From an American: seriously, good on you, Danes. We deserve it.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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It's surely not people like YOU who deserve it. You're just the ones paying for it without ever having been asked. Sorry man. Sucks to be open-minded AND living in the us
I appreciate the empathy.
And yeah, it’s really wild how much being an American who has a strong sense of humanistic ethics and a solid understanding of history and geopolitics and civil rights puts you in disassociative states on a fairly regular basis these days.
I’m genuinely torn on what sort of mid- to long-term plans I should be considering these days. Political activism that very well may put me on A List of Bad People The Regime Doesn’t Like, with all the implications that might contain in the coming few years?fuck off and go to Europe and work for the defense industry there (never thought I’d ever consider going back into defense, but I’d absolutely do it to help non-insane countries defend themselves against the US breaking bad)? Move to NH and buy lots of guns and teach myself how to machine things for uses that are definitely legal and practice flying FPV drones a lot? Who fucking knows.
And then there’s family and friends here who are like “oh it’s ok the system will correct itself”… like, what fucking planet are you on? How is that your takeaway? What the fuck? God, it’s exhausting. But also, what’s my best move to try to help/protect the people in my life I care about, regardless of whether they accept what’s going on right now?
Thanks for coming to my TED talk I guess 😬
Lol. And yeah it sucks big hairy and sweaty monkey balls. I dunno what I could suggest, but if people you care for don't care for the current state of the world, or are just ignorant...what could you even do?
Emigrating? Sure why not. If you're white (no racism here, just...well...we (Germany) are on our way to the right too...) You'd have zero problems. Nearly everyone <70 speaks English,.many above too. Makes easy integration. I would go for Netherlands, Norway, Denmark (or better not due to...you guys 🤷♂️).
I couldn't think of much that would be better where you now are. Maybe the vast space and parking lots? The guns? The cost of living/building a house maybe, unless you're in the big cities.
I'm already pissed at all the right-wing drift here that goes well against any ethics, but compared to you guys we're basically people-pleasing warmhearted Marxists 😁
I saw fascism rising in the Fourth Reich since Nixon got elected, and moved to Canada 15 years ago. Never regretted it (except the cold, snow, and lack of good, inexpensive Mexican food). Still prefer all that to fucking Nazis terrorizing my community and abducting or summarily executing my neighbors. I still have friends and family down there that I worry about.
I wish you the best of luck comrade, I fear it is going to get worse before it gets even worse.
The good thing is that you lose nothing of any value when you don't buy American
Canada has been doing it for about a year now, and it works very well. We’ve affected key industries and harmed states (especially Florida and Kentucky) with success.
CDN retailers dont even bother to stock US sourced products any more.
We even stopped selling frozen concentrated OJ. Now we got the scurvy. Yar.
A LOT less US products here in the last year or so, I think. But still a lot of stores still have plenty of Pepsi/Coke, Pringles, Oreos, Kellogg's and GM cereal, etc. and tons of clothing and such (Nike, Levis, etc).
Since the introduction of the Black Star (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/vil-du-boykotte-amerikanske-varer-nu-saetter-dagligvarekaempe-sort-stjerne-ved) at many stores, and the general shift in sentiment from the US, I've noticed a lot fewer american products in stores. Still plenty, but it's a noticable shift here for sure.
Thats in General something I See across Europe. Europe is getting closer to each other and more confident. I like that.
Especially a shift in software is coming. Its Not about that all products are Bad. But I do see a Push to be in charge about the own Data - which is absolutely relatable.
So basict European and Latin American and Canada markets are all moving away from the US.
Great job, cheeto! I could not have done it better.
Can Asia now follow as well?
Two years ago, I gave so much money to American companies every month. Since then, I have been slowly moving everything to European providers. It's all the orange man's fault. Fuck fascism.
Not sure what American food the Danish buy in substantial quantities
Every little helps. Perfect is the enemy of good and all.
Also there's a lot of food that's not necessarily grown or manufactured in the US but still goes into the pockets of American companies such as Mondelez, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mars, Heinz, Kellogg's etc.
Not sure what American food the Danish buy in substantial quantities
Hopefully none now.
Probably food manufactured by US owned companies mainly. Although there was somewhat of an uptick in the sale of US beef several years ago, but I imagine prices would have ended that regardless of any boycot.
People don't just buy food.
I've eliminated more or less all US products and suppliers from my life; that was almost zero change to my food or drink purchases (I never did drink stuff like Coke.) But it has meant things like changing toothpaste, laundry conditioner, shower gel...
Alan a lot of brands that are thought of as traditionally European have American ownership.
They've spread their tentacles far and wide.
Same, one of those shit ass websites with bannerS and click here's and all that nonsense.
Have you heard of Adblock? Never web surf without it.
It's a tad ironic that this app runs on Android or Apple phones. People find it easy to avoid physical products but we will have to find technological alternatives too.
Microsoft, Google, Apple, they will also have to go, I hope.
And they pay with mastercard visa or PayPal
And they pay with mastercard visa or PayPal
What credit card companies are not owned and/or controlled by the Americans?
Obviously we need better options, but until those exist what "better way" do you suggest?
Ehm, I'm paying cash... not using BLIK where you just scan a qr code from the seller. (Warsaw)
Well, yeah, cash is king - at least for in person.
Though there are some places local to me that have gone 100% cashless. Which is annoying.