This always gets me to thinking about how much of an impact the leader of the US has on the rest of the world. The greed and sheer hypocrisy of so many governments has forced us to compete in the same league when no one else really feels the need to. We're so much more like the U.S. than anyone else and although we brag about our own Canadian identity, most of our governments whether they admit it or not, have tried to cater more to the U.S. than reason. I suppose it's completely bias of me because I see their politics about nothing but capitalist gain and perhaps strictly by geographic location we've been forced to agree in part. I love Canada but no matter who our government has been, they've always leaned more to capitalist ideals than to a socialist point of view. As a past and future business owner, I'm big on people creating and selling products we need, not being forced into needing a product because capitalism reigns supreme and forces reasonable alternatives out of the marketplace via the laws to support the big campaign contribution spenders, the special interest and lobby groups.
Wow, this has nothing to do with what you said. Yeah... sorry about that! I guess my point was that every government we have had has leant a hand to the U.S. plan to rule the free market. It's like supporting the bully at school so you don't get your ass kicked. That's not to say that some aren't more excited than others about working with the bully.
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Re: harper is bad news no matter whether bush is worse news
Date: 2007-11-26 10:45 pm (UTC)We're so much more like the U.S. than anyone else and although we brag about our own Canadian identity, most of our governments whether they admit it or not, have tried to cater more to the U.S. than reason. I suppose it's completely bias of me because I see their politics about nothing but capitalist gain and perhaps strictly by geographic location we've been forced to agree in part.
I love Canada but no matter who our government has been, they've always leaned more to capitalist ideals than to a socialist point of view. As a past and future business owner, I'm big on people creating and selling products we need, not being forced into needing a product because capitalism reigns supreme and forces reasonable alternatives out of the marketplace via the laws to support the big campaign contribution spenders, the special interest and lobby groups.
Wow, this has nothing to do with what you said. Yeah... sorry about that! I guess my point was that every government we have had has leant a hand to the U.S. plan to rule the free market. It's like supporting the bully at school so you don't get your ass kicked. That's not to say that some aren't more excited than others about working with the bully.