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My reality tells me this all began at the end of the Enlightenment when Russia's Czars realized Voltaire, Franklin and places like Vilnius in Lithuania had adopted Deism (secular Humanism ) as their social contract. The war in Ukraine began over 200 years ago. We read the Charge of the Light Brigade in High school. Funny word Ghetto. In Montreal it is the most diverse population on the planet. Paupers, Princes, philosophers and fundamentalists all homo sapien?

I was born at the Royal Vic in 1948. I grew up in Montreal. I remember when it was a Catholic and plutocratic hierarchy.

I left Montreal in 1970 and returned in 2006. We lived in the Ghetto for four years but the hills were too much and we moved 2 hours east. I lived in many cultures. Even families are made up of individuals

Can the tyranny of the masses be any worse than the tyranny of the few?

How does one explain to Americans that Trudeau can't be a neoliberal. The Prime Minister of Canada has no real power. He serves the Commons. He serves at the discretion of the people. In Canada Institutions have no human rights they don't even possess animal rights. They are pieces of paper.

Here is John Ralston Saul explaining it to a world audience PEN International this spring.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/QgrcJHsTnPnHxgLgmmCMsbLSbCvTHFMCqXG?projector=1

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