padib said:
When you ask each one of them the question, they will say that they love Canada and will do everything, heart and soul, to serve it. Then they take measures to get to their goals and these measures polarize over time. They don't wake up in the morning trying to hurt Canada, all of the 3 official party leaders are extremely loyal to their country. Similar in the OP topic. Trudeau sides with feminism. The measures he takes to serve that idealism can be effective or ineffective. Of course, not being into gaming or the world of gaming forums and journalism, his idea of the whole thing is limited. I don't think it's fair to judge him on it. |
I'm not trying to offend but you strike me as incredibly naive. If I wanted to damage Canada I would simply become a politician. The average voter is gullible and they assume that politicians have good intentions. I would mask my attacks by creating legislation that would curb civil liberties under the guise of security, create strife by supplying arms to Sunni fascists under the pretense that they would be moderates fighting against Communists and I'd sign glorified unequal treaties and tout them as free trade. I would pour hundreds of billions of dollars into corporate welfare to support industries that damage the environment and interfere in our political system while contributing little to the economy. I would pretend to take a tough stance on crime only to burden the court system with petty drug offenders. I would cut military spending, join conflicts where Canada has no national interests and spout damaging rhetoric to make enemies with powerful nations such as Russia. I would destroy government organizations meant to protect the health and wellbeing of the people and call it cost cutting in order to balance a budget that I myself unbalanced in the first place. I would build unnecessary prisons and procure costly and ineffective military ordinance, sponsor religious schools, allow rampant unchecked immigration, antagonize minorities and foster racism. I would fear monger and mudsling, undermine the free media and control the narrative through state sponsored ad campaigns. I would essentially do everything that Harper did and people would vote for me by the millions while I cut their throats. In the end they would claim that my intents were all pure and good without examining what I actually accomplished and I would likely get re-elected. Do not ever assume that the man in power wants what is best for the people when the opposite is often true.
Edit: I'm reminded of the time I went book burning with some priests. One was the head of a Church and confided in me that he was an atheist that despised organized religion. We piled up all manner of bible, lit it all on fire and watched it burn through the night. The fools that attend their Church didn't have a damn clue that the men who preached to them hated their faith. Your greatest enemy is often the man who shakes your hand while offerening a smile which seems so sincere.
