It depends on who "we" are.

If you're in the US, then bad news buttercup - you're already under the thumb of a ruthless insane dictator, and the economy is the last of your worries.

Oh, also the NBC coverage still has Bob Roll. UGH!!! That's just a personal thing, but GOOD GOD I HATE LISTENING TO HIM BUTCHER NAMES!!! If I hear "Jonas Vingegoo" one more time, I may have to blow up my computer.

I miss Paul Sherwin so much. He and Liggett had a charm together that Roll could never hope for.

I know, not your problem. Just...ugh. Why did NBC choose him?

I guess I’ve just given up and assume everyone would just cut us off. I’ve really only seen negativity twords the US, so that colors my view. There’s also my buddy from Japan who advised me to say I was Canadian when traveling internationally due to the negativity he’s seen directed at the US when he’s traveling Asia and Europe.

Speaking as a Canadian, your friend from Japan can fuck right off.

Even the good people from the US (and there absolutely are some - some of my dearest friends are from SoCal) are not Canadian, and either (a) can't pull it off, or (b) skew the rest of the world's view of Canadians.

So please don't.

Oh, there are two simple answers to this:

1. He will NEVER accept accountability for his actions. If he feels like it, he'll eat a live baby on TV and walk away untroubled.
2. He will be held accountable when (and ONLY when) the people hold him accountable.

He will never stop until he is in jail or dead. And the same is true for most of his sycophant followers.

Not viewable outside the US.

Depending on the weeds, this can cause them to propagate further, and may be a bad idea.

Have you contacted the RCMP about this?

Even republicans don’t want fascism.

Um, sorry but have you been paying attention for the last eight years?

The people left in the GOP are driving at full speed towards a fascist dictatorship. It's not Trump, it's the entire cadre of sycophants and Nazis he's set up to protect him.

Laura Loomer's "Alligator lives matter" didn't suggest that? Nor the fact that she was celebrating the creation of a new concentration camp to round up and possibly murder ALL Latinos in the US? (And selling merch to go with it!)

What about Kristi Noem filming propaganda in front of cages full of prisoners in El Salvador?

The six SCOTUS judges who are eagerly giving Trump every immunity and power he wants?

Ron DeSantis creating a second one-stop deportation centre?

The US Republican Party ARE fascists, and are ecstatic over how things are turning out.

If you call yourself a Republican and are against this, you're either a hypocrite, or a liar.

Sadly I can't take any credit for this drop, since I haven't bought a bottle of US wine in at least a decade.

Bourbon and a few other things (Aviation Gin) have been bought in the past and now are off my list, but that's a different graph altogether.

Interesting aside: Here in Alberta, our fuckwit premier has announced that the province will be buying from the US again. Since I never saw a shortage of US product in the local stores, I have to wonder if she just paused it long enough to wind down the current stocks in the ALCB warehouses.

But arguably, it's not really about punishing the US - our economy is too small to really accomplish that.

It's about divesting ourselves of their influence. It's about turning our back on them and living with the rest of the world instead. And wherever possible, it's about making and buying our own products first.

...southern US...

I'd say that fundamentally it's because it's culturally accepted in those areas.

"Everyone does it" is a frighteningly strong impetus to do something.

Absolutely not.

We all have to make personal decisions about safety and risk, for our own unique situation.

While not in the US, I'm a straight, white, middle-aged dude. My risk in loudly speaking out is probably still orders of magnitude lower than yours is by staying quiet. If there are any moral decisions to be made, I'd say that it's my moral duty to use my overly-consequential and protected voice to stand up for the vulnerable and suffering.

There is no moral flaw in trying to survive within your means - and if that means keeping your head down, then hopefully I and many others will have your back.