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be careful, I made a topic asking this and was told to "stop talking about this because no one should care about the royal family"

Or at least have been since the Southern Strategy in the 60s

Always have been

What is the current political environment in your country like?

In Canada there's basically four major parties

There's:

• the Liberals which is centre/every so slightly centre-left)
• the NDP (New Democratic Party) which is firmly left/social democratic
• the Conservatives which are most analogous to the pre-Obama Republican Party but are currently led by a populist.
• and the Bloc Quebecois which is an annoying regional party that advocates only for Quebec. It's mostly left-wing but its members are a mish mash

The Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been in power nearly a decade now. Most people are tired of them and blame them for several crisis' currently.

There's a housing crisis, a cost of living crisis, and an immigration crisis which feeds into the previous two. His government is accused of doing either not enough or actively making these problems worse.

The immigration issue in particular has enraged a chunk of the population against him. Basically Canada welcomes 500,000 new immigrants per year (out of a country of roughly 35,000,000). A lot of issues with the immigration system also come from both the Temporary Foreign Worker program (basically supposed to be a program through which Canadian businesses hire foreign workers to work at jobs for which there are no qualified Canadian applicants) and the International Student program (which as the name suggests entices foreigners to attend Canadian universities and colleges). Both these programs have been HEAVILY exploited as pretty much either a way for corporations to import cheap labour or for schools to bilk money out of immigrants (non-citizens pay about several times more than a domestic student).

The exploitation of these programs has led to increased rates of immigration, which in turn (since we're not building enough housing) is blamed for rising rent and housing prices. There's also a racial element to the backlash (a very sizable chunk of new Canadian immigrants come from the Punjab region of India).

tl;dr: People are fucking MAD and getting angrier/racist-er. The Conservative Party is polling historically well and will likely win bigly in the next election

Do you agree with the current state or the direction your nation is heading?

Not at all. For how much I admonish the negative reaction to the immigration programs, the fact of the matter is they are absolutely being exploited by the people seeking an easy way into Canada, by the corporate interests seeking to get cheap labour, by schools seeking a piggybank to bilk huge fees out of, and by the government since huge immigration rates artificially prop up the GDP.

Trudeau has wasted just about all his political capital. He has no major successes in office to point to, is making no major moves to fix the housing/immigration issues voters have, and has no "vision". There's no reason for me to vote for him again.

Usually I would vote for the NDP since they usually align more closely with my views anyway, but their leader is about as bad as Trudeau. He's an empty suit.

I'll never vote for the Conservatives, especially not with their current leader either.

Are there any threats from parties/politicians that have you concerned?

For how much I dislike him and how much people online will try to claim he is, Pierre Pollievre (the leader of the Conservatives) is not Donald Trump.

I wouldn't like him being elected, and I think his policies would be a disaster for this country; but he's not particularly anti-democratic or authoritarian in a way that makes me feel threatened.

Is there anything that's giving you hope for the future, such as possibly countering the aforementioned concerns?

Honestly, the only thing keeping me hopeful is the fact that after they get blown out in the next election, the Liberals and NDP will select new leaders who are hopefully better than the current crop, and from there an actual left-wing vision for Canada can be achieved. And I honestly aim to be part of that in whatever way I can when the time comes (though I'm unsure which party I want to work for).

The current electoral coalition that the Conservatives have built is also not particularly sustainable. There's too many competing factions at each other's throats. Maybe they'll have the solution to our housing and immigration problems, but I doubt it. Happy to be surprised though.

Mr_Karate_II posted...

Who cares?

congrats you're the 1000th person to post this, you win a prize

It's a case of people who dislike thing somehow managing to be more obnoxious than the thing they dislike lol

DarkAssassin89 posted...

You made a topic about this though.

Because it's a news story I've heard about and I'm curious what the background to it is. Like holy shit lol

hereforemnant posted...

No one should care

It's a news story and people notice things. That's all. I already mentioned I'm not a royalist. Grow up lol

...what the fuck is going on with Kate Middleton right now

I tried the cheeseburger ones years ago but all I tasted was pickle

bfslick50 posted...

The white house council and many others are telling him not to do it. Then he still calls Dan Quayle searching for approval. Afterwards he could've stepped up as the leader of the party, condemned trump, used his exit from politics as the cover other Republicans needed to convict him in the Senate. Pence probably wanted to overturn the election but didn't because of his lack of spine. How else do you explain the Dan Quayle call?

The fucking most hilarious part of the Trump presidency was the fact that Dan fucking Quayle may be responsible for saving American democracy.

August

I am in a bit of dry spell rn

Westernwolf4 posted...

