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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by some_random on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:50PM (#41372861)
These all seem like really bad examples, panic over trans people has some very real, very British sources and 15 minute cities (and related concepts like LTNs and the ULEZ) is not something regularly discussed in the US.

Much better examples are US Southwest/Californian concerns around water scarcity being imported to places where water is not scarce, or similar concerns around emissions from electricity generation being imported to places that use high amounts of renewables/nuclear energy. Another example is civilian disarmament fear mongering switching from being about cheap handguns to "assault weapons" after DC v Heller.

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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:57PM (#41374172)
The reaction to George Floyd in UK was quite strange, with "don't shoot" protests and "defund the police", when the UK police is not even armed and gets paid like half of their American counterparts.
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by some_random on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:23PM (#41374355)
That's not a bad one, although issues of police brutality and overfunding definitely aren't unique to the US
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:59PM (#41375262)
Police regularly having tanks and other epic equipment from war is definitely unique to democracies.
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by some_random on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @11:00PM (#41375550)
That's true, autocracies usually just deploy the military domestically!
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