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It’s blatant extortion now.

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[–] WorkersCorps@sopuli.xyz 47 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Trump needs to be removed for this and it's not an exaggeration to say there are at least a dozen other unconstitutional things he's done that he should be removed for as well. But the GOP-held congress doesn't care about the constitution either so this is only going to continue to get worse.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WorkersCorps@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

I guess I meant just since the new term but this is a great list and I'll be sharing it around myself as well. Thanks!

[–] pohart@programming.dev 0 points 5 hours ago

It seems the Democratic leadership intends to be complicit, also.

It's not a surprise, liberals generally side with fascism. But it is disappointing.

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[–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The US' most important good is intellectual property. They rely on other countries to protect their IP. If you no longer rely on them for trade because theyre tariffing the shit out of your country, you don't need to appease them anymore by protecting their IP.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Up until the early 90s, the Dominican Republic had a local cable TV network. This network pretty much had a monopoly, it was dirt cheap and included all the premium American satellite/cable TV networks. You name it, it had it.

Obviously this company never bothered to license any of it and just sent some dude to Miami from time to time to renew his individual satellite package so it could be pipe to an entire country. Neat "business model", not local laws where broken and the US companies couldn't do much about it.

The fun came to a stop when the US threatened to revoke free-trade deals it had done with the State and pressured the Government to clamp down on the cable TV provider.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 12 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I wonder if Canada can make its own streaming service to Canadians which provides all of the content from Netflix, prime, Disney, etc in one location for cheap because all the content is pirated by the government itself.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago

A splendid idea! Yo ho yo ho mateys!

[–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 hours ago

This goes further than just pirated entertainment. Think of patents. "Nice chip you have there Apple, would be a shame if it were public domain now."

I believe Russia has this market cornered.

[–] cool@lemmings.world 1 points 6 hours ago (9 children)

Lol. I actually support this.

It'll be worse for Canadians, but better for the US and therefore the world as a whole.

I mean, imagine how all those Canadian voters can affect Congress.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 20 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I would rather fucking die.

[–] kaerypheur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Sad... 😔

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