Might as well, this country has become a joke.
Might as well, this country has become a joke.
President-elect Donald Trump really wants the U.S. to take over Canada. This is now a crisis, not a joke, writes columnist Don Braid.
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I'm curious which country/company is going to vanish him like a whistleblower.
I'm curious what in the hell the federal government has done in anyone's lifetime to engender any pride in this country. Canada isn't a people, it's a federal government, the maple leaf, their symbol. Disregarding the off chance there may be a WW2 veteran lurking here, name one thing "Canada" has done to be proud of since 1970. Not something some guy did, not something some hockey players did, one thing that atrocious excuse for a federal government has ever done to instill any pride in their people, that wasn't fucking propaganda exercises. All I can think of is legalizing gays and hiding Vietnam draftees.
Off the top of my head:
Implementing a carbon tax (one of the most effective mechanisms in dealing with climate change, according to most economists and organizations in the climate change sphere.)
Taking on a significant and impressive number of international refugees.
Peacekeeping missions across the globe to many of the most desperate situations and people on Earth.
Rolling out of a national dental plan currently serving low income seniors.
The entire CERB program that was one of the most effective and efficient ways to keep people from the worst of the pandemic... (speaking of which, a death rate of half of Amwrica's iirc.)
A boatload of humanitarian aid and missions, including almost 20 billion to Ukraine.
Fuck's sake, Canada isn't perfect but to say there's nothing to be proud of is either childishly ignorant or trolling.
(Makes a list of the reasons why no one gives a shit about the federal government anymore) kay buddy
This is a strong list of good things our government has done for the betterment of Canada, and the world. You have drank some uniquely powerful far-right kool-aid to see that list and think there are the reasons "no one gives a shit about the federal government." These are actions that the majority of Canadians are pleased with.
Get off Facebook, or whatever insane echo chamber is leading you to these absurd delusions and try interacting with a variety of people. This imaginary category of "everyone" you have created in your head is a small, tightly-knit, loud minority.
all that crap broke this country
Oh look it's a paid agitator.
Lol, i wish I were being paid. What radicalized me? The last 40 years of federal lying piece of shit governments.
Lol, go jerk off elsewhere
That sentence doesn't even make sense unless you actually somehow think people are like "fucking government helping seniors again, I wanted them to have rotting teeth!"
What a goof.
Man get the fuck out of here
Does a country need to change the world to be proud of it?
Not the question that was asked. I literally meant internal actions of the federal government that would make a person proud. Doesn't sound like you're very proud of your country either, probably just like the land and your neighbours.
The fact that you need to find a national pride to find value in having a nation is concern. We are a people linked by a shared history and culture. There are elements I am proud of, such as our penchant for relative kindness and understanding, and our recent pushes towards more progressive stances and living, and there are elements I am disgusted by, such as our need to find value in being marginally better than the bigots to our south.
I place no value on the nationalism that you seem to be suggesting we should be finding, and even if I did, I wouldn't be looking for it through our government. Our government is just that: our government. They're not our wayward child, nor our burgeoning hobby. We aren't supposed to be "proud" of them; they're supposed to work for us. They are not our values, nor our culture. At best, they're supposed to represent our culture and values. When they do, I'm not "proud," I'm satisfied, and when they don't, I'm angry, not disappointed.
No. We aren't. But more to the point, I guess you agree with my initial thought then "Might as well, this country has become a joke"
Fuck no, I do not agree with you, and I'm not sure I could disagree with you more. The notion that we're a joke of a country unless we find some insane, nationalistic zeal led by a small circle of ogliarchs is fucking insane.
Biggest fucking joke in the western hemisphere
After you, Don trump, elon musk, their sycophants and pretty much your entire echo chamber, new jersey, Florida, your political ideas, cyber trucks.....
I mean with the amount of corruption in my country, what I am proud of is my community and culture. I think that is most people though. Except the ones indoctrinated with xenophobia.
The federal government has done everything in their power to stamp out anything resembling local cultures, using taxation, economic policies, the RCMP, moronic laws and policies, and unchecked immigration to wipe all that away as best they could, and replace it with a "post national state", in their own disgusting words.
You're sniffing glue buddy.
Its more about cheap labour to undermine labor rights rather than any sort of ethnic cleansing.
Two birds, one stone, divided populace. So even if you are right, why the fuck would that make you want to defend them?
Then get the fuck onboard with progress or be left behind.
I'm not proud of Canada anymore. I wa when younger now there just doesn't seem to be anything there to be proud of. I don't even want to stand during the anthom anymore but dondue to pressure. Why am I hear family and it's my home. Just don't feel pride about being Canadian.
The RCMP revealing themselves over time to be the crookedest sonsabitches in the country sure hasn't helped matters.