Literally Satan to the rest of the Anglo sphere

(they just don't think of us like that because of all the moose and igloos)

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Canadian stereotype jokes are the best, I always get a laugh out of them.

i think most people get a laugh out of their stereotypes... just not leftists 😛

... tell me aboot it eh?

I've got some moose on the fire, the igloo is warm and my toque is dry. So i'm ready to listen to what you have to say. I even have some maple syrup on ice, oh shoot sorry, I should have asked, did you want some?

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Canadians, the second you give them a moment to talk politics, the gripe, then devolve rapidly into polite small talk and Canadian Stereotype jokes.

haha, or they have very strong opinions ..strong enough to write a letter.

I think the damaging thing to the PPC, is the climate change point. If they defer the responsibility to provinces, they should do just that. Max sticking to his (accurate) talking point of how there is no climate crisis was... a mistake IMO.

Arguing against *them* that they're wrong is not effective.

the issue is more how the crowd reads it, and in Canada that's gonna be poorly. He is right that "the end of the world" is not coming in the next 12 years or whatever it is this time. not to mention of Canada produced 0 Greenhouse gasses (not even net 0 just none at all) that's just a global decrease of 3% you know who make up ~60% of all greenhouse gas emictions? China, the US and India. 3 countries we have absolutely 0 control over

I mean, the us system was not designed to be nearly as centralized or democratic as it is now

what are we supposed to do exactly on this issue?

it was designed to be as decentralized as possible, but that slowly erroded over time

well, the 12 year thing is bullshit

polarized too, it was never intended to be a 2 party system either.

so is most of the hysteria regarding climate change

actualy if you read the anti federalist papers the two party thing was predicted

predictable, certainly. but not by design.

and most people who were litterate read both the sets of papers at the time (you would be supprised how good the litteracy rate was in the usa at the time to)

its inevitable

Yes, however much of that happened in the last 70 years. with the biggest increase happening after the assassination of JFK, and contueing into the Obama era

unless you go for proportional representation

(in the centralization of power)

which is WAYYY more centralized than first past the post

id say the biggest increase was either wilson or fdr

both of them were big government proponents that got extra leeway due to a war/depression+war

I was a fan of STV system.. where if your first choice wasn't chosen, you'd get a second vote for a backup choice.

fdr of course made most of the social programs that eat up half our budget (the rest are from lbj), and the cia

wilson made the income tax an amendment and pressured the court to allow male drafting without voting

jfk/lbj are a good third place though ill admit

Preferential voting would be really bad imo @kennith. It would basically just mean a permanent Liberal Party dictatorship, because all CPC voters would put them Libs over NDP and all NDP voters would be Libs over Cons.

And that system can actually make it harder for small parties

I do agree wit that assessment.

Like in France the National Front gets almost no seats even with 20-30% of the public supporting them

because most people dislike them

fptp is less powerful and less damaging when only house members are directly elected

FPTP appears unfair, but I think it may be.. the most fair.

its the least unfair