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  1. Meanwhile under globalization, the number of human beings living under the thumbs dictators is rising. 70% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION LIVE UNDER A DICTATORSHIP https://adigaskell.org/2022/06/28/70-of-the-global-population-live-under-a-dictatorship/
  2. Because theories are not frauds they're explanations that compete with other theories for things. Fraud and theory are not even synonymous with one another.
  3. The thread's title eliminates any need to even think about the topic.
  4. No, it's like Queenmandy says, the easiest part is now. Good luck with it when PP is in power. It's 200 - 300% in the case of chocolate. As for bananas... Banana prices to go up as temperatures rise, says expert https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68534309
  5. No you're just full of shit as usual. That's right, inflation that's increasingly caused by shortages due to climate change.
  6. No he hasn't. I'm betting whatever you posted many moons ago was garbage, probably an opinion from Conrad Black or something. What evidence is there that PP believes human caused climate change requires action any more than you do? If he doesn't believe it why bullshit Canada by pretending he does? Isn't that what you've always hate most about our politicians and governments, they always bullshit everyone?
  7. Yeah we started figuring this out years ago at WEF. It's why we need to create international networks of cooperation to prevent tax avoidance of the type you're talking about.
  8. No, the planet is fine. We need to prevent a worsening and potential collapse of our socioeconomic global civilization - we've needed to do this for decades. Now we also need to do something about a dangerous state of economic inequality that only compounds the issue of climate change because of the way it hampers efforts to get on with action. That's why we need to join a more global approach to tackling tax avoidance. In the meantime and with your what-about-the-Democrats question still in mind. Tax the Rich is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance, Poll Shows Swing-state voters also like tax hikes on those earning $400,000 and more The progressive rallying cry of “tax the rich” has morphed into a popular policy stance with voters in the key states that will decide the 2024 election, enjoying support even among those who prefer billionaire Donald Trump, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll. Fully 69% of registered voters in seven swing states say they favor higher taxes on billionaires, and they support higher income taxes on people who make more than $400,000 a year by the same margin, a potential boon to Democratic President Joe Biden’s economic agenda if he wins a second term. https://archive.ph/tYW4W#selection-1629.0-1631.6
  9. Sure, in progressive cities that merely happened to be in provinces with conservative governments. Provincial governments that hounded both the clinics and their patients with the sort of bureaucratic hurdles reserved for pedophiles. A play book they've used before against people society look down on.
  10. No, shrinkflation is a reaction to shortages. You seem to be of the belief that higher global prices for climate change related shortages on the other side of the planet are caused by Trudeau, which is retarded - like something Greene et al would say. Sure and I never disagreed that An economy with low productivity can grow only so quickly before inflation sets in. I simply said that an economy that grows to quickly will impact the environment which also causes inflation. For some reason that caused you to lose your shit.
  11. You people are so suspicious that virtually every tax is a scam to you. To tell you the truth though I'd be happier if there were only two taxes, both progressive, on consumption and on your accumulated wealth. Say, 1% on anything between $1 million up to $10 million. 2% from $10 million to $100 million, 3% from $100 million on up and so on. Nothing on personal income, just wealth and consumption, with provisions for some redistribution to people with little to no wealth at all.
  12. For the effects of climate change in Ghana and Ivory Coast. LMAO! This is what makes your ramblings so comparable to Marjorie Greene's and Q-anon. Environmental/economic/social sustainability? I was an active participant in a community based association that actually had the word sustainability in its very name some 25 years ago now.
