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In case you weren't aware of where Tobias (Tobi) Lutke's views lay.

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[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 90 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shopify can go toss a salad.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

No jelly or syrup for them

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Replies to a challenge that he's just looking out for his bottom line with this:

Shopify is unaffected by all this.

The Canadian small businesses that run on Shopify are the ones that are not so lucky. They are the bedrock of our economy providing 70% of all jobs. We all ought to fight for them.

I'm dumbfounded. He must think Canadians are so stupid they can't see the contradiction in this statement.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Canadian small businesses that are not simply resellers of US products, actually gain from tariffs on US competition. The US tariffs on Canada hurt them, but the retaliation directly helps them.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So...... Are we supposed to just bend over and take it?

The fuck?

I can't say I'm surprised though. Some corpo advocating for something that will help them profit? What a surprise.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

The line goes up

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok so fuck Shopify too then?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Something like that.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Shopify CEO was sucking up to Trump and his regime so Tobi can seriously fuck off

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago

Basically speaking for PP here.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.”

They are 100% "crazy demands" in that a fake national emergency is declared in order to rip up trade agreements. The amounts of drugs from Canada are extremely small, and more illegal immigrants enter Canada from US rather than other way around. If Fentanyl is a problem, the US can do a lot more to curb US production, and hospital use. Another approach would be to simply eliminate heroin, since all deaths occur as a result of mistaken contamination/substitute of heroin, and fentanyl is "cheaper per dose" as reason for hospital use. Making opiate pills "highly available" would also remove fear/events of overdoses.

A fake national emergency, with other pretexts for tariffs. "small trade imbalance, and opportunity to extort Canada by destroying its economy" makes it a declaration of war. That Shopify would have more sales if Canada just surrendered, is an overly selfish perspective to say out loud, and in my opinion, treason for both him, and media that doesn't shout it down as treason, instead of being CIA funded mind control of Canada as a US colony.

The "crazy demands" disqualifies the US from being a trusted military partner. Canada needs to stop adopting US enemies as its own, and instead realize that the US is its enemy, and it needs new friends that are powerful enough to stand up to US.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, stupid me, hitting first is the action actually leading to a good outcome. Duh!

[–] mosscap@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

I made an online purchase today and specifically did not use the Shop Pay option. Fuck Shopify. Fucking traitors.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Breaking news! Shopify's CEO can suck my taint.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago