HomebrewHedonist

Hedge Funds and Short Sellers.

This is just the delusions of a deranged man. No country can e perpetually at war. Eventually, something gives way, and there’s no way Russia will ever win a war with the West.

Misogyny becomes so normalized and institutionalized in a culture that even women sometimes do things and vote against their own best interests. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a surprisingly high number of women who voted no.

Case in point, how many Christian conservative women vote against a women’s right to chose whether to carry a child to full term?

I think that the government isn’t moving aggressively on this file because if they did, there would be a massive correction and many landlords would go bankrupt. It would be political suicide.

I think what they are hoping for is that the correction will happen organically and gradually so that they are not blamed for the fallout and so that the impact is diminished. The problem is, I don’t think that people can hold out and regardless, there will be some pain for all groups. The damage is already done, and fixing this will be painful.

Lol… you just proved my point. I never said it was a fact. It would be hard to quantify, but it could be done.

You’re right. You just proved my point. It’s my opinion. 😁

A large segment of the population don’t understand the difference between a fact, an opinion, and a belief.

I’m a federal public servant, and I can tell you that in the 28 years I’ve been in government, this kind of leadership is very common. There’s no accountability because there’s nothing that really can be done in the current system. There would have to be a serious overhaul in how government manages poor performance, particularly when it comes to executives.

The Canadian tax payer is the bag holder here.

Yep… every time.

Another example of the rich buying their way out of crimes.

If the penalty for crimes is a fine, the law only applies to the poor.

I agree. But if we’re being completely honest, Pollievre is a populist. He’d sell his soul to the devil to be PM.

I don’t believe this for one second. I haven’t heard anything from the Ukraine administration that would suggest in any way that they are interested in peace talks. In fact, their recent choice of putting a Crimean Tatar as the Minister of Defence suggests that they are serious about taking Crimea back from Russia. I hear nothing but absolute resolve by both the Weat and Ukraine to keep fighting until a Ukraine victory.

The important thing is that she stuck to her principles. :/

I’m not going to get dragged into creating a new government framework with you. I’ll leave that to the political scientists. What I’m saying is that we need limits on power. Limits on income existed before 1980 and were dismantled in Regan’s trickle-down economic policy. Taxes used to be really high for the ultra rich after WWII to around the late 1970s. Limits existed in other forms too like anti monopoly laws, more regulation and market oversight. What I’m suggesting is simply taking those that once existed and codifying those things into a charter, like the Magna Carta did for kings, so that they can’t be repealed by changing governments. It’s an idea, not naive at all.

Greater equality is essential for well functioning societies and well functioning economies. It’s good for everyone, even the ultra rich… they just forgot it. Read Ray Dalio’s The Changing World Order and he explains this quite well. The man is a billionaire himself, and he advocates for a redistribution of wealth and greater economic equality. His research echos much of what is tough in history: inequality always breads social unrest and political upheaval. It’s what revolutions are made from.

Supergovernment? Putting words into people’s mouths, I see.

We limited the power of monarchs, why would it be wrong to do that for all powerful people and entities? I say that we need to do it for exactly the same reasons. Limits to power is healthy for everyone, even the super rich. My logic holds true. Does yours?

But I like your idea of a world government because, you know why?.. we need to work together rather than against each other. Let’s end zero sum game theory.

What this planet needs is a Magna Carta of sorts that limits the power of all people, corporations or other entities or groups. Simple as that. We need limits! Extreme inequality will ALWAYS breed civil unrest.

I love this response. 😀

Obvious statement award.

They evaded scrutiny of regulators. That is what they’re being charged with.

You can see the in front seat two men. I wonder if it’s a case of human trafficking of a woman who is trying to escape.