tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3603486756978482057..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Henry's Abyss - The Curse of the Neoliberal EraThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76032652790441687232019-09-11T09:27:37.591-07:002019-09-11T09:27:37.591-07:00Canada's democracy will save us from populism....Canada's democracy will save us from populism. Since we don't have it, we don't have to worry.<br /><br />I know I feel safe with the High Born ruling from above the fray of the ignorant commoners. People believe in silly things like conspiracy theories, God and racism. But we know the wealthy put the public good above their own self interest. They are our Benevolent Rulers, faithful and true!<br /><br />The UK, which also eschews democracy, made a HUGE mistake allowing the people to have a say on the UK remaining in the EU. The people are too dumb to have a say in such important matters! Only corporations can understand what is good for business. And anyone who's anyone, knows what's good for business is good for the people!<br /><br />In order to destroy fascism, we must put an end to democracy once and for all! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-61665181033102287252019-09-10T17:40:42.284-07:002019-09-10T17:40:42.284-07:00Enter the "Closed-Border Libertarian". ...Enter the "Closed-Border Libertarian". A new generation of disturbed teenagers eagerly awaits the revisions to the primer.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07402794337521523610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22711921496598958612019-09-10T16:22:12.867-07:002019-09-10T16:22:12.867-07:00I think we can see why the holocaust happened with...I think we can see why the holocaust happened with little resistance.<br /><br />TBTrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3784950157166321192019-09-10T13:08:21.306-07:002019-09-10T13:08:21.306-07:00I read an item in today's Guardian. Their jour...<br />I read an item in today's Guardian. Their journo traveled to a small town in the northern midlands to speak to the locals about Brexit. He found that most were still remainers or leavers. Few had changed their minds. But fewer still cared any more. Three years was too long. Their interest had dissolved, evaporated. They were worn down and had no remaining enthusiasm. Imagine how easy they would be to exploit in that diminished state. Do whatever you like. No one has the will any longer to take to the streets with pitchforks and torches.<br /><br />I'm beginning to agree with Shawn Rosenberg (next post) that we have become so dumbed down that our brains can no longer handle self-rule. We spurn the 'hard work' that democracy demands of the voting public.<br /><br />When I started this blog I dedicated it to "the restoration of progressive democracy." I still yearn for that. Trudeau dangled it in front of our eyes with his promise of electoral reform only like Lucy and Charlie Brown to pull the football once he was elected.<br /><br />Progressive democracy places the public ahead of corporate and other special interests. The neoliberal order of Trudeau and Scheer treats them as indistinguishable and, by blurring the distinctions, inevitably chooses power "in the name of the people" - horse shit. Now we're seeing that it's more than a bad smell but corrosive of what remains of our democracy. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-60119898829566903902019-09-10T12:40:52.554-07:002019-09-10T12:40:52.554-07:00.. in my non humble opinion.. people incorrectly a..... in my non humble opinion.. people incorrectly attribute 'clever Trevor thinking' to people like Trump or Scheer or even Trudeau or Doug Ford, or in the distant past ms Redford or Christy Clark.. Well, the Boss here suggests it more just 'we don't care' 'so why would they notice' attitude.. You know.. the car won't start cuz I left the headlights on.. and that's what drives the morning activity.. ie waiting on a jump start.. cuz you don't like or know your neighbors who might have a set o jumper cables.... She probably right, usually is.. 'Honey.. why did huge sparks come from the battery.. and why did you mention being negative or positive ?'<br /><br />Three doors over.. do they know or care or differentiate John Bolton from Lisa Raitt ? Donald Trump or Michelle Rempel or Rumplestiltskin ? Palestine.. Israel or ice cream .. Do they have pistachio ? Lotsa people are focussed on setting their TV and recorder for Game of Thrones or Days of our Lives.. not on the fantasy of Jason Kenney or a writ being dropped.. (Hint - they won't bother to vote..) The boreal does not interest them, they have zero idea what a caribou is.. or a Chinook. whether it has fins, a rotor.. or comes from over the Rockies.. its probably a minor league hockey team from Minnesotta.. or a new fizzy drink<br /><br />Instead of trying to awaken people.. or educate em.. we need to accept what % of the population think mankind plowed the prairie earth behind a team of dinosaurs.. Andrew Scheer being one of those folks. He's of the same christian faith as Mrs Jane Philpott.. but has a brain one tenth (just me being generous) or one 50th the size .. and none of the heart n soul she has proven via her charitable actions and extreme sacrifice in Africa.. while he loafed as a Harper slug.. and jumped into a 'safe riding' behind his Saskatchewan wife's skirts.. What a champ eh ? <br /><br /> All this while Jason Kenney was purportedly hiding out in his mommy's basement as lrincipal residence.. Meanwhile, John Baird was advancing Tony the social media weanie wagger Clement 50 million taxpayer dinero.. and ooopsy they both lost track .. it was for 'border security'.. and a coupla gazebos and one fake lake later.. the money vanished.. followed later by John Baird who vanished too.. <br /><br />No wonder people's eyes glaze over & they don't vote.. its like 'why' ?? Like why vote for Moreau ? He gots a chalet in France.. he's a zillionaire.. and married a woman with 10,000 times the money he's got.. Its pathetic who we can 'attract' to politics.. or protecting OUR environment.. or defending Old Age Security.. Nope, we get the Doug Fords, the Kenneys, the Christys, the Ray Novaks.. and people tune outthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com