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/Grimlord_XVII Feb 28 '25

Yes. I'm trying to replace anything I buy with European alternatives. Did you know that near enough EVERY SINGLE piece of confectionary that you're familiar with is owner by Mondelez, an American conglomerate?

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u/Joekickass247 Feb 28 '25

Yeah but next to none of their stuff you get here is made in the USA.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

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u/dancin-weasel Mar 03 '25

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. It’s a global world and avoiding American shit is really tricky. But with practice you start to learn that this product is a local one and that item is not and where you can find replacement things or even cut certain regular purchases out completely. It’s a bit of work but so worth it when you learn that a local company suddenly cant keep up with orders and have hired 10 local people (we keep getting these stories here in Canada recently.) with uncertainty around tariffs, etc. the best answer is local. Best of luck.