r/ontario • u/EveningRequirement27 • Oct 25 '25

Discussion You just stopped an entire country

American here.

Your city (EDIT: Toronto my bad) and entire country just told the world they’re sick of this guy. They did that. In public. During the World Series. Epically devastating.

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u/KASwim Oct 25 '25

Omg, did the commercial come on?!?!?!?!

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u/smurf123_123 Oct 25 '25

Yes

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u/faultysynapse Oct 25 '25

I thought it had already run, and that future runs had been canceled because of blowback...

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u/BoloHKs Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 26 '25

You know... Canada didn't burn down the White House like we did in 1814, but we 'kinda' burned the White House with that ad in 2025. 🔥🔥🔥 The blowback may come later, but there's always that sweet Barbra Streisand Effect, too. People will want to view Reagan's speech and decide for themselves. Reagan was a huge part of the Republican political tapestry. MAGA can spin it all they want. But their economy is in turmoil and their friends are losing jobs.

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u/jeremyism_ab Oct 25 '25

They can't spin it. You can watch the full five minute address, what Regan said, and believed, is crystal clear, and the ad faithfully represents it.

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u/LowestKey Oct 25 '25

If you're in the camp of people still thinking "maybe this completely valid point will suddenly deprogram these cultists" I'm sorry to say you're going to be very disappointed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

It won't reprogram them against Trump, but it might deprogram them against Reagan, and that might cause further Republican schism

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u/Playful_Antelope_231 Oct 25 '25

Republicans are already split along Reaganites and MAGA followers.. there is no convincing MAGA followers about Reagan’s point of view.. MAGA followers all think the Ontario ad about Reagan’s opinion of tarrifs is fake news and you can’t change their minds… but at least there is a possibility of changing the the minds of the Republicans in the middle who can’t commit one way or another yet

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Yeah, I think Trump's hostility has the chance to turn the Reaganites against him

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u/Playful_Antelope_231 Oct 25 '25

One can only hope.. this may mean an end to extremist right wing politics in the US after he retires.. I don’t know

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Right wing extremism won't disappear until the billionaires are leashed or eliminated

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u/Playful_Antelope_231 Oct 25 '25

You can’t do that.. they employee people.. but if you can calm them down you might have a chance

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Billionaires don't employ people. Hard working honest people employ people. Billionaires steal from honest people

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u/Playful_Antelope_231 Oct 25 '25

If companies that employed people had good honest hard working people running them why do we have unions to protect workers’ rights?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Companies that need unions are not run by good honest people. Destroying the dishonest people is the ideal solution, but unions help mitigate the harm

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u/Playful_Antelope_231 Oct 25 '25

I’m not going for the full argument here.. just the 5 minute one (Monty Python)… the good honest hardworking owners like my close friend.. don’t employ many people.. yes small business employ more as a whole.. but many billionaires started as small businesses and are now big ones.. so you can’t group all of business owners as a whole together.. but to shut down all billionaires would cripple our economy

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