General Politics Discussion

[danbrotherston]

No really, point me at a country that is not having the same problems as Canada. As neonjoe says, people have always moved from Canada to the US. That is also nothing new.

Also I'll point out that NZ went and elected a conservative ("National") government last year and now it turns out the economy and social security net are both objectively much worse than last year. Lots of NZers are moving to Australia.

Normally I'd say that it's a shame that our electoral system means the Conservatives are the likely winner when the Liberals do badly, but even in countries with better electoral systems like the Netherlands, are still seeing a strongly conservative wave.

It really is a shame that people are marking such bad choices for themselves in the face of an increasingly problematic neoconservative world.

But I fear none of this really matters...unfortunately the US is the 800 lbs gorilla in the room with us...at this point I fear the POTUS has more influence over the future of our country than we do. And honestly the weapons grade insanity that is the US election of Trump is not something the world will overcome easily.