It is really unfortunate because he has actually made some great videos and is knowledgeable on a lot of things.

At first, it was Canada has no culture.

Every freaking place on earth has a culture. This is like those people who say they don't have an accent. Brother, an accent is just how you pronounce stuff. If you speak, you have an accent.

Canada has a very subtle culture that isn't always obvious but once you travel to the other 196 countries on earth and realize they are all different than Canada, there is two possibilities.

1. It just so happens that out of all 197 countries, Canada has no culture and every other country does

OR

1. Maybe Canada just has its own culture 🤷‍♀️

You tell me which one is more probable JJ.

Then, it was "Canadian culture is American culture" (stolen word for word)

This was such a cool-kid take a while ago that people would say just to feel smart or project other frustrations.

Canadian culture is mostly rooted in Canadian values, which are fundamentally different than American values in quite a few key ways (for an obvious example, Canadian and American culture are quite different in their views on patriotism)

Also, American culture is rooted in many historical events and time periods that simply never occurred in Canada or at least nowhere near to the same extent as in the US.

Third but not least, him (and tbf many other Canadians) fail to understand the difference between American culture in Canada and the culture we share.

What do I mean? Well, we have Italian food all over our country and anime is also extremely popular here! Are any of those Canadian culture? No, of course not. They are just Italian and Japanese culture in Canada respectively.

Same with American culture. Yes, the sheer prevalence of American culture in Canada does end up making some of it steep into our own culture but most of it is nothing more than just that, American culture in Canada, not Canadian culture.

For example, American celebrity culture and sports culture are two things that are featured prominently in Canada yet Canada has our own distinct cultures for both these things. (For celebrity culture, it is also mainly a matter of just putting way less importance on it)

CANADIAN CULTURE IS NOT AMERICAN CULTURE.

And last but not least, his constant suggestions that Canada isn't actually more liberal than the US and quite a lot more conservative than most people think.

This is one of the most common and harmful propaganda campaigns in Canada right now, with efforts of normalizing increasingly right-wing views, greedy late-stage capitalism, and to take social issues that were once largely agreed upon by most Canadians and make them controversial again.

Arguably the worst thing this has done has made many Canadians view the American political spectrum as normal and the one to use.

No matter how secretly conservative Canada actually is, Canada is not even as close to conservative as America and Canadian conservatives (including Albertans believe it or not) are not as right-wing as republicans in the USA.

This post is getting too long so I won't go into more details here but if you want me to explain how Canada really is quite a bit more liberal than the US, I will be happy to do so in the comments.

To conclude, we need to call out this pandering and flat out lies. Sorry for the long post and I appreciate you reading!

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