Develop a public healthcare system and we’ll talk.

I would add that the definition of hate crime is relatively fluid depending on cultural bias. For example, there are many Jewish communities that invest heavily into tracking the nature and number of hate crimes suspected to be related to antisemitism. As a result the threshold is often lower to define such crimes as hate crimes

This isn’t to say that those hate crimes are overcounted, rather it’s that other groups are more likely to have crimes be dismissed / written off as for a reason other than ‘hate’.

People within a group can almost always tell you when a crime is due to hatred but unfortunately we often don’t take it seriously unless they have a foundation with millions of dollars and a team of lawyers behind them.

It really just comes down to… how else are western markets supposed to access the fruits of cheap labor in a post colonial world?

India is as much an ally to Canada as China is the US.

And nothing of value was lost.

All American grifters should be barred entry including their President.

And is malleable enough to allow for coinage.

The difference is gold has carried high monetary value among human societies for nearly 3000 years while Bitcoin is a non tangible digital asset that’s existed for less than two decades and remains incredibly volatile.

This comes across as another Trump scam. He’s going to bankrupt the American government by siphoning public money to himself and other private entities and the American people are going to be stuck hodling the bag.

It’s the USA. Everything is for sale. From the wellbeing of your ordinary everyday citizen to the government that supposedly represents.

Yeah Hamas is kind of irrelevant here. Palestinians were living on that land and then some folk showed up and said “sorry our book says we’re supposed to be here, please leave”

Its the equivalent of someone trying to claim your seat at the theatre halfway into the movie and the proof they show you is something they’ve scribbled on a napkin. It would not fly for most people.

I understand it’s essentially settler-colonialism in practice, which is foundational to modern western civilization. But that doesn’t make it right.

Sure but even Obama, who did not have to deal with gender based prejudice and was generally a well liked populist, could not pull a majority of the white vote. A lot of white voters just could not bring themselves to trust him because he looked different and had a different name. It’s incredible he ever got elected.

Identity politics are baked into American culture unfortunately and I wonder if a female PoC has a real shot with where things are now. If they do, other PoC would really have to show up for them, like they did for Obama.

Was this guy born in the US? He’s like the most obvious Mossad plant ever. He’s literally admitting to it.

If this chucklefuck showed up to your door and said that your home is now part of the Jewish state because the Torah said so, I think we know how most people would respond.

I guarantee you they are too stupid to realize as long as he didn’t type anything.

Have you seen boomers and gen x operate anything on a smartphone? If it doesn’t ‘just work’ then all bets are off. It’s as bad as gen z only understanding smartphone UIs.

I figure we have to have some angels to balance out the demons that end up in positions of prominence in our societies.

Having known several healthcare workers with PTSD from the pandemic I strongly disagree.

Granted, the pandemic was traumatizing for people from all walks of life but I don’t envy hospital based nurses or doctors from that time.

It was so painful for nurses that many quit leading to a shortage that’ll likely go on for the next decade as a result.

Some of that is due to corporate healthcare enshittification but there was a mass exodus during the pandemic for a reason.

Only one of those has any basis in reality though.

Declaring a national emergency on Fentanyl allowed him to impose tariffs without needing congresses approval.

It’s hard to imagine a majority of white voters supporting AOC. Obama managed win two elections despite 43% and 39% of the white vote due to strong PoC voter turnout but I doubt that would play out well in the current political climate. AOC would be even more divisive, in a way, by being a woman.

According to moral foundations theory, there are six pillars through which humans perceive morality

1. Caring
2. Fairness
3. Liberty
4. Authority
5. Loyalty
6. Sancity

The first three are known as individualizing foundations and the last three are known as binding foundations.

Liberals tend to prioritize the first three. Conservatives tend to prioritize all equally which can lead to some contradicting world views. But the last three are less important to liberals so are more apparent among conservatives.

Conservatives in general have higher threat sensitivity. They are very in-group focussed. They believe that authority is morally just for maintaining order within a group, loyalty can often matter more than caring or fairness and that the sanctity of the group and its traditions are paramount.

This is where Poilievre needs to be very careful. Canadian conservatives perceive America as a legitimate outgroup threat and so their love language right now would be authority, loyalty and maintaining the sanctity of Canadian traditions.

Essentially, they would swoon over the Canadian version of Trump but that doesn’t exist so what are our options? Right now, Carney has the advantage of being prime minister and taking a relatively strong stance against Trump.

Trudeau and Ford rushed over to the US to beg for exceptions while Carney has said he isn’t going there to talk until they at least acknowledge our sovereignty. He’s speaking a conservative love language by being authoritative.

Unless Poilievre can flip that script, he’s going to have to get used to going from front runner to underdog at the flip of a switch. Starting with being “respectful but firm” is a weak response which will hurt his perception among conservatives.

I don’t think the onus is on Palestinian civilians who are survivors of war to answer to that. The onus is on those providing aid to ensure it’s used for its intended purpose.

I’ve heard this argument many times before and question its intention. I wonder if Americans and other Westerners face a similar moral dillema everytime they pay taxes or engage in commerce with corporations that financially support morally questionable regimes or corporate practice. Somehow, I don’t think that they do.

An election from 15 years ago does not disqualify those in suffering from aid today or in perpetuity. I’m glad that the government of Canada agrees with that.