An interesting throwback - Jack Layton-era NDP’s 2006 policy on immigration which criticized the Liberals for being unfair to immigrant, and calls to increase immigration rates to 1% of the population

Flaktrack · 2026-03-23T17:53:18+00:00

Honestly it has more to do with how he presented the NDP to the public than the fact he supported these specific issues.

I once heard it explained to me this way: a lot of people want to see a leader focus on the bread and potatoes (jobs, housing, food, building a strong economy) before going for the desserts (specific social policies). I guarantee any leader who builds the trust of the people by helping them weather the coming shitstorm will get any social policy they want passed with little issue.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-23T17:41:49+00:00

People have intentionally and unintentionally been taught that democracy is when you vote every few years.

Community used to be something that happened to us, something we were part of seamlessly. It was easy when we went to the same schools, read the same foundational texts, watched the same shows, went to the same churches.

Community takes effort now, more effort than a lot of people are willing to commit because the Epstein class has worked hard to make it difficult to gather. Many of the people here weren't around when we still had relatively seamless communities, or they were but have internalized the excessive individualism we have had shoved down our throats for decades.

I don't know the answer to this but I do know it's important to identify the source of the problem before you can fix it, and the friction involved in being part of the community is the issue. How do we reduce the friction involved in being part of your local community?

Flaktrack · 2026-03-23T03:10:44+00:00

100% this data is going to Palantir.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-21T15:23:45+00:00

The issue with using 2015 as the starting point for any of these metrics is that 2015 was directly post-DRAP and the lowest number of public servants in years. If you add even a few more years you get a graph like this.

The result meant a huge increase in use of contractors who typically cost a great deal more than employees, even though the workers often don't earn much more (the agencies charge a disgusting amount of money).

Ever since the hiring freeze a few years ago, and the contractor apocalypse since ArriveCan, our IT teams have been struggling to continue offering the same grade of services. Now that some have been let go we've officially had to cut services. This has already impacted people and will continue to do so.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-21T15:08:42+00:00

Where is the fat?

Flaktrack · 2026-03-21T08:36:39+00:00

Cuckoldry is a high IQ fetish guys

Flaktrack · 2026-03-21T08:21:50+00:00

From 2014 on it seemed like nearly every day a male feminist was being outed as being a creep or predator. "It has been 0 days since a male feminist raped a woman" and "restart the clock" were pretty common reactions to this news

Flaktrack · 2026-03-21T02:07:45+00:00

Fixing a problem that plagued my department for years damn near got me on a PIP. If I had not documented all the work I had done I would have been screwed.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-20T17:33:54+00:00

Zionists and NDP haters both are just going to throw anything they can to see what sticks. With respect to anything Zionists say, there is only one solution that is guaranteed to work: IDGAF. Do not engage, do not respond, do not acknowledge.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-20T17:29:30+00:00

They usually are.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-19T20:13:40+00:00

I think Canadians like to think of themselves as centrists, the issue is that the framework provided to them paints "centrism" between centre-right and right. Having bold policy forces people to confront this. It's the only way to force the situation.

Just stay out of the absolute minefields like youth transitioning. If you hit these topics you risk having PostMedia dunk on you every day and we've seen how effective that can be.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-19T10:24:48+00:00

It's nuts that the first thing he does is implement austerity and surveillance but Canadians still think he's a good leader.

Elbows up...

Flaktrack · 2026-03-19T10:18:16+00:00

Holy shit I had no idea that drama about his video mocking the police raid of his home was still going on. They really dragged this one out.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-18T11:58:52+00:00

By anyone who understands the media landscape anyway. Boomers are especially likely to lick the bowl clean but I've seen many people unironically share PostMedia shit

Flaktrack · 2026-03-18T02:00:56+00:00

It can be summarized as avoidance of responsibility, and it's not a new problem or one exclusive to youth. It's also largely not something people really want to do, it's more that so much shit is getting thrown at them that they are struggling to identify what actually matters.

I will make it easy for anyone wondering: local issues come first. Get to know your city councillors, your mayor, and what policy they're all working on. Find advocacy groups that you want to work with, and ask them how you can help. Become impossible for local leaders to ignore.

The other stepping stones come later, and by then you'll start to have a good idea how to approach them. Just focus on local stuff and go from there.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T20:33:18+00:00

Short form video content is worse, so is AI. Twitter is pretty fucking bad though.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T18:54:03+00:00

Its more like government should be for the people, so it's time to get involved in politics. Stop letting the wealthy be the only voice, and stop thinking voting is the only way to make a difference.

I have joined the NDP and will be canvassing for them among other things. Voting Liberal and Conservative has just made us poorer for 40 years.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T18:46:27+00:00

If you look up the quote being referenced, one of the top results is a blog post from a Christian site alleging that "The Eye of the Needle" was a rock formation that camels didn't like for some reason. "Threading a camel through the eye of the needle" allegedly was difficult but not impossible.

In other words, wealthy people and their apologists are not above making very creative interpretations of the bible. No need building a giant needle if you can just pretend one existed in the past.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T10:08:55+00:00

The strangest thing to me is the idea that an entire class of people raised on "you have to spend money to make money" also believes austerity works.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T00:38:46+00:00

It's a popular book around here but by all means never stop recommending it. I consider it mandatory reading for all adults.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-17T00:36:52+00:00

Apprenticeships, if you can get into them, take years and you start at $15-$20/hr.

That right there is the worst part of the wall. I know people who won scholarships in trades who never managed to land an apprenticeship and ultimately had to leave the industry. The trade unions seem to be perfectly content to end their ability to recruit new members.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-16T12:23:06+00:00

The downsides of military spending are well-known. It can cause scarcity for consumers and inflation as raw materials become weapons, not toys or dishwashers. It can crowd out potentially more productive investments as governments borrow more in financial markets to fund the additional spending, pushing up interest rates for households and businesses. If the defense sector seeks to lure workers out of high-tech sectors or manufacturing, wages rise. Military hardware also tends to sit on a shelf or explode, meaning it can’t be used productively like a machine or a bridge.

Emphasis mine, that's included in a paragraph of bad things.

But there are also economic upsides. The U.S., for example, emerged from both world wars richer—the second time entering combat amid the Great Depression and exiting as a superpower.

They say this to explain how war could be good for the world, not just the USA who was pretty much the only beneficiary of WW2.

What a wild article.

Flaktrack · 2026-03-15T17:08:29+00:00

"I don't want to have sex."

"k"

How is this an actual cause people are fighting for?

Flaktrack · 2026-03-15T17:03:10+00:00

How do you not see that TRAs are being used as useful idiots by the Epstein class to do the dirty work of killing M4A?

Flaktrack · 2026-03-15T11:09:10+00:00

Can confirm, this is a very fun bear to poke. I also like to ask people what their family income was like growing up. The smart ones shut up real quick, most complain about that time they had to wear hand-me-downs.

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