Quote: (06-23-2017 12:28 PM)sonoran_ Wrote:
Heres a comment I found on reddit that hits the nail on the head. It was on the red pill subreddit under some article talking about what constitutes evidence in a rape claim.
"Its such an incredibly overrated place to live in general. Way too much of our economy is directly tied to resources and real estate. The former makes for huge shocks to our standards of living when a commodity price jumps or falls (at which point everyone acts surprised even though they knew it had to do that eventually), and the latter makes housing prices & rent absurdly high when none of our politicians have the balls to step up and enact Denmark style protection for our housing market.
I honestly dont get why people around the world think this is such an amazing place to live. Yes, the gun control and other social programs do seem to make violent crime a bit less common than in the States, and yes, we do have a lot of beautiful scenery, but thats about it. Comparing cost of living with income, this is a really expensive place to live, and the soft factors that determine quality of life like community, lifestyle (living indoors half of the year every year is harder on your health than anyone wants to admit), and opportunity to do something fulfilling with your life are just not there.
Canada is like they took the bad aspects of the US (sedentary, nobody giving a shit about the bottom rungs of society, shitty infrastructure, retarded provincialism, social narcissism) and the worst ones of Sweden/Finland/Norway (People lacking the confidence to initiate/have fun in social situations, not enough socialization, physical isolation, batshit crazy SJWs & ordinary people who are openly misandric) and smashed them together to form this miserable shitstorm of a country. "
I am blessed to have immigrated here at a young age, but the points mentioned above are very valid.
This is idiotic. It's a bunch of vapid nonsense. It's a bunch of pandering to an angry group, by someone who clearly lacks the ability to string together a coherent fact-based argument.
Way too much of our economy is directly tied to resources...And? We're a young country, that is superbly rich in natural resources. Canada is still developing various other sectors, but there's nothing wrong with relying on resources, at least for the time being and the foreseeable future. Canada is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, and to not invest heavily in that area is ridiculous.
It's not even worth responding to, if I'm being honest.
I agree that Canada is being inundated with immigrants that are counterproductive to the end goal of a free society, and that Trudeau is an abhorrent dick head of a PM. He's focusing more on SJW issues than working on improving the economy, education, etc...
In saying all of that, Canada is still young, we have a small population, and despite what many think, there's a growing concern with how things are being run, hence the growing Conservative movement towards stricter immigration and Conservative economic policies.
He cherrypicks cost of living during a time where real-estate is priced high, however, historical averages (and excluding the current bubble), Canada is fairly cheap to live compared to most first-world countries.
It really pisses me off when people who know literally nothing about economics start blabbering, sans facts, about their opinions. It's fine to have them; but try backing them up with some facts. And people on this forum should research as well, instead of quoting some random person on reddit that again, can't form a coherent argument.
I'm as fed up with Canada as the next guy. But it's important to see the potential that this country has, and fight to set the ship in the right direction. Canada has a skilled workforce, an abundance of natural resources. We're simply facing an identity crisis that the United States is going through, due to the fact that we're still relatively in our infancy in terms of how old we are as a country.
Canada has always been seen as a land of experimentation. And to write it off is as ignorant as the leftist SJWs that people claim to dislike.