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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
There are plenty of first world countries doing perfectly fine, if not better than a decade ago both financially and politically. And in many of those countries homelessness isn’t rampant and you don’t wait 8 months to see a doctor for an ear infection.
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which ones? Classic first world England and France are way worse now than they were 10 years ago. USA is immeasurably worse now than it was 10 years ago.
I agree that when you identify the "better ones", we should emulate them, and the socialist practices that allow them to succeed where we fail.
I'd start w driving the private sector back out of energy and (re) nationalizing it. then bolster our oil and gas sector w massive public investment into alternative energy. Canadian New Deal - want a good paying job? No problem. Use the returns on those investments to prioritize health care - especially mental health needs. There are way less homeless problems in countries where the population accepts that it's cheaper to treat and house people (financially and socially) than it is to just ignore them - or worse, vilify them.
do you think that PP is planning to lead with any of those ideas? to even consider them? pretty sure his owners won't like that. His job will just be to keep riling up whatever disenfranchised youth he can find, and their boomer base. Keep talking about irrelevant subjects, while simultaneously offering nothing tangible in their own platform.
we can't have these nice things like Scandinavian countries because we're convinced that it's only capitalism or communism - despite the countries you are referring to proving time and time again that this is untrue.
I can't vote for Trudeau again, and obviously I can't vote for the conservative party under any circumstances. Unless the libs can find a new leader, with some fresh ideas it's a spoiled ballot for me I guess.