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Authoritarianism is a default in parts of the world rich in natural resources. Any territory with loads of natural resources will become authoritarian so long as good people do nothing. I'm sure Biden and Harris are fine with what's going on in Toronto. And, Canada has the natural resources. The part it doesn't have is a warm climate where there are always fish in the stream and fruit on the trees. In warm climates authoritarianism clings, because people can still survive.

People won't survive in Canada under authoritarianism. Then, Marie Antoinette will arise from her grave and proclaim, "Let them eat Trudeau."

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Apparently King County intends to keep its mask mandate going regardless of what the state does. Only until "circumstances change", you understand.

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And the subservient sheeple of King County will continue to follow it, naturally.

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Donuts to dollars their curve will continue to mirror the non-masking places nearby.

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Also you can watch Ottawa Walks. He's in the thick of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiJ5t-QRW6c

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Oh my god look at all those people violently standing around talking!

Now here come the cops, so the violence can really begin.

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The live chat gives me hope.

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The four weeks to end the mask mandate in WA is to give them time to whip up another crisis and move the goal posts again.

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Well, you know King Jay LOVES his 'climate crisis'

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Please give to the CCLA and support their fight against the government overreach and breach of human rights

https://ccla.org

Leave a message indicating your support of the convoy protesters rights

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The Canadian Civil War has begun.

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Prediction 1: Putin and Xi will take advantage by making moves soon.

Prediction 2: Rump Ukraine will soon be a NATO member, completing a new "iron curtain."

Prediction 3: Putin will soon declare the entirety of the Black Sea to be sovereign Russian territory.

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I literally just said those exact three things to my husband. With Erdogan in possession of the entrance to the Black Sea, and Putin in possession of all the land surrounding it, they will have complete control over that whole region.

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Yes. Recent actions (I won't list them: most here know about them) make the Black a de facto Russian body of water. All part of smothering Ukraine. Putin knows he can't grab all of Ukraine (just like in the case of the U.S.S.R., Russia can't afford it), so he has decided Russians will still support him getting all he can.

Watch the GodXi declare the S. China Sea his. These two events (whether by public declaration or continued obvious-to-all action) will effectively destroy the long established international Law of The Sea (what is it called? shootin' from the hip here!), and put the lie to the longtime "super-power-sphere-of-influence" abomination that the neo-con/neo-lib warmongering cabal in the West has abused at least since WWII. Good riddance, I say (ha! a silver lining!).

Don't forget, for all his own Authoritarian Socialism, Erdogan hates Russia, and Turkey is NATO. The West must use real-politik (Yes, Kissinger was right) here, and EVERYTHING else to keep the nukes from going off.

Whew, what a world we have.

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Indeed it has. But in this case, one side has military-grade sonic weapons and the other side has bouncy castles and pancake breakfasts,

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You under-estimate the joy and call of freedom.

Prediction 4: We will win The Canadian Civil War (eventually).

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Not underestimating anything, just calling out the disparity.

We've already won. They just don't know it yet.

They are a cornered animal right now. Be on alert!

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Agreed, and sorry for my "spiciness." Winning is NOT going to be "peaceful."

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Watching Ottawa live on Instagram right now. Cops are breaking windows on the trucks and arresting drivers.

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Turns out having a giant sledgehammer of force IS useful sometimes!

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If you want to watch in real time as we lose Canada, I recommend Viva Frei's live stream: https://rumble.com/vv971s-feb-18-live-from-ottawa-viva-on-the-street.html

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Yes to Viva Frei!

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Oh nice! I heard all the 'official' cameras have been taken offline so the plebes can't see what's actually happening.

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They're also arresting any media that tries to enter the "red" zone....

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