This. I shake my head when people panic about the polls right now. Obviously a second Trump term would be a disaster. But as campaign season ramps up, Trump is going to continue to say moronic, divisive things and remind people why they dont want him.

His ridiculous cult is going to vote for him. No one else will. He will get more votes than he should, but without a change before November it wont be enough for him to ooze his way back into the Oval Office.

The thing that keeps me from worrying about polls is the fact that Trump has never cracked 50% and there's a ridiculous amount of undecideds

Like seriously, every poll is basically

Trump - 42%
Biden - 39%

Humble_Novice posted...

l forgive you, Norwood said, and the men embraced to applause and groans.

fucking idiot

So like going to bed is a no

But having a nap with them in?

Or is any length of sleeping not okay?

I might be getting some in the next few weeks.

Do you like... notice them when they're in?

Mrbakerman25 posted...

Dear lord is that asmongol w/e guy insufferable.

He fucking sucks lol

The latest line of dipshit chuds trying to claw their way onto my recommended feed

This was a fucking stupid thing of her to say

Also shes a fucking racist

Lonestar2000 posted...

LMFAO, imagine actually buying into this made up bull shit..

Shhhh grown ups are talking

teep_ posted...

A lot of people do extra exercise during Ramadhan. When I was younger, one of my uncles used to spend an hour or two pumping weights before breaking his fast

I myself am considering jogging or something on the days where I work from home

I got respect for folks who pull that off.

I'm getting sleepy just thinking of how I'd feel haha

ClayGuida posted...

I truly don't see Brown winning in Ohio again. I hope I'm wrong, as he's a legitimately great Senator, but I can see DeWine winning that seat.

Tester feels like a loss in Montana too. It's a real uphill battle.

In a favorable year for Democrats I'd say both of them could squeak by

hm

Hur should probably be punished or something tbh

His conduct is pretty damn unprofessional

Imagine going to the gym and trying to celebrate Ramadan

dat calorie deficit

wtf is boobytrapping

Probably my favorite Obi Wan quote

Are they just going to pray for Trump's coattails to carry downballot Republicans over the finish line?

ironman2009 posted...

Magneto was a holocaust survivor. Seems like a pretty big part of his character too. Not sure Denzel fits the role.

We're getting to the point where having Magneto as a holocaust survivor is just not going to be feasible anymore.

Unless you start getting into Captain America shenanigans

I want Giancarlo to play a heroic character for a change

Denzel as Magneto would fucking rock

wait wtf

that's incredibly disappointing. one of my fave people on here

what got him?

Could you provide an example TC

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Even the hot ones?

especially the hot ones

Dakimakura posted...

Lets start with this topic.

if that's what it took to get this crusade started i would gladly sacrifice this topic

Basically we need to destroy every single instance of them

Kaihedgie posted...

People who claim they're "done with" and "outgrown" a series are lyin' through their teeth. It never feels anything more than a call for attention

If you're actually "done" with something, don't keep giving it your undivided attention and thoughts about it any time it's brought up. Just ignore it and move on.

I grew up with Harry Potter and was a massive fan of it as a child. Hell, it even continued into my teenage and early adult years.

I still have an affection for the original series that will never dim, but all the content released in the last decade has soured me on the franchise and I don't see myself consuming any new content from it.

However, I don't feel the need to barge into every thread or forum about Harry Potter and tell everyone how much I don't care about the franchise anymore.

in the first movie at least dude was wearing a t-shirt, a button-up, a denim jacket, and that stupid puffy vest on top

what kinda faux-intellectual bullshit is this lol

Euripides posted...

Everyone is going to claim they won't see it but it will make a billion at the box office

I'm also totally fine if people stick to this and don't see it and are actually done with the franchise

So long as it means I'll endure less whining going forward.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

Straight to streaming? lol

what are you talking about

Glob posted...

I dont think thats any great loss, tbh.

While they butchered the whole trilogy, not just his character, hes always come across as somebody whos very full himself but Ive never actually seen anything impressive from him.

IIRC didn't he walk off the set and quit a film he was working on mid-production?

like dude, you're not a good enough actor to behave like this

I was ambivalent about the movie until I heard rumors that it's set 15 years after Episode IX, it's going to be very small-scale, and it will deal with her training the next generation of Jedi and not really knowing what to do.

that sounds like a really cool concept

Seaman_Prime posted...

whats abortion related violent extremism?

Religious nutjobs attacking abortion clinics and that sort of thing I guess

Aloc posted...

Doom art really wants to target the left.

the fuck are you talking about lol

The gaming community has been a pretty big part of the alt right pipeline the last several years

And it shows

So this is fine

yeah but Hasan talked to one of them about One Piece LOL so they must be cool, right guyz?