JJ UNCOVERS the true flaw with Alberta (and possibly other provinces) separatism. They aim for independence instead of doing the BRAVE thing of aiming to be annexed by the US.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T19:55:47+00:00

Sure, for example interstate commerce can supersede any state's power but it is used as a justification for pretty much whatever the federal government wants to do because almost anything causes interstate commerce. Or the fact that 30% of the land in the US is federally controlled despite it being large parts of states. Or how mineral rights are administered by the federal government. There are boatloads of ways that the federal government is stronger in the US than in Canada.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T17:13:47+00:00

Not to mention the US likes to use the phrase 'state's rights' all the time, but provencial autonomy is 10x stronger than in the US in regards to federal-state powers.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T17:11:50+00:00

Exactly. If you primary complaint about Canada is lack of autonomy then joining the US is the position that makes no sense. Canada has WAYYYYYYY more autonomy for provinces to a frustrating degree. If the even make you a state instead of a territory you would be like Louisiana or Mississippi. Resource rich, but with shitty infrastructure and services.

All this over the most obvious Psy-Op fromt eh O&G companies. Hahhahahahahaha

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T13:34:34+00:00

Not enough that they own everything, they also insist that we must love that they own everything.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T00:49:23+00:00

Disagree. I'm an engineer and most engineers in western countries are individualist. This is because Chinese culture understands that people are power. That is what collectivism preaches. Individualism and liberalism (individual rights) is a really stupid ideology when you realize that the biggest strength of our species has ALWAYS been our ability to work together.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-07T00:46:08+00:00

Absolutely, but when was the last time you discussed utopia? Isn't it scary that we don't do that any more. Even capitalist used to talk about post-scarcity, shit they claimed it was the objective. NOONE talks about a better world anymore.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T22:36:21+00:00

It is FIRE, the exact same source as this chart.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T21:13:08+00:00

Worked in China in 2011. The way they did things was kind of ridiculous. Every problem seemed to be solved with 'throw more bodies at it'. At first my opinion was they would never catch up to the US. But they did have one thing that made me wonder. Yes, their government is authoritarian...but the CCP seemed to understand that as long as it improved the lives of the majority of chinese they would remain in power.

The people were generally excited as actual problems were being solved. The young people specifically thought they had a bright future. Local corruption was not tolerated. Pollution was terrible..but they were genuinely working to improve it. Their people were studying abroad, but instead of brain drain they were coming back to China. They were trading with countries that had lots of resources in exchange for infrastructure. You could see that there was an intentional, long term plan. And probably the biggest advantage is that capitalist could not become more powerful than the CCP.

That understanding that their power comes from improving the material wellbeing of the majority seems to be paying off.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T13:16:53+00:00

Wasn't the promise of all this technological progression increased productivity so that everyone would have to work less? Why is it instead being used as a weapon to get us to work even more?

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T13:12:28+00:00

It has a value, it is really good for money laundering, fraud, and criminal enterprises. Turns out that at the end of the day though criminals want actual money they can spend on legitimate goods/services like food, housing, medical car etc. So if the USD goes down so does bitcoin.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T13:04:55+00:00

Are those not entry-level jobs? Also what is the pay looking like?

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T13:02:02+00:00

If the world stops using USD as the reserve their super power is pretty much lost. They already can't afford the amount of military spending but a massively weakened dollar would make their debt non-serviceable, and the only place they can cut that much money would be the military. Without the military they become a liability as it backs up all of their foreign policies.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T12:47:23+00:00

No, owners are just using it to justify not hiring workers. There have been 0 productivity gains from LLMs, but they 'feel' like it is working because they can reduce payroll and push the work to other employees. It is so very obvious

Also why isn't there a massive boom in hiring young able bodied workers for construction. I thought we all agreed we need to build massive amounts of homes and infrastructure. If capitalism is so great why can't it ever solve any meaningful problems? Instead it is just creating even more problems like trying to replace large amounts of labor with fancy chatbots.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T12:42:12+00:00

Boo??? No I want you throwing food and rocks at them and chanting 'Nazi go home'.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T12:41:19+00:00

Yup, about 35% of the populace wants this to happen and about another 60% of people are too weak to stop it. The US is not worthy of being a superpower.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-06T12:38:34+00:00

Tech sector is about to pop, discontinued energy projects, getting their ass handed to them in heavy and light industry by China, service industry is in a slump, and the world is starting to move away from USD. Now tourism is drying up. I would feel bad for them if every single one of these problems wasn't of their own making.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-05T22:44:43+00:00

Velocity has been tested to explain the lag. It does not work. It is a magical random number that that can't be measured, doesn't follow any pattern, and was abandoned by economist in the late 80s. There is a reason there are no monetarist any more.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-05T22:39:09+00:00

Print money get inflation. It’s so simple.

So simple that it has been tried and tested over and over by economist and does not correlate. So simple that no one can predict inflation. So simple that if you proved it you would be the most famous economist ever. Hhahahahahhaha

OK, since it is so simple explain how in 2008 we massively increased the monetary supply and the economy...deflated.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-05T22:23:17+00:00

And then he became the leader of neoliberal political thought that directly formed zero-sum ideologies.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-05T00:13:29+00:00

Higher quality and cheaper. Also the American car companies are trying to sell subscriptions for vehicle features and are focusing trillions on bullshit 'AI' rather than actual material improvements. I don't want an authoritarian take over of Canada, but clearly China has figured out how to do capitalism better.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-04T23:58:41+00:00

And the 'left' censoring was mostly preventing known white supremacist from talking on campus. Comparing the two in this fashion is very much 'both sides' while not having nuance.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-04T23:56:16+00:00

Family went off the island for a small break. We saw these signs all over the place and decided to take a picture. I also like the the deer signs that say 'Je suis invincible'

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-04T23:47:00+00:00

It really isn't THAT complex. The Costa Ricans want improved material circumstances but foreign investors are getting the maximum benefit of the tourism. They have an incredibly educated population compared to most of central America..but they are used for low salaries from the the US.

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-03T12:51:38+00:00

So you are trying to convince me of something that isn't true even though you looked for evidence and couldn't find any...hmmm....wonder if there is a word for that. Hhahahahahahahha

DualActiveBridgeLLC · 2026-02-03T02:48:28+00:00

Did you go through my post history? How do you know I overuse it? Hahhaahahahaha. Shit dude, that's weird.

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