General Politics Discussion

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It's okay to say the country is broken and/or fractured. Recognizing and admitting to that reality is a good thing and the initial step to hopefully improvement. Everyone can see what is going on out there where people can barely afford to eat, housing is some of the most costly in the world, homelessness and drug addiction is everywhere, infrastructure is falling apart, sociopolitical division is growing, media is a mess, our political parties are clueless, GDP per capita is in a recession, we're getting more and more in dept (something like 100'000'000 per day and constantly growing; nearly 1.5 trillion dollars in debt), certain crimes are growing, people feel uneasy, the country has been absolutely flooded with people who have zero reason to be here but were given a free pass because we need bodies to operate the local Tim Hortons...and so on and so on.

We can point to statistics that say this or that is improving, but the general attitude most Canadians have is that we're fucked. Nobody really cares if some study says X has improved XX% when they exist day by day in financial anxiety and general unease, when people struggle to find basic jobs, when they see dope fiends roaming the streets like zombies. Our Prime Minister resigned because millions of people hate the guy and think he's useless. For him to step down is a sign that things are not working and people desperately want change. Pierre Poilievre could be good or he could be even worse, we don't really know. But clearly Canada is at the point where people are willing to risk even more chaos with the hope that maybe things will improve.

Canada is not broken. There are serious problems that need solving, but it is not "broken". That is just fearmongering by the Conservatives and right-wing extremists to justify policies destroying our social safety net by selling out to corporations.

I'll second that, and I'll also say that if there is a problem that is a problem everywhere in the world, the Liberals are probably not the cause of the problem.