Part of the reason is the failure of our school systems to teach the history of Canadian resistance to U.S. threats, incursions and trade sanctions.
Part of the reason is the failure of our school systems to teach the history of Canadian resistance to U.S. threats, incursions and trade sanctions.
If it’s any consolation (I had a ‘what exactly constitutes a counterculture in 21st century Canada’ moment a while back, and eventually, unhappily, landed on the same conclusion), it means that a lot of the progressive values that used to be considered countercultural are now mainstream. Generally a good thing, I think.
Granted, many of those have been coopted and watered down to the point that they don’t constitute a legitimate threat to established power - or at least, that impression exists - so that’s not great.
That said, a counterculture is never a monolith. Just a personal project while the world burns, but I kinda want to revisit that rabbit hole a bit now that I’m writing this.