cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/21755185

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Liberal leader comes just two weeks before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president while threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada on Day 1.

Trudeau said he will stay on as prime minister until his successor is chosen, creating the prospect that Canada will have a lame duck head of government just as its biggest trading partner hits its exports with steep tariffs.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
      5·
      1 day ago

      Somehow I don’t think taking to the streets and escalating the political violence between the people with all the money and power, and the rest of us, is going to lead us to the bright future I would like to imagine.

      There’s a reason the American Revolution wasn’t organized along the lines of assassinating Tory leaders at random, and hoping that would do it. Freedom of association, protest, organization, and the press are guaranteed for a reason, and freedom to take shots at the leaders you don’t like is not, also for a reason.

      • fishabel
        4·
        1 day ago

        Then I guess we should get used to the way things are…

        • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          20 hours ago

          The better conclusion is that we have to organize against fascism. We can’t depend on the odd Luigi to achieve anything alone. The value of actions like his is as a catalyst to working class solidarity and organized resistance.

          • fishabel
            6·
            19 hours ago

            Which will never happen. I wish it would. The only solution is the removal of billionaires and corporations who value profit over human lives.

            • LukeZaz@beehaw.orgEnglish
              1·
              7 hours ago

              Kill a billionaire, another takes his place. You have to make systemic change in order to actually remove billionaires from the equation. That requires a lot more than a bullet. Organizing will always be more effective.

              • fishabel
                1·
                7 hours ago

                Yes, I do agree that the real problem is systemic. The system rewards people for shitty things. Greed is a sickness.

                But… at the moment the people at the top think “I can do whatever I want, and nothing will happen to me!” This part needs to change.

                So, I am suggesting that, in addition to organizing and changing the system, we make a statement that says, “if you kill people for profit, you’re going to get shot,” among other fun phrases. The existing crop of billionaires need to wake up and worry if this is going to be the day they die. They need that real fear with them as they go make plans that impact people.

                It worked for the French, more or less. We need to trim the fat.