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swingandamiss 2 hours ago

No, because I'd rather not support our economic and military rivals.

lwansbrough 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm Canadian so this sentiment has little value in 2026 unfortunately.

ActionHank an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Also, frankly, as a fellow Canadian it's pretty clear that the biggest "rival" the US has right now is itself. Just passed out in the corner puking on itself shouting about all the foreigners who won't talk to it.

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tancop an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm from Europe and I hate America way more than China now. Used to be about equal but then Trump started extorting Ukraine, threatening their own allies and sending billions to Israel to help with a genocide. I think that exposed America for what it really is.

boelboel 21 minutes ago | parent [-]

China is enabling russia way more than trump, China doesn't care too much about 'morals' either. Chinese companies have been quite important in the construction sector of the WB settlements. Even though I'm not a great fan of Trump I don't see a reason at all to prefer the chinese.

scottyah an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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lwansbrough an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Because at present the pedophile US president is making it his mission to molest my country. China, for all its faults (including espionage, which the US is also guilty of) is mostly focused on conducting trade.

verdverm an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Half of Canada now uses the word 'enemy' when asked for an adjective to describe America or China. We're equivalent in their eyes now because we elected Trump a second time and all that he has said and done in 2.0

cwillu an hour ago | parent [-]

It's closer to a cousin you used to be close with despite some moral failings, but who has now has a substance abuse problem and is lashing out at family and friends.

Not an enemy, just a danger.

verdverm an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm relaying a poll of Canadians, their word choice, not mine

"plurality" would have been accurate over "half" on my part

https://www.commondreams.org/news/canadians-us-enemy-poll

rayiner an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Canadians warming up to China makes me think of Germany becoming increasingly reliant on Russia in the 2010s.

rapind 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Murica just has a MAGA problem. We can still be friends if and when you sort that out. Us Canadians like most of you quite a lot.

cgio an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, someone can still blow up a pipe and they look the other way. On the other hand, you can also draw parallels to themselves becoming increasingly reliant on US vs UK in the past.

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zemvpferreira 36 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

As much as the US has been easy to hate lately, I don't hesitate to say Xi Jinping as the most powerful man on Earth would be much, much worse.

joshheitzman 24 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does it count as supporting a rival if your an American using an American inference provider self-hosting an open weight model from a Chinese lab?

Freedom2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed, and also because I support freedom of speech!

girvo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Neither the US nor the Chinese companies are on your side then. They both censor, just different topics.

But at least I can run Chinese models locally, and strip a lot of that censorship/refusal.