I recall in the past Western nations would hold their social progress over emerging nations with an air of arrogance. But anyone who has been alive long enough understands that social progress is a function of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. When basic needs become more challenging to secure (as they have been in Canada and the US with affordability crises), social progress unfortunately takes the back burner.

Its often less about the people and more about the circumstance, though religion can be an important modifier.

The embarrassing thing is a lot of that disinformation was shared on social media networks that were created in the US.

Creating the tool that your enemy uses effectively against you is not a good look.

How this guy manages to make his policies more and more similar to Trump as the campaign goes on is something to behold.

One things for sure, Canada is toast if he gets elected.

They listen but only if you’re saying what they want to hear.

White people may be detained to. I know one elderly white man who was made to repeat ‘I love the US’ three times before being allowed entry.

He did it and managed to get in unscathed so perhaps this is not the best example. But I imagine they would have detained him if he refused.

Global South wouldn’t be a fair example since you’d have to factor in historical (and current) exploitation by Western nations. This tends to bolster corruption by having leaders sell out their population to align with Western prerogatives, enriching themselves in the process.

The social democracies in these nations is generally an attempt to protect the populace from Western capitalism moreso than domestic capitalism.

One example would be when the US overthrew the Shah in Iran back in the 50s because they socialized ownership of their oil reserves (previously owned through exploitation by a Western coporation). They staged a coup d’etat to install a pro Western leader so that the Western exploitation could continue. This inevitably led to the Iranian revolution, playing a significant role in Iran’s current state as a theocracy.

The Global South, particularly South America, has countless of examples of this. The term banana republic is used to describe this very situation.

This is by no means an indictment on Western culture, just that the global rich will inevitably be in a position to manipulate the global not-so-rich for their own gain. Western nations are the global bourgeoisie.

Nordic nations are a better example of social democracies as they are not subject to the same type of meddling.

Should be 338canada.com.

That’s not true for every riding. Vote strategically using 338canada.com.

Based on current projections there is minimal risk of NDP winning enough seats to seriously hurt Liberals positions over Conservatives.

If your riding is leaning conservative but NDP is a close second, you should vote NDP, not Liberal (if that’s consistent with your values).

A Liberal minority government is the best outcome of this election on my opinion. An unchecked Carney is a risk of over-privatization (though not nearly as dangerous as Conservatives).

Wasn’t Harris their only option since Biden took so long to drop out?

She was the only one that could legally access campaign funds since there was no time for a primary.

It was either going to be him or her and both options were far from ideal.

More than 2/3rds of Canadians no longer see the US as an ally.

Scott Galloway recently asked Mark Carney (current prime minister of Canada) about this on his podcast.

The simple answer is you don’t get to threaten another country’s sovereignty and expect it not to be taken seriously.

The US would have a trade surplus with Canada if not for oil which Canada sells at below market rate, the US refines and then sells for 3x their purchase price.

If anything, Canada subsidizes the US.

There’s an element of racial injustice that needed to be highlighted by BLM so I don’t know if including white victims of police brutality is the right approach but broadening to include other minorities would have helped continue their momentum and potentially catalyzed more meaningful change. Eventually challenging police brutality as a whole may have been an option but ignoring or underplaying racial inequality early on would have been essentially ignoring the reality of the situation.

Carney is essentially a conservative (except for socially) by most metrics.

He handled Trump really well in his first month but there is legitimate risk he has private (as opposed to public) interests at heart.

I guess that’s better than the alternative (Poilievre) who will undoubtedly prioritise private interests. At least there’s a chance Carney might do some good.

Hoping for a liberal minority government. Canada is very fortunate to have a third party (NDP) to keep their mainstream “progressive” party in check. We’ve seen how things have gone to shit in the US.

The world is a big place. Most would flee the US before choosing to become the vassal of a tech oligarch.

The US has managed to maintain disproportionate purchasing power for its size post WW2 due to trust and reliability. Purchasing power will inevitably erode as that trust diminishes and countries divest in the US.

Doesn’t mean countries will stop selling to American consumers overnight but it will happen over the next 5 to 10 years. No one wants to do business with an unreliable partner.

It would also be naive to assume Trump does not have a successor and that a significant number of the American populace don’t end up supporting him.

America has poisoned itself with its disinformation engines in the pursuit of never ending growth. Unless there is a major change in the status quo, this isn’t going to change anytime soon.

57% of Gen Z men voted for Trump. This isn’t a Boomer only issue anymore.

Literally everytime a Democrat is elected.

The deficit increased under Reagan, Bushx2 and Trump.

Its a core tenet of their playbook to drive up the deficit via tax cuts (especially for rich) and increased military spending and then scream about the deficits when Democrats are in power such that the focus shifts from improving public services (via increased government spending) to balancing the budget.

They did this to Clinton, Obama and Biden.

It’s been a perpetual cycle since Reagan introduced supply side / trickle down economics as a political platform. Prior to that billionaires were actually taxed fairly and had to give back to society in order to maintain a positive perception within their community.

What does retention mean in this context? File retention? Is there any way to integrate with Kodi or other media server like debrid services?

Found it, for anyone reading don’t bother. It is still images with an AI voiceover. I was hoping for half baked AI generated video.

Anyone have a link to the video? Looking for a good laugh.