I wouldn't know about that because I'm not American or Canadian.Originally Posted by Amoeba
I wouldn't know about that because I'm not American or Canadian.
You should still know it....hah
I don't really consider a mere 6% of the human population so significant.
Aren't you breaking your own reason d'etre by being self gratifying and insular here? What's the message?
Because Canada has one of the largest trade agreements(natural resources) with the united states making 6% of the human population an important part of the 320 million that live there. It's good to know.
Okay, so to correct the op.
Yes there is, well spotted!
I assumed most people lived in the west over here.
I live in the West well, at least West enough.
My viewpoint on the Canadian and American AND European societal and economic degradation is that with 100-150 years worth of glorious surplus and expansion many social and legal systems were invented and enforced which were inefficient and often contrary to individuals viewpoints of what is right or wrong. This has lead to many perverse incentives and bloated service economies coupled with social degredation.
You will either fall into one of two camps. You will either want to support the failing social system because you like the idea of communality (which is noble enough) or you'll want it torn down and reformed into something fit for purpose (which is also noble, believe it or not). If you are communual you will view everything as becoming more insular and angry, if you are in the other camp you'll be exascerbated as the system inertia weighs you down.
In short 'the wheels have fallen off the cart'; because there is no such thing as society, merely individual actors with their own ethics. I think you are broadly in Camp A. Welcome to your Randian Objectivist nightmare.
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