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In case you weren't aware of where Tobias (Tobi) Lutke's views lay.

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[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 159 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shopify can go toss a salad.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tossify my fuckin butthole

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

No jelly or syrup for them

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 93 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Replies to a challenge that he's just looking out for his bottom line with this:

Shopify is unaffected by all this.

The Canadian small businesses that run on Shopify are the ones that are not so lucky. They are the bedrock of our economy providing 70% of all jobs. We all ought to fight for them.

I'm dumbfounded. He must think Canadians are so stupid they can't see the contradiction in this statement.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean you literally have Trump supporters there, including your premier in Ontario so....

Sorry?

[–] pubquiz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Never underestimate the stupidity of greed at any level, though like floating shit logs the special ones stand out.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Canadian small businesses that are not simply resellers of US products, actually gain from tariffs on US competition. The US tariffs on Canada hurt them, but the retaliation directly helps them.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Canadian oligarch siding with american oligarchy?

Hm

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

Reminder and PSA: it's never been about race, or about American versus Canadian, or about poor vs middle class - it's always ever been the Uber rich governing class vs the 99%

[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

PSA: Remember, oligarchs are not bulletproof.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True but in America it is the school kids that always end up getting the bullets :/

[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago

Except on December 4th 2024. There is hope it was not a one-off.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So...... Are we supposed to just bend over and take it?

The fuck?

I can't say I'm surprised though. Some corpo advocating for something that will help them profit? What a surprise.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

The line goes up

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok so fuck Shopify too then?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

Something like that.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 years ago

Oh man, a CEO thinking this is a bad idea? That’s all the endorsement I need!

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware of this guy at all. ty. We should assume he'll be bitching about our banking systems next (Trump's next nonsense goalpost). Looking at his wiki page - absolutely sickening he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross for his tech work in Canada.

tl;dr - A German-born white billionaire douchebag techbro doesn't approve of Canada defending it's sovereignty and has no idea what the country has already done or is doing about the drug killing people addicted to painkillers, but has decided to loudly support whatever Trump says he wants, and to repeat the version of reality Trump claims.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It gets worse if you look into the their execs further. One in particular stands out...

https://pressprogress.ca/shopify-executives-right-wing-media-website-rails-against-immigrants-while-defending-a-legally-designated-terrorist-group/

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Scrolling Lütke’s Twitter feed, you’re likely to find a bunch of Shopify boosterism mixed with an embrace of far right-wing political ideas.

In recent weeks, he’s called for Canada Post to be gutted, positioned himself as “anti unions” that threaten his customers’ livelihoods, and opposed the right to strike.

He has also praised Trump’s threat to enact 25 per cent tariffs on Canada, stating that the U.S. is “within its rights” to do so. He has retweeted posts calling for social support programs to be cut because “Canada spends billions on illegals, asylum and refugees.” And he’s generally spread right-wing misinformation about the state of Canada and the world.

https://breachmedia.ca/canada-far-right-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre/

And citytv news didn't think any of that was relevant I guess... jfc.

Aaaand down another rabbit hole we go. ty.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is so bitterly disappointing, can one billionaire not turn into a complete fucktard please :(

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Can't become a billionaire without being a complete fucktard first.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Shopify CEO was sucking up to Trump and his regime so Tobi can seriously fuck off

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Piss off you greedy fucks.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

Basically speaking for PP here.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.”

They are 100% "crazy demands" in that a fake national emergency is declared in order to rip up trade agreements. The amounts of drugs from Canada are extremely small, and more illegal immigrants enter Canada from US rather than other way around. If Fentanyl is a problem, the US can do a lot more to curb US production, and hospital use. Another approach would be to simply eliminate heroin, since all deaths occur as a result of mistaken contamination/substitute of heroin, and fentanyl is "cheaper per dose" as reason for hospital use. Making opiate pills "highly available" would also remove fear/events of overdoses.

A fake national emergency, with other pretexts for tariffs. "small trade imbalance, and opportunity to extort Canada by destroying its economy" makes it a declaration of war. That Shopify would have more sales if Canada just surrendered, is an overly selfish perspective to say out loud, and in my opinion, treason for both him, and media that doesn't shout it down as treason, instead of being CIA funded mind control of Canada as a US colony.

The "crazy demands" disqualifies the US from being a trusted military partner. Canada needs to stop adopting US enemies as its own, and instead realize that the US is its enemy, and it needs new friends that are powerful enough to stand up to US.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago
[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, shopify’s entire business model is drop shipping overseas crap.

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah, stupid me, hitting first is the action actually leading to a good outcome. Duh!

[–] mosscap@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago

I made an online purchase today and specifically did not use the Shop Pay option. Fuck Shopify. Fucking traitors.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'm curious what the counts would be like if you added up the articles that quote a CEO, a labor leader, and both.

God damnit Tobi...

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Breaking news! Shopify's CEO can suck my taint.

[–] pubquiz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Fuck you shittify. Just go out of business already and screw over the last of your staff so the c-suite can buy another island. Greedy cunts.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oh it'll lead to something good

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago