[axiosgunnar]

> a supposedly liberal democracy

Note that while I oppose the seizing of people‘s bank accounts by Trudeau with every fibre of my body, this whataboutism is easily defused:

Using these kind of soft power moves (basically doing things in the non-meat space) is precisely why Canada is still a liberal democracy.

Even if you became the state‘s enemy #1, the worst that happens is… your bank account is temporarily disabled, overtly (not a clandestine operation, so you can challenge it legally, protest it, etc).

This is completely different from Russia, where you just… disappear (ie you get killed).