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Annexation Nation

Annexation Nation

With Trump, the rules in place since 1945 are over. Canada is going to have to adjust quickly. However, Canada is very unprepared to do so. Canada, for most of its history, has been stuck in a protective but restricting situation. It remains in a state of arrested development.

About Voting Reform

About Voting Reform

Our entire system is unfair, but not in the way FVC people imagine. It is unfair to everyone except our oligarchy, which it gives maximum opportunity to protect their interests.

Trumped

Trumped

There are very simple reasons why all this will fail spectacularly. The USA no longer has the economic weight Trump and friends think it does, Also, their economic theories do not work and will drive what is left of that economy into the ground, very fast.

Hell Bent in Ontario

Hell Bent in Ontario

In this is a simple and profound lesson about how societies really work. People with ideologically right wing ideas and attitudes are generally more stupid than the rest. However, they are very aggressive.

If I became Prime Minister of Canada

If I became Prime Minister of Canada

Asking someone what they would do as Prime Minister is a pretty good clarifying question. It reveals the respondent’s basic mentality. It shows the actual knowledge level, capacity to think, and focus on reality, not what is acceptable.

Social Basic Income

Social Basic Income

These shills use a Judas Goat technique to draw people who are interested in these ideas toward their idea of a BI. They find the parade and get in front of it. Yet these ideas, like BI itself, are building blocks for a post capitalist, post Billionaires economy.

Little Prince Justin is Going Away

Little Prince Justin is Going Away

Here is the real problem with Canadian government, as it is exemplarized by the Trudeau administration. Our institutions were never very well thought out. We have only weak, limited, caretaker type government.