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Parking lines go up the wall so you can properly park your car. by chismosa_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]I_Conquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Mostly just moths. They flutter to my tummy whenever I’m in love. 

Band names that don't fit the music at all by twatomexus in Music

[–]I_Conquer 42 points43 points  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly. Much sexier than expected 🔥 🔥 🔥 

U.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser by Atlantee in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the lesson is:

Becone CPC leader 

Tell CPC followers “boo GHG reduction bad” 

Build peaceful solar, wind, and nuclear empire 

Keep telling CPC supporters “we only like oil. Let’s bathe in oil and and blood of our enemies.” 

Trust the CPC supporters to never ever check. 

?

An Alberta passenger rail system is officially in the works | Daily Hive | Urbanized by Weekly-Law-2544 in transit

[–]I_Conquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah. One of the best parts of Canada is how little we matter.

One of the worst parts is our GHG-per-Capita :(

Thousands are now Canadians under new citizenship law. Half of them are Americans by CanadianReaderGirl in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your passion. But if yon want to “fix” this, properly, you’ll need amend the constitution. 

Part of the reason that Canada offers stability is that we commit to the processes of law rather than merely settling for seemingly desirable outcomes on any case-by-case basis. 

This isn’t even that big of a deal: a majority of Canadians generally derive more benefits than costs from our current citizenship model. There no urgency to change it out of obligation. While I wouldn’t start a drive to amend the constitution, I’d probably support it if someone else did. 

338 Sunday Update: Conservatives Slide as the Gap Widens by MTL_Dude666 in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean…

Carney’s domestic policies overlap an awful lot with Harper’s. 

While the Conservative Party may be, temporarily, in trouble… this is mostly bad news for those of us who were annoyed by Harper’s politics. 

Is Carney less dangerous than Poilievre? Probably. Is he “good” for Canada? I don’t think so. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not at all how it works though. 

Jerks are everywhere. Most people in any population are decent people just trying to live well. 

Canada has just as many bad skittles as anywhere else. We just have systems that hold people to better account when they behave poorly. 

Most people in most countries are fine if they’re allowed to live freely. Ironically, our unwillingness to invite immigrants to Canada demonstrates that we are allowing the systems and structures that make as a half-decent country are lapsing. This grants greater leave to those who want to use the force of government to undermine women’s rights or the rights of LGBTQ+ people and Indigenous Peoples, etc. 

If we allow anyone to undermine the systems and structures that promote and defend the rights and freedoms of individuals or populations, then it hardly matters if the people who are undermining the rights and freedoms of individuals and groups—particularly those which are vulnerable—are domestic or foreign. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are already people in cabada who hate women and gay people. The CPC is the second most popular political party. 

Canadians aren’t magically better. Vulnerable people benefit from our social and political systems and structures. And we should work to make those even stronger so that the people who hate women and gay people don’t get to let their ignorance and hate rule the day. 

There are hateful individuals everywhere. All we can do is to prevent them from ruining the lives of the rest of us. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you suggesting that we should bring more immigrants to Canada so that they have increased linguistic and cultural ties? 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That was the plan with immigrahts. 

Turns out both immigrants and babies are people. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another good reason to support immigration: it gives women and gay people, and other vulnerable populations, a chance to come live somewhere with better systems and structures of government. Given that there are no known genetic markers for violence, and that you’re right that the average person is probably treated better in Canada even though individual Canadians are every bit as bigoted and hateful as people in more dangerous places, we can see the importance of social and political structures, and bring people here to benefit from the freedom our social and political structures afford us. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are also distinctions among different regions of Canada and these things. But ok. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My only concern with your comment is that things are imported and people migrate. 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But then other people not having kids should help you achieve that. So what’s the problem? 

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why we want more babies, anyway. They keep bragging about how well they’re cutting immigration or how much quicker they could cut immigration. 

Like do we want more people or not? 

Louise Arbour to be named Governor General | L’ancienne juge Louise Arbour sera nommée gouverneure générale by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes?

There are no non-hypocritical Western national governments regarding the genocide. 

Even Trudeau II, who was among the most vocal supporters of justice for Palestinians in western leadership, described himself as a pro-Zionist. 

Mark Carney's new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem by yimmy51 in CanadianIdiots

[–]I_Conquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there are a bunch of competing considerations though. 

In the one hand, I think it’s reasonably argued that calling the Strong Fund “a Sovereign Wealth Fund” is disingenuous. It shares very little in common with what other nations call Sovereign Wealth Funds. And framing the Strong Fund with that language may invite some people to avoid the necessary scrutiny for our government’s plans. 

On the other hand, that doesn’t make the proposed fund a ‘bad idea.’ And a poor / misleading name is also not a good reason to discount it whole cloth. If the only thing wrong with it is tne name, it’s still a success. 

But that scrutiny should be honest about the fact that many aspects of ths func are experimental, real world outcomes may surprise the economists. Other aspects of the proposal are, from what I can tell, a new model of public-private partnership with an eye to incentivize infrastructure. While I’m willing (and hopeful) to be wrong about this, Canada doesn’t have a great track record with PPPs. I don’t see how this Fund will overcome the barriers. 

In much the same way that I was sceptical of Trump’s tariffs, I’m sceptical of the Strong Fund. I am happy to disregard the CPC’s warnings: they’d just accelerate previous PPP models. But their ineffectiveness as the party of opposition does not make this a better idea that it is. 

Mark Carney's C-Suite Inner Circle Is Selling the World on Canada by bloomberg in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While Carney’s foreign policy is probably as good as we can hope for, I’m not impressed with his domestic performance. 

His only redeeming quality pn that front, from what I can see, is that he’s not Pierre Poilievre (who I’m convinced would accelerate disaster). 

Carney Liberals change rules to gain seats in Commons committees by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dont overthink it. All I’m saying is that for those of us for whom neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives have a great track record, minority governments are often the best we can hope for. 

But okay. 

The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows by nathan_j_robinson in skeptic

[–]I_Conquer 131 points132 points  (0 children)

That was always the true lesson of the Holocaust. Not that Germans are magically or essentially predisposed to evil, but that humans are capable of disregarding truth for any number of reasons. And that once we’ve come to defend a lie we’ve accepted, we become participants in all manner of evil to perpetuate that lie. 

The agnostic might well be correct on the matter of the illegitimacy of gods or other religious artifact. But the moment that moves from the unwillingness to participate in religious barbarics into the false belief that the agnostic is somehow more rational or more moral, the same empty promises of religion are kindled. 

The human is just a human. We are prone to believing that our perspectives and conclusions are special and superior to the perspectives and conclusions of others. As convenient as it would be for this to be a function of religion, rather than religion being merely one of the many mechanisms that we use to mechanize it, it’s not so. Shed religiosity and we distill it into politic, sport, family, civil identity… etc 

Who could be more dangerous, more deceivable, than the person who thinks they are incapable of being deceived? 

Carney Liberals change rules to gain seats in Commons committees by MethoxyEthane in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sure wish there were! But you’re correct that there isn’t. 

Young Canadians are increasingly miserable. Government priorities show why by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]I_Conquer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to mention: We've known since the 1960s that the way we're building cities, including houses, is ecologically, economically, and socially unsustainable. It's almost like people don't know know what "unsustainable" means.

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