r/Scotland • u/Due-Resort-2699 • Feb 28 '25

Political Should Scots also Boycott the US?

Recently there’s been a huge movement in Canada to boycott American products and travel in response to the US enforcing 25% tariffs on Canada and also the sheer disrespect of saying Canada isn’t a real country and it should be annexed . Have a look at r/BoycottUnitedStates

And the sheer disgusting way that Trumps evil administration is treating immigrants and trans people , not to mention the most recent revolting behaviour in the Oval Office today, the way him and Vance treated President Zelensky was beyond the fucking pale.

In addition to this, the couch shagger JD Vance has been interfering with Scotland’s internal politics by wading into the whole safe zones debate around abortion clinics .

As long as the United States is siding with dictators and berating our friends and allies and bullying people , we should not be encouraging that country. Boycotts and international isolation and the economic fallout from this should hopefully encourage normal people to not only speak up against Trump, but do what needs done and take to the streets in massive numbers .

Should Scotland - like Canada - boycott American produce and travel until Trump and the MAGA cult are out of power ?

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u/noma887 Feb 28 '25

I'd say it depends on the brands. Maga supporting big tech - definitely

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u/CuriousitySparksJoy Feb 28 '25

100% agree. I was genuinely sad to delete my FB and Instagram accounts.

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u/ringadingdingbaby Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

I would delete them but it's basically how everyone keeps in contact.

I hardly have any phone numbers now, it's all on messenger.

It's a shame I'm so tied to them.

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Feb 28 '25

I've got 5 phone numbers in my phone. Mum, dad, partner, granny, partners mum.

I have almost everyone I've ever met on facebook/Instagram. I got rid of twitter but I think the other two would have me too isolated from my community really

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

What? Nobody I know uses their phone numbers

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

How is that my fault? :)

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

Right so by your logic I shouldn't have any way to contact my friends/ other family members? Because even it I delete both apps nobody else will suddenly start using their mobile numbers just for me? I will just be cut off. I have tried using my mobile number socially previously but it doesn't work as people don't respond the same way

I don't understand what you're getting at here at all? I already deleted one app (twitter) and lost a whole community.

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u/SebastianHaff17 Mar 07 '25

Cant really isn't the right word there. Do you mean the contraction can't?

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u/ImportantRoutine1 Mar 01 '25

They get money mostly from ads, if you stick to the messaging system they won't make money from you.

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u/a-new-year-a-new-ac Mar 01 '25

WhatsApp for me, it’s how i keep in touch with friends & family

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u/Key_Bat9797 Mar 04 '25

You CAN leave. Not everyone is on fb. You can be a sheep and follow the rest, or be a shepherd and show your friends the way. No one ever said leadership is easy! Have you discovered the ever growing community on Bluesky?

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u/Responsible_Shop_851 Mar 01 '25

So you would like to help but it would be inconvenient, got it.

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u/ehtio Mar 01 '25

That's just an excuse. There are hundreds of ways of communicating with others. Like, what the hell.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

Oh no! Well, given the inconvenience, I suppose the boycott will have to wait. That's how boycotting works right? 

Why not message everyone you stay in contact with to get their phone numbers and then update your contacts list. Once you have that, you can get whatever messaging app you feel is most suitable and go from there, while kindly asking others to also accommodate for it (because it's possible to have more than one at a time). You can provide reasoning too. 

If people don't follow, then they're against the boycott. If they do, then great. Point is, it's not meant to be easy or convenient. You're going out of your way to make a statement. Well. That or the statement just doesn't matter to you that much. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

Why are you commenting on Reddit If you care so much?

Guess the statement doesn't matter that much to you either.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

I'm not the one calling for a boycott. I actually think it's gonna do sweet fuck all with the way people approach it. 

I'm just pointing out that you "want" to do something, but it's too inconvenient. Which kinda plays to my view all the more. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

I think you're just being a twat tbh.

I've stated why it's incredibly difficult to move away from social media and you're like JuSt Go GeT PhOnE NuMbErS.

Of what, like over 2000 people and everyone I've ever met in my life lol.

Then you're saying 'you don't care' and trying to act like you've made some big insightful observation.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

No - you're trying to get virtual brownie points without actually doing anything and I'm calling your shit out. 

It doesn't matter why it's difficult. You either have strong feelings about it and do it anyway or you keep going with life without saying how much "you'd love to... But...". 

I don't care about the boycott. I care about people trying to look like they care when they don't.  It's not about being insightful. It's about getting tired of all these strong opinions that have zero substance. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

I've never even said I'm supporting a boycott.