  13. Pointing out things you don't know squat about is always on topic with you. Shrinkflation is a tactic commonly used by the food industry, where manufacturers cut pack sizes without reducing prices, as they look to reduce their costs amid stubbornly high food price inflation. Galaxy's smooth milk chocolate bar was previously sold in a pack weighing 110g, but now tips the scales at 100g.Sep 26, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/sep/26/galaxy-chocolate-bars-now-10-smaller-amid-shrinkflation The worldwide chocolate shortage comes on the heels of "changing weather" issues that "have threatened cocoa tree health and production," said a report by Wells Fargo. The phenomenon has caused major processing plants in Ghana and Ivory Coast to be unable to source their beans. This Easter season, consumers can expect a spike in prices for their favorite chocolate treats as cocoa prices have reached historic highs due to dwindling supply caused by climate change, according to a recent report from Wells Fargo. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/03/19/cocoa-prices-reach-historic-high-heres-what-consumers-can-expect/72887303007/ Yes, I knew that decades ago when logging and fishing collapsed in my region and Canadians were being told to stop being hewers of wood and drawers of...fish, in my case. Remember the old cartoon about a service economy based on polishing one another's shoes? Fortunately tourism took off and saved a number of us older workers. Just about all the new businesses I see starting up around here are by young people living the dream with their inheritances. Surf shops...pot shops...chocolate shops. This leftist gets it right a lot more than you ever do or could even if your life depended on it.
  14. It's not my party. The need for action on climate change still remains. Where exactly? Apparently even the G&M can't find it. Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives still don’t have a viable climate plan. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-pierre-poilievres-conservatives-still-dont-have-a-viable-climate-plan/ All we know for sure is that he opposes anything else that's been proposed. I don't think he believes a word of it myself and he's too chicken-shit to admit it.
  15. I guess they're even more scared shitless of America's right wing's base of common i̶g̶n̶o̶r̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ sense than our so-called lefty Libs.
  16. Why bother when you refute your own stupid points by authoring them so stupidly. he LIKED the covid madness. The left were all over the covid madness. Nobody liked it. That's about as ridiculous a reflection on what happened that's ever been uttered around here.
  17. Nope. Go read it again. And recall I've pointed out that government incompetence has risen to a whole new level on the Liberals watch. That's a different issue entirely however from the fact that carbon taxes remain the tool of choice by experts who actually know what they're taking about. So, will Poilievre pay attention to what experts advise and manage things more competently or do what the base thinks? What he should do is put experts in charge of managing the really complicated issues and explain why that's just common sense. I'm comfortable presuming the vast number of serious economists around the world also agree. If you asked 100 economists how to solve climate change, more than 90 would probably agree on the solution. They would say you need a carbon tax. It’s rare for economists to agree on issues, but carbon taxes are an exception. They agree so much that 3354 American economists, including many Nobel Prize winners, recently signed an open letter supporting the introduction of a carbon tax. You can get an updated list of signatories available here. You may note that the signatories are mostly US-based economists -RePec lists that there are 12727 US economists. This means that this open letter was signed by 25% of US economists, and it’s possible that not all the remaining 75% were invited to sign. Economists’ approval of carbon taxes is not all that surprising. A more puzzling phenomenon is that fossil fuel companies seem to agree as well. https://knowledge.essec.edu/en/sustainability/strange-tax-supported-economists-polluters.html
  18. Meanwhile when faced with shortages of raw materials producers put less into the packages for the same price. Nope, it's all this right wing crap helping our businesses that's hurting the environment.
  19. And and an economy that grows to quickly will impact your environment which also causes inflation. Things have been unsustainable for some time now. The most obvious canaries-in-the-coal-mine have been the collapse of major fisheries on both coasts. They alerted us to significant issues in our country's ecosystems, especially their mismanagement.
  20. I remember reading once that if every human being were together in the same place they'd only cover an area the size of Los Angeles. That said if an asteroid that big plowed into Earth the effect would be felt everywhere.
  21. Oh bullshit. It was about exaggerating the costs to inflame public opinion for political gain. It shows that Conservatives are full of crap and completely unconcernd about climate change. Meanwhile, 90% of economists around the planet still agree carbon taxes are the best way to turn concern into action. Conservatives also underscore they have no time for expert opinions, only their own matter. That's what ordinary Canadian's need to pay attention to.
  22. @Venandi And BTW, CdnFox's thinking is about as cocked up as Marjorie Taylor Greene's or Q-anon's shaman. If he got in my way in an emergency I'd waste little time recruiting passengers to sit on him or simply throw him over the side.
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