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submitted 4 weeks ago by Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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As the title says, you NEED to go read this guy's book if you were ever unsure about who he is as a person and if he is progressive. I started reading this yesterday and am almost a third of the way through already. The way he explains markets and economics and how they can be utilized to fight climate change and our biggest issues is fascinating.

So far I can see that this man is legit and he wants to see Canada leading the world economically and morally. We have a golden opportunity here and any fiscal conservative should see this guy as the number one guy for the job. We had our time with Trudeau laying the foundation for a lot of social justice for the next quarter century, and now Carney is here to focus more on the economy and scale it to make us a global super power. Never before have I found economics so interesting and this book of his is really opening my eyes about the history and functions of markets.

Ok, off I go to continue!

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[-] softcat@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 weeks ago

This seems completely uncritical of Carney and Canada for that matter. The future isn't going to be lead without force because a middle power elects a prime minister with some good ideas about markets.

We don't need to rely on wars? We rely on exploitation even without it- ask any country where our mining firms operate with lax regulation. Hell, we've participated in "coalitions of the willing" in invasions and aerial bombings for corporate giants too. Most of this country is content to think the first Nations just decided to give us the land.

I'm happy to vote for more years of basically Trudeau lite and I have no illusions about it.

[-] bushparty@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

Exactly! We can all see the lesser of two evils, but why lie to ourselves about the reality of the situation just to make our vote feel better? Glorifying Carney and the libs only serves to make the NDP seem even less likely to win if we just pretend that Carney will save the markets AND the planet, AND Canada as a country….Maybe let’s just be objective about who he is and what our country stands for. There’s a reason we’re seen as the US’s little brother and it’s not completely unwarranted.