Canada are but one facet.




Fascists and dictators alike have used banks as weapons against classes of people they disagree with. [1] [2] [3] It seems you are okay with these methods as long as they're used on your political opponents.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsbank#Nazi_period

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Soviet_Un...

[3] http://www.commartrecovery.org/docs/EnglishAnselmiReport.pdf


You're right. I'm totally more fine with using these measures against Nazis, as opposed to, say, non-Nazis. Thanks for helping me to clarify that!




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