August1991

I listened to Biden's speech of March 2024. To me, Biden wants to impose America on the rest of us. ===== Like 1814 or so,, we now have a wonderful chance to create peace for a century.

But surely Toronto is not Montreal. Singapore is, uh, a better model.

Canada, survival? Maybe if one views us as another animal ===== We Canadians are smarter. We get along.

Clueless. === We Canadians: different languages, religions - we get along. Centuries we've done this. Americans? They had a civil war. They killed each other. We Canadians get along.

Google: Ckifton Sifton. In 1890, the west of Canada could have been a very different country. Instead, French Catholics were pushed abroad

With this speech, I reckon that Biden won his re-election in November 2024. ===== To win in 2024, Biden needs certain critical counties in certain critical states He just did that. He motivated his base.

Huh? Zero chance . Top choice? ==== Good fun guys.

Canada is largely Catholic, and bilingual. Americans are mostly Protestant - stuck-up. ===== The greatest difference: Canada has a centralised monetary system; Americans do not.

I was in Singapore in the early 1980s. Then I travelled to Hongkong, and Shanghai. ==== Modern China is following the Singapore model. .

My life is a short period in a longer process. This short period of awareness. Others lived a full life. He lived almost 100 years .==== Such are the words that an AI poster would write.

Lucid? Robosmith is obviously hallucinating.

How about not! My point - America has lasted longer than Japan or China, as democracies. ==== Note to others: Let's see how Robosmith answers.

Robosmith! How about Social Security? Medicare? Is China viable?

Disagree. As a part of the population, more immigrants arrived each year in the late 1900s than arriving now.

Historical Note: The Finns allied with Hitler because Stalin invaded them. The Swedes remained neutral during both World Wars. "Not my problem!" The Norwegians collaberated - Google: Quisling.

Agreed. So, why did the Swedish government agree to join NATO? Practical Swedes.

Lee Kuan Yew is the model of modern China.

Disagree about people in Canada. ==== But in your view, we Canadians are free-riders. Like the US Dems. Other people will find these miracle drugs.

Taken to task,

I reckon that Toronto is to Montreal what Singapore is to Hongkong To work well, society requires order.

Are you autistic? A real person would ignore/laugh at my question "fair bit".

Define fair bit. And why did you use liberal in lower form.

1. In Montreal, I trust the STM guy. 2. State bureaucrats are likely to become, uh, bought. 3. We Canadians live in the cold north.

In a thread about Mulroney's death, I'll say this: the Japanese LDP lost power because it changed the VAT. Ordinary people hate consumption taxes. Why? They can't avoid them. Thatcher tried a poll tax. Mulroney's original GST was 5% - but applied to everything - everything He backed off - the tax would be 7%m but not on food or rent. Albertans hated him. Whatta guy!

Well said. 1. The US is the only civilised society without a federal value-added tax. Mulroney reformed ours. I suspect that some American politician will be forced to have the courage to impose a US federal consumption tax. 2. I remember when Mulroney ran on free-trade in 1988. Everyone remembers his debates with Turner.