I saw some right wing idiot say it and thought it was funny. A delicate snowflake blocked me so I won't have to listen to his incessant whining about my comments anymore so I call that a win.
What you believe doesn't change reality. The report is as the report is, the metrics are all there, and whether you believe it or not makes absolutely zero difference.
Canada has been in the top two or three for a very long time. Someone challenged that the rest of the world was falling and Canada was probably way lower in 2016. I went back and checked and we were number 2 in 2016 as well.
I'm not sure that it was the media that did that. I suspect that it was the alt-right media ("alt" being their preferred pronoun instead of the more accurate "extreme").
And...who is father is only matters to the right. No one else gives a shit about what other people are doing in the privacy of their own bedrooms.
We need an electoral system that doesn't take power from a large party that most people voted for and give it to a tiny fringe party that almost none voted for. Look at what's happening in Israel. The most extreme party to get any seats is calling the shots because they hold the balance of power. Wouldn't Canada be fun if the christofascists or tankies were calling the shots?
I just disagree that it is the 2nd best country in the world to live in. Where it accurately lands I cannot say, but #2 is not it. And that’s okay. I still love this country.
I do as well. I think it's the best country in the world to live in. I've been lots of places, many high on that list and many very low on that list, and I would not choose to live in any of them instead of Canada.
Those things should be enough evidence to say that we aren’t the second best country in the world.
And yet...they aren't. Canada ranks very high in quality of life, personal and religious freedom, and many other measures. There are problems, yes, but they are problems effecting the second best country in the world to live in. People living other places are dying to come here.
I don't dismiss the legitimate complaints of people who live in Canada. There are problems. I've said that repeatedly throughout these comments. What I'm saying is that Canada isn't any of the things the neo-Nazis and the tankies say it is. It isn't a dictatorship. It isn't turning into a third world shithole. Our Prime Minister isn't a Marxