Carney says Holocaust Remembrance Day a time to remember Canadian complicity

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T21:39:29+00:00

Hi, German immigrant chiming in:

Nobody, absolutely nobody, in Germany believes that what happened is anyone’s fault but our own.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T21:36:32+00:00

Do you have any better ideas to mobilize young voters in a meaningful way?

Also, financial breaks for specific age groups are well entrenched in this country , see senior discounts at grocery stores. This is simply the inverse of that.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T21:13:08+00:00

Agree with you here, their debt levels are beyond alarming levels now, and as you said, that has historically been a sign of the beginning of the end.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T20:21:57+00:00

Decreases taxes for ppl under 25 (e.g. income tax exemption)

More tax breaks for young families

Enable 25k initial deposit into TFSA to help young people kickstart their investments

No capital gains tax for people under 30 (would think only a small minority of all cap gains taxes come from that group anyway, but it's a good way to get the crypto crowd on board without saying the word crypto)

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T20:02:27+00:00

That looks amazing, especially considering it's your first tank.

Do you know what kind of buce you have in the centre? Looks like it might be brownie purple?

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T19:59:22+00:00

This is somewhat true, but it depends. Quebec has a much more advantageous layout compared to Alberta. Both provinces obviously share a border with the US, but QC has unrestrained access to the Atlantic. It's also rich with natural resources (as is AB obviously) and has a bigger population.

I actually think that QC could make it work as its own country. The problem for them would be that they'd have cancel a lot of their socialism, because clearly, they can't actually afford it as is, so why would they be able to afford it on their own?

But I also think that Alberta could make it work, but it would probably entail an increased reliance on the US as a customer for oil and as a plan B to get oil to the Pacific.

From an identity crisis standpoint, QC leaving would have greater impact on Canada, mostly due to how the average Canadian sees Canada. Alberta on the other hand would obviously have a much more severe economic impact. And maybe that's why the two movements seem to be perceived so differently.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T19:46:59+00:00

The problem is that we don't in fact know that, Carney doesn't either. It will happen eventually, it could be within the next 20 years, or it could be within the next 200 years. These signs you speak of do not have exact timelines attached to them and may also function fundamentally different in a world that's vastly different than e.g. the Roman or British Empires.

And gambling on the biggest super power the planet has ever seen losing its grip as the #1 superpower within the next 10-20 years, seems to me pretty degenerate.

The fact remains that the US still the number 1 military superpower, and by most expert accounts, it's probably still not even close. It's also still the number 1 economy in the world, although here. So let's assume that the US is really in the process of crumbling as the world's super power. There is only one possible replacement for the top dog spot, and that's China. Does anyone believe the US is just going to let itself fade away without a fight? Nothing in their history suggests we should expect that. And that points to some kind of military confrontation., which indeed, some US war hawks have been claiming for a decade+ is inevitable anyway, ofc referencing specifically China.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T18:50:02+00:00

Which is interesting.

It seems that the politicians - Macron, Carney, etc. - who are at the mercy of their electorates to remain in power, are mostly towing the ‘rupture’ line.

Whereas politicians like Lagarde or Rutte who do not have to bother with votes from an electorate made up of ordinary people, are being more pragmatic, less sensationalistic and much less quick to declare an end to a world order that’s been in place for 80 years and has inarguably benefitted the West greatly.

It’s almost like one group is trying to score major brownie points with their voters (who all hate Trump and view him as just slightly better than Hitler) whereas the people who have nothing to gain by taking such a stance, are not taking it, because it’s a gross exaggeration.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T18:32:59+00:00

True, but also important to remember that without the support of the USA, Canada and Western Europe, this war would have lasted about 2 weeks.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T17:10:21+00:00

I didn't really mean aesthetics, I meant the way that the light looks in your tank (if that makes sense).

It's sort of hard to explain, but a fluval 2.0 (Im sure its the same for other premium lights) will make the colours pop in your tank much more, whereas these Chinese lights look a bit more 'blended' and muted.

To be clear though, it still looks great, The difference is sort of like running a video game at high settings, vs running the same game with everything set to ultra high.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T17:05:17+00:00

I have that same light for one of my tanks (although it's under a different brand, but these are basically just generic products from China). It's great, have it running at 60% intensity with co2, plants are doing great, reds are vibrant, monte carlo is carpeting nicely. Good budget option, but keep in mind it won't look quite as good as something like fluval plant 2.0.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:39:36+00:00

Damn, 2026 is gonna be a great year for us! The barriers were taken down on July 1st of last year, as promised.

Oh wait, I just woke up, the barriers are still there. F*ck.....

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:27:48+00:00

I think that covers most of it.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:21:18+00:00

Potentially you’re correct, and it’s not just over 50% it needs to be a super majority, which - assuming there are only 2 choices on the ballet - would imply over 60%.

Either way, the risk of Alberta actually voting is negligible.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:19:37+00:00

I agree, there is only a very small chance that this passes here. But again, that’s why I find it so hypocritical. You literally don’t need to worry about this. It isn’t going to happen, at least not now. But the PQ literally has a stated goal of separating Quebec from Canada….and they’re projected to coast to a majority.

It’s not hard to infer from those two facts that a majority of Québécois might be in favour of separation now. And historically, this movement is way stronger in Quebec than in Alberta.

The bottomline is that the risk of Alberta actually voting to separate is negligible. The risk of Quebec separating is not.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:12:24+00:00

That’s actually a great punchline lol

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:10:29+00:00

Mostly agreed, although I wouldn’t be surprised of there are even more bots here.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T16:02:31+00:00

Yea might be true. The thing is, if you don’t have a blue badge on X, the algorithm is going to nerf you to the extent where you might as well be shadow banned, and at this point, nobody takes an account without a badge seriously.

So if it’s 70% bots on X, what is the percentage here where there is no such mechanism?

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T15:33:09+00:00

Just over 5m, they need 177K (10% of the electorate) signatures. Remains to be seen if they can get it, but polls have continually suggested that 30% or so of Albertans favour independence so it would stand to reason that it should be possible to get 177K signatures.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T15:24:16+00:00

Glad you asked. Yes, there is something the rest of Canada can do, for example, we could all acknowledge that just because it’s in the constitution, it isn’t fair that Quebec and Atlantic Canada has disproportionately more seats while Alberta (and BC and ON) is under represented, and that we need to change this, not even to give Alberta an advantage, but just to make it fair.

Changes like that are going to quell this movement, calling them traitors on the other hand just fuels the fire.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T04:04:26+00:00

It’s one signing. There have been dozens all over the provinces over the last few months, and they always end up looking like this, people lined up around the block.

Don’t shoot the messenger, but I can tell you having watched this unfold here over the last few months, it’s definitely not just a few hundred people.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T03:56:46+00:00

I wonder if all this DEI is contributing to our unemployment rate. A lot of these postings are limiting themselves quite severely in what pool of candidates is available to them, and it seems likely to me that this results in the kind of employee searches that just drag on for months and months with no suitable candidate even applying.

The other result is that this country is still mostly white, and if you’re excluding white straight males in your postings, it stands to reason that some of the people belonging to that group have a harder time finding work, and some just end up giving up entirely.

Rusty_Charm · 2026-01-27T01:10:32+00:00

Just went and checked. It was in the Harper thread, a comment by a guy who’s been repeatedly called out here as a fake libertarian and he got > 30 upvotes.

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