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Moe Strausberg's avatar

I live in Canada. We are a liberal democracy and Fully Democratic according to the Wikipedia Democracy Index. The USA, France, Israel are not among the Fully democratic nations.

I read Orwell he is a great Western Philosopher who fought against tyrants his whole life.

WE have been in a cold war against the Saudis since Freeland was Minister of Foreign Affairs and whose side is your neoliberal Empire supporting?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/canada-saudi-arabia-support-us

Both Russia and the USA are theocratic and neoliberal.

Read 1984 after reading Orwell's essays.

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/notes-on-nationalism/

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Alison Cipriani's avatar

You live in a democracy? I seem to remember Freeland and Trudeau not only freezing the bank accounts of protesters but also of anyone who contributed to their fund raising efforts. That doesn't sound like democracy to me (not to mention the covid b.s.....)

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

Have you read Eric Hoffer's The True Believer (thoughts on the nature of mass movements)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15916.The_True_Believer

I live in a town where truckers live. One lives across the street. We had a party for the dissident truckers but 85 % supported Trudeau and Legault. That is liberal democracy.

Our truckers are educated and they believe in Canadian democracy not the Feudalism of the American Empire.

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

Our truckers are boringly middle class and love their security. Many have PhD's in political science and economics.

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

You are an American living in a neoliberal theocracy with a gifted ministry of truth.

George Orwell fought fascism his whole life and was a giant philosopher whose essays told us how to write about politics.

Russia is a neoliberal theocracy as is your Empire.

Canada is in a cold war with Saudi Arabia's theocracy and America is on the side of the Saudis. Here in Quebec refugees are welcome from Saudi Arabia, Russia and Ukraine. In fact we welcome all refugees Cubans. Haitians and even Americans but Freeland and Trudeau believe in liberal democracy and have the support of 70% of Quebecers and Quebec isn't even liberal. Our government is conservative and to the left of Bernie Sanders and has been social democratic since the Quiet revolution of the 20trh century.

We support Ukrainian sovereignty.

We fear American Nationalism it is fascistic and theocratic.

I don't always support our Liberals but I trust their motives are justice and responsible government. I usually vote more socialism and less neoliberalism and consider America our greatest existential THREAT and I love America's people I even married one.

I married a philosopher little knowing Americans greatest fear is truth and science.

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Alison Cipriani's avatar

First of all, I'm not an American. But you didn't bother to reply to my question about the fascism practiced by Trudeau and Freeland. Seems to me Canada is going in a bad direction so I'm surprised you are so defensive about it.

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

I am pragmatic. I am old and I love Quebec's sovereignty and our system of checks and balance where even our federal Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and our Provincial Prime Minister can be devout Roman Catholics and understand they must pray in their closets. Canada is a secular HUMANIST liberal democracy and in America and in Russia it is always 1984.

Read Twain's Russian Journals andf his his The Guilded Age.

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