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Looks like the whole 'Interference" thing was nonsense at this point. No sign of the emails, no witnesses, and the newspapers have admitted they didn't see any of that before posting the story either. Which is HORRIBLE journalism, it's one thing to protect a source, but if you do you have to be pretty damn sure the source is accurate and at least verify things like these emails exist. This isn't the first time we've seen allegations from the CBC which turned out to be false and unsubstantiated.

Well i'm not religious but as an outsider looking in the bible was intended to be a PERSONAL moral document, not a societal one. In other words it was intended to change YOUR behavior, not correct the flaws in society at large. Of course one would argue that theoretically if everyone believed in the bible then the country would tend to follow suit over time. And in fact that is why our society is modeled on christian values more or less. I"m afraid that's not accurate. First off that phrase is not a biblical commandment. Nor does it actually work well in real life. How do I know that you want to be treated the way I want to be treated? What if I firmly believe that biological males should be referred to as male or men and their pronouns should be he and his, and that I insist others treat me that way. Does that mean i should treat trans individuals the way I want to be treated? You see - it becomes problematic. It only works in a society where everyone shares the same values. That way what i think is the right way to treat people is the same as you and we can agree. Otherwise it's a broken idea. The phrase probably should have been do unto others as they would like you to do unto them provided they do unto you as you prefer. Even then it doesn't work well but it's at least more functional. Again - simply not true. It's a case of reductum ad absurdium. (and no i don't feel like looking up the spelling for that ) People are never that simple. And trying to make things that simple is Awesome - if you work for Hallmark. But has no value outside of that. Pretending humans are simple and they're all of the same mind is a fast way to war historically.

The Challenge is not that Roxham road exists. There will always be illegal border crossings and if you shut one down another will appear. The problem is it's being actively encouraged by OUR gov't. and exploited by the US. There are agencies in the us who specifically provide bus services to Roxham road for "refugees" to get them out of the us both as policy and as informal practice https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-agents-lifts-to-roxham-road-1.6743768 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/migrants-roxham-road-new-york-city-bus-1.6738824 Meanwhile Justin either ignores or actively encourages it (it varies). If we clamped down on it then this kind of thing would drop back to manageable levels.

You were wrong in fact, but perhaps less so in substance. And certainly in comparison. The Russian interference in both elections was found to be fairly minor and generalized. It is widely agreed by neutral sources that it had little impact and what impact it might have had would likely have been to push people in directions they were already going. For example: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-did-russian-interference-affect-the-2016-election/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/russian-trolls-twitter-had-little-influence-2016-voters/ In short, the 'interference' was things like POSSIBLY orchastrating the timing of the wikileaks documents. But - those were REAL documents, the info was real. Russians frequently reinforced negative impressions of Clinton and strongly promoted them, but they were based in real things the Clintons had done or were accused of. And the effect was minimal. They did it in a broad way rather than a particularly targeted way and while it certainly will have had some effect it almost certainly made no difference in the election In the Canadian case, the Chinese out and out lied to Canadian Chinese voters and spread disinformation in a very organized fashion targeting vulnerable ridings. And according to the CSIS reports, they were successful in turning a few ridings with their efforts - in other words there are more liberal seats and fewer CPC seats right now directly because of their efforts. The Richmond riding in greater vancouver is an example. So - it would be relatively accurate to say the Russians did not interfere effectively in US campaigns while the Chinese absolutely did in Canadian ones.

Because then the gov't can step in, buy up housing and "provide" it to the people at an "affordable" rate. Communism sells based on the idea that you personally will no longer have risk or be denied the things you like. "If you just allow communism, you'll have your nice house no matter what happens in the market - EVERYONE will have a nice house". If the markets collapse and the gov't can step in (as we saw in other countries such as England just after ww2) then the gov't gains more control over people and people get used to the gov't handling all their affairs. Pretty soon people become afraid to do anything on their own and become entirely dependent on the gov't. Remember - there is no more effective way to enslave people than to provide for their every need.

Full Democracy is not a desirable thing. Full democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. It is the tyranny of the majority. A representative democracy is a good thing, provided what's in place is a solid constitutional protection of the rights of the individual. Liberty - the ability to conduct your life without unreasonable interference from the gov't - and freedom come from having a central authority that is effectively and strongly restricted from overreach, not from voting.