39 Ontario trucking businesses shut down after freedom convoy protests
(thepostmillennial.com)
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Nationalized trucking is next
Fully automated trucking is next. They're already testing it. Blue collar protests won't be a problem if you don't need working class people to maintain your supply chain.
Autonomous vehicles can barely operate outside of strictly controlled city conditions. We're at least 10 years out from having trucks that can handle snow, mountains, or snowy mountains. The technology simply does not exist.
Not to mention all the routes that would need to be heavily guarded, if and when things get bad enough to make those trucks targets. The military had a hard enough time guarding the roads in Iraq, so I can't imagine they'll be able to protect all the roads across the US.
one emp and thermal lance later... aw sheet look at all this stuff
Or just stand in front of it to make it stop while your buddy jimmies the back door.
true but then theres the camera and who know what other failsafes disable the thing and its your piggy bank
The logistics and sheer risk involved will keep that from happening for a long time.
A single mistake in one of those auto trucks could be hundreds of thousands of dollars in product, close to the same in just the truck alone, and untold additional damage from something of that size causing an accident.
No company, no matter how confident, wants to be the first one on the road with all the eyes on them just waiting for that to happen. And no matter how many lab tests you conduct, you cannot control for every factor on the road so something will happen.
Wouldn't that be stupid easy to steal by getting a truck (or similar big vehicle) to get in front of one and start drifting back towards it forcing it to slow down and brake... then just pin in the truck. I mean, it's like we could go all Mad Max on the down vehicle.. and there's little to nothing it can do once people are on it.
Edgy.
Remember that one trucker in Colorado that killed all those people because his breaks failed?
One glitch could equal dozens of bodies and burning wreckage.
Yeah, and the moment that happens (and it will, the roads aren't a kind place) the entire company behind it will be sued into oblivion from both the victims AND whoever's product they lost.
Its a business where you want human adaptability and error to both prevent said events and protect you when it happens.
Meh, the mechanical field is still very blue collar, someone will still be needed to the dirty work and maintenance.
Seeing how people ransack train cargos in LA. I don't see this working out at all. You need a human to keep an eye on things and serve as a deterrent.
Trudeau: We shut down those businesses and then the truckers complained and shut down businesses, so we had to shut down businesses.
The Economy: EVERYTHING'S COMING UP MILHOUSE!
fuck cuckdeau and his tyranny.
Poutine is gonna get a lot more expensive.
Along with everything else..
Poutine is from Quebec.
Ontario is so lame it doesn't even have a signature dish.
My bad. I’m only ever in Montréal. Wasn’t sure if it was popular throughout the country or not.
Hockey sticks will be more expensive.
maple dildos went up by more than 500% last night.
Beaver tails 😎
I did think about that.
I think it's more of an Ottawa thing though.
It's a stretch, but it's the only thing I can think of that is primarily from Ontario
Oh look, more Canadian Elites coming to America looking for citizenship and taking our jobs. Don't worry, Jon Stewart and Hollywood have their backs.
Ooooh, good job Ontario. Half the shelves at the grocery stores are empty and you're shutting down truckers. What great leadership!
So, I've been pulling money out of corrupt banking systems for the last week, looking for somewhere to drop it...
If any truckers are looking to help me start a new trucking business, I'll pay well for "consultants"...
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No one said this protest was finished.
Odd statement considering they have already cleared out all the trucks, tell me, do you think another protest will start while they are currently ruining the lives of everyone involved even slightly with this one? Jan 6th has had people in solitary confinement for close to a year over misdemeanor trespassing charges. It’s great to be bold, it’s foolish to believe you can initiate change without the power to back your beliefs.
And no one ever said rebelling against tyrants was going to quick and easy.
I’m sorry, was this supposed to be profound?
Just history
Well then you’d be wrong. If you actually read history it’s extraordinarily easy to rebel against tyrants, you just need to either undermine or overpower their power. A conglomeration of tyrants ie democracy is actually the easiest to overthrow because the power is not absolute and easily displaced. If a city lost its water supply how long would they last pushing tyrannical measures? Like I stated elsewhere, infrastructure is king, that’s why people have begun building a parallel economy.
It is more than finished. If there one thing modern docile populations have its zero resilience.
Chalk that up with the us. The leafs are still going
They are not going.
Lol this is cute, this little protest is doing exactly that. I’m working on building the parallel economy that can stand up to government so bank accounts don’t get frozen, so that businesses can’t be shut down arbitrarily. This trucker convoy was lazy and doomed to fail from day 1. Want to beat the tyrants? Get a bigger stick.
This. it ENRAGED the bought out media that the truckers werent violent blmers/ they are doing the right thing, and with enough groundswell of support, they CAN eventually win this.
You think they will be allowed to do anything? This is the blissful ignorance of not actually paying attention. Tell me, what are they going to do with their businesses and capital seized?
I always find it odd how you larpers always scream “that’s what they want” Jan 6th had globalists shitting their pants and it didn’t even have a smidgen of the violence it could have. Having an infrastructure the government can’t seize or take down is the death of that government. Think of the best ways to take back control, the government relies upon you to rely upon them. Once you no longer need the government they no longer have power. That’s why they seize the institutions of necessity, your food, water, electricity, phone lines, internet, etc. The only way nonviolence could meaningfully deter them is if the people are not reliant upon the government services.
Can you use your parallel economy to buy a potato yet?
If not, you haven't done anything, considering your contempt.
holy shit. you fucking did it. you just saved democracy by bitching on your computer, its a christmas miracle !!!
He is totes making the parallel economy, didn't you read it? It's nothing at this point, can't be used, has no people using it, but it will be great.
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Comment Removed: It does come across as a call for violence.
Where? Where do I say go commit acts of violence? What violence am I calling for? And who am I supposedly calling for violence against.
It comes across like it, but I'm not going to go crazy about it because it's quite vague.
It also helps that the BLM movement was about the expansion of government. The trucker were for less government.
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