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Copying the US economically is not the road to happiness (rabble.ca)

submitted 15 hours ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 13 points 12 hours ago

I don’t want to be a smaller America, I feel Canada can thrive if we get the proper cogs in place.

I like Canadas universal healthcare, EI, education subsidization, and welcoming of other people.

I don’t want a new mother forced to work early after childbirth. We should never strive to be like the U.S. we don’t need to be stupid rich and miserable, or poor and miserable. We’re close enough to that already with the state of things.

Socialist Democracy is a far better choice provided the people at the top can properly execute our tax dollars and not waste them on corruption and bloat.

We are a resource rich country. Nationalize a lot of this and we can all benefit. If we look towards Norway, it’s a better environment to emulate.

Nothings perfect, but there’s a lot better out there than America when it comes to copying.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

I wish we where better we keep comparing ourselves to America. But why are we not comparing ourselves to European countries.

[-] _chris@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

It certainly is the road to happiness for a select few. Don’t let them convince you to get any kind of trickled on.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

You mean following the us into inescapable debt is not the answer. Who fucking knew?

[+] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca -6 points 13 hours ago

Fuck Carney and his speeches full of hot air.

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Lol.

[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Meh, whatever. I don't really care.

I never liked Carney. I knew from the start that as a world economist he was going to focus on "the economy". (Read: profits for businesses and fuck everyone else.)

Even though he made those nice speeches during the debates about building social housing for the poor and helping working class Canadians get back some kind of dignity, he's acting exactly as I expected. He's screwing over the middle class, big time.

And his nice little Davos speech? Nothing but hot air. Nice little phrases that sound inspiring but don't really mean anything. We're still shipping parts, equipment and vehicles to Israel, and he's even approved of the U.S. attacks on Iran. So whatever. It's all bullshit.

I still think we all did the NDP dirty. They worked hard to bring some benefits to Canadians, like dental care coverage, cheap daycare, etc. Even if they were a minority party in the parliament. And now Carney is gutting all those Trudeau-era benefits that the NDP was able to negotiate.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

I actually think carney is doing great. This was the first time I ever voted liberal, I generally vote NDP. He still has to act in the political spectrum but I think he is doing well enough. Better them that fucking loser PP. And sing realistically never had a chance. I miss jack Layton. He would have been a good leader, we will see how the next ndp leader does.

[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

I don't think Carney is going a good job at all. He's acting one way in public, but another behind closed doors.

He's not even neo liberal, he's a progressive conservative. With him at the helm, big Canadian companies are going to keep screwing us over, housing is going to keep being a crisis, and he's doing to apply more austerity measures, cutting us off from even more much needed social benefits.

Plus he can't say that Israel is committing genocide. He just can't say it! They're like a Nazi state committing crimes against humanity the likes of which we haven't seen since thenNazi Germany era and he can't fucking acknowledge it.

How can you even approve of this?

We deserve better.

And of course PP wasn't even a choice. He's an idiot. But I strongly believe we needed the NDP to keep the balance from tilting too much on the right. And that's where we all failed.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago

He's a choice because pp is fucking trump. Carney has bad shit, but he also is showing we aren't rolling over. Pp would suck trumps dick on live TV.

Sing was never a real option. We aren't as racist as america but canada would never vote someone that brown. You may say that is racist but you know its true. That speech he made on davos was real, The old word is finished. I think he is the right amount of backbone we need. If the ndp could stand up next election I would welcome it.