After generations of Canadians quietly careening our heads in shame, hoping against hope that one day our oblivious cousins to the south might acknowledge our pathetic, puny existence, it seems a polarized American media is finally turning its sights upon us, teaching too late that the only thing worse than being ignored is being seen. With Trudeau commanding world-wide condemnation from the online far-right as an epitome of the "woke", virtue-signalling leader, the PM's exploits and those of his increasingly conspiratorial opposition (i.e. the Freedom Convoy) are drawing international condemnation and inspiration from a politically-stratifying corporate media machine. American genocide-denialists are already leaking into the Canadian Residential Schools discussion, and now that the US Congressional hearings into the Jan. 6, 2021 coup attempt are in full-swing, expect to see Yankee GOP commentators supporting the dismantling of democracy, with their clips and messages conveniently packaged for rapid cross-border diffusion on social media.

Jacob and Liam examined just how trapped our political discussion appears to be while discussing what, if anything, can break through the fascist garble.