Daryl

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[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

What turns a Canadian into a Terrorist? A terrorist organization, plan and simple.

I know this for a fact, having watched a Canadian youth turned into a terrorist right before my eyes.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 0 points 12 hours ago

If you are in a car, and the tires are going flat, is it a deterministic, nihilistic, view that inevitably, no matter who the driver is, the car will soon have to come to a stop? The choice, of course, is how catastrophic the stop will be - a controlled stop or a calamitous stop?

The trouble with America is that, even if Harris won, the entire American system is still based on an adversarial, winner-take-all system. In that regard, as Obama found out, the system is inherently unstable and unsteerable. Every move Harris tried to make, would be opposed and every attempt made by the opposition to undermine it. Under such conditions, progress is impossible. But even a controlled landing is impossible. No matter how much time America had, the fundamental problem was unfixable without a complete reset. The American governance system is basically unworkable and dysfunctional. The Civil War proved it, and the Civil War never really did end.

America has to split up in order for the parts to function properly again. The two sides are basically incompatible, and divorce is the only viable solution, apart from continuing the fighting, hating, and constant battling. Prolonging the situation will only lead to both sides destroying each other.

In point of fact, when Trump is deposed by Vance, the inevitable split will accelerate. Half of America will never live under the 2025 Manifesto, and the other half will never allow it to be undone once Vance puts it in place.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Something the Americans do not want the world, and especially other Americans, to know about Canada. Canada is at the forefront of developing the next stage of clean, harmless, safe nuclear power that actually uses existing nuclear waste as the fuel.

https://smractionplan.ca/content/moltex-energy-canada

The irony is that Canadian physicists were instrumental in developing the technology 50 years ago. It is the same technology that the Americans used in their nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. But because of 'security concerns', the Americans prevented the Canadians from even mentioning the technology, under fear of lifetime incarceration. It was 'Avro Arrow' silencing on steroids. However, these reactors were so small, that development on them could be confined to the basement of a University physics building, or even under a greenhouse. Yet not only did Canadian universities, engineers, and scientists have to deny they existed, they could not even say they do not exist, because that would acknowledge they even recognized the possibility of the technology. Yet there they were, in American submarines, clear as day evidence that they existed.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

And yet the most effective and less harmful drug proven to work against inflammation and inflammatory post-op pain - CBD oil - was not only banned, but any research into its usefulness was made illegal as well.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

It is credible to say that the Opioid crisis was actually a .made-in-Vietnam' crisis, in the sense that it gained a lot of traction from the returning American Vets from Vietnam, who were horribly injured (both mentally and physically) but ignored by the American system. They had no alternative but to seek solace from their emotional as well as physical pain in opioids.

Vietnam was the worst defeat of America in their entre history, It completely destroyed America. and for absolutely no good reason. Under the same system that America tried to quash, Vietnam is now an economic and industrial powerhouse, a major exporter to America.. A complete and senseless waste of American lives and resources. Moreso in that the bottomless pit for money became so all-encompassing to the American economy that funding for the entire space endeavor completely dried up, along with funding for physics research. America hasn't won a serious Nobel prize in Physics in decades.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Almost. it is 'selling America's future to the top 20%. It would take at least 10% to actually form a viable economy. The Roman Empire and the British Aristocracy in antiquity realized that. So has Putin, North Korea., and Saudi Arabia. The system needs a critical mass to ensure survivability and continuity

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago

Absolutely, You have the concept down pat. They are like a 'condom' economy - they give you a sense of comfort, security, and safety while you are being screwed. Except for the 'crowd funded health care' - that is an American hangup.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 7 points 19 hours ago

Matters not, the BQ is still the most proficient at protecting sovereignty. Canada could benefit from using a lot of their tricks and techniques, including their bluster.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca -1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

No, it is not happening now because of Trump. Trump s happening now because of the way America works. No matter who was in charge, the panic and outcome would be the same. America was at the breaking point, and nothing could have prevented it. Even Obama made that clear. Individually, yes you are correct about 'If I shot''''. The reality is 'EVERYONE collectively in America is doing the shooting, because 'shooting' has become culturally acceptable. So holding the individual accountable for herd action is just insanity. You stop the herd action at the herd level. Changing the action of an individual just does not make a difference in herd action. When Trump is deposed, Vance will be far worse than Trump could ever be. Vance is focused. Blaming Trump just makes it easier for Vance.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

The problem is not Trump. America would be in the same predicament no matter who was leading or what party or what ideology they had. Obama hit the nail on the head when he talked about the dangers of financializing America - making money on money instead of making product. A substantia portion of the American GDP has nothing to do with generating tangible wealth, it is a result of inflating paper wealth - the value pf stocks, the price of gold, the value of real estate, the interest payments from other people on borrowed money, interest on your savings account that is only as valuable as the bank that holds the account. None of this wealth can actually buy anything tangible, except more paper wealth. Eventually, the country begins to look like Musk - on paper, enormously wealthy, but in terms of liquid money, unable to buy very much. Musk has to use his paper asset wealth to BORROW real money on, if he wants to do anything big.

Generally, Trump is not alone. All of America is just running around stupidly cuckoo crazy because they realize there is not a single thing they can do to actually stop the decline. They are in pure panic mode, grasping at anything that comes along, and panic is always chaotically unpredictable except for the nature of the outcome.. All they can do is to position themselves individually so that when the country goes 'splat' they have a chance of surviving.

For Canada to avoid the splat, we need to put as much distance between us and the 'splat' as we can, instead of being at ground zero of the impact.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

Precisely. Vance will use Trump's erratic behavior as a reason to have him impeached by the mid-terms, and then Vance will fulfill his goal of becoming President.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

On the contrary, it just perpetuates the problem. It does not stop the insidious creep, it just pretends it is not there. Like burying one's head in the sand. The trick is to stop it from happening in the first place. Americans are quite adept at doing it in their own country (blocking out and filtering the influences of the rest of the world on their culture) so why can Canadians not do the same thing?

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submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by Daryl@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
 

Can you imagine the PM and leading political party of Canada being as deeply committed to Canadian sovereignty and Canadian identity as the BQ and particularly Jacques Parizeau is to Quebec sovereignty and identity?

Whatever your feelings towards the BQ are, it can not be doubted that they are tremendously effective in advocating for laws and legislation that protect cultural identity and sovereignty.

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