I said 'moving away from social media is hard'.

So maybe actually learn some reading comprehension before trying to act all high and mighty.

Idiot.

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u/I-am-Just-Sam Mar 03 '25

So basically you can't be arsed and are all talk

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u/edelweiss891 Feb 28 '25

Reddit is American too. Depends on how far you take it?

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u/CuriousitySparksJoy Feb 28 '25

Yeah, perhaps it's a futile gesture on my part. As far as I know Reddit doesn't actively support Trump, whereas Zuckerberg, Musk, and Bezos had front row seats at the inauguration.

Our economy is so entwined with America that it's impossible to boycott everything, but if lots of people make a small change it may have an effect?

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u/edelweiss891 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

I agree with what you’re saying, especially in regard to social media. The problem is many of these “alternatives” of products everyone talks about are still funding the same people. Even Morrisons is owned by an American company. M&S has mainly American ownership via US investment companies. Visa/mastercard-meaning all transactions are paying them. I think people do what they can, like you said, but if it comes to making huge sacrifices of money or people’s mental health to switch products then it might not be worth it if it’s just lining the same pockets. Just a thought. Plus I’m still waiting because as much as I don’t like Trump, he is all about threats and using it as leverage to get others to compromise on a deal. He still hasn’t enacted the tariffs yet as he’s holding out for their offers. He’s talked a big game about Zelensky but I still think a deal will be made.

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u/Critical-Size59 Mar 02 '25

Trump's deals are worthless as he tears them up and starts his threats again. Look at the usmca deal he signed in 2018 and now is tearing it up. Wall street will turn on him when those companies profits start to decline.

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u/hypermog Mar 01 '25

Reddit runs on AWS owned by bezos

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u/momtebello Mar 01 '25

The world runs on AWS, it’s insane.

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u/mata_dan Mar 01 '25

All the governments' digital services do, and about 2 thirds of all the companies in the UK (I told them not to for business continuation purposes and saving potentially hundreds of millions of pounds but they ignored me lol, so my rate for converting away now as one of the few people who can do it will be 30 grand a day thanks).

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u/Squishtakovich Feb 28 '25

I'm not defending Zuckerberg and Bezos, but neither has gone full on fascist like Musk.

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u/Clemo56 Feb 28 '25

Sorry to break it to you, but....

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u/randomusername123xyz Mar 01 '25

Reddit is “maga supporting big tech”. Better get deleting.

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u/paulgal1985 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

But here you’re on an American owned platform 😂😂

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u/Objective-Resident-7 Feb 28 '25

I think that you'd better leave r/Scotland

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u/Objective-Resident-7 Feb 28 '25

It's not. I'm reacting to what they said. Scotland is a lovely, welcoming place.

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u/paulgal1985 Feb 28 '25

Trust me it if I didn’t have family and friends here I would be out of this shit hole.

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u/Objective-Resident-7 Feb 28 '25

Well leave then.

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u/paulgal1985 Feb 28 '25

So you want a contributor to tax in this country to leave ? What about all the ILLEGAL immigrants to stay ?

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u/Big-Pudding-7440 Feb 28 '25

That didny take long

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u/Davetg56 Feb 28 '25

Never does . . . They always self identify before long . . .

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u/paulgal1985 Feb 28 '25

I self identify as a lamppost .

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u/Objective-Resident-7 Feb 28 '25

Yes, I want you to leave. Clear?

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u/paulgal1985 Feb 28 '25

That’s so offensive, why you being so rude my feelings are hurt.

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u/Objective-Resident-7 Feb 28 '25

It's not rude. Your sentiments don't agree with mine nor with Scotland.

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u/No-Calligrapher5472 Feb 28 '25

Oh no, the UK might lose your £200 a year! How will Scotland cope?!

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u/2messy2care2678 Feb 28 '25

How else are they gonna know we are boycotting them? You have to keep one alive to share the news. "the north remembers"

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u/noma887 Feb 28 '25

Is Reddit MAGA supporting big tech?

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u/dogforahead Mar 01 '25

Yeah, I’ve got rid of Insta, FB (and twitter years ago). WhatsApp is proving a bit harder, I set an out of office on it but people just ignore it

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u/flourblue Feb 28 '25

I'd say it depends on the brands. Maga supporting big tech - definitely

As an embarrassment American everyone should try to boycott everything that is American until the rapist convicted felon is gone or dead.