I've sort of been out of the news loop for the last two weeks, and to be frank, I have no idea what this Canadian truck driver story is all about. Can one of you kind souls please explain?
I've sort of been out of the news loop for the last two weeks, and to be frank, I have no idea what this Canadian truck driver story is all about. Can one of you kind souls please explain?
I know you want details but :frothingfash: is probably the most accurate takeaway.
Petty bourgeois chud truckers and their hangers-on are protesting "the government", which just so happens to look like a series of far-right thinly-veiled white nationalist talking points. They're getting attention because (1) corporate media loves to give attention to petty bourgeois shit and fash shit and (2) they're legitimately fucking up infrastructure because they're blocking roads wherever they go and they didn't plan for any of this.
Their primary concrete demand is an end to vax mandates.
And to nobody's surprise, cops are pretending they can do nothing about this despite their eagerness to beat the shit out of any protesters that are vaguely leftish.
To add: police are getting some excellent funding during this ordeal... And by covering this extensively, corporate media can continue appearing like the adult in the room all while giving favourable press to provincial governments that are rapidly stripping down covid restrictions (despite covid, in some cases, being as widespread as it's ever been).
No doubt the normalization of police overreach during these protests will be utilized for any future left protests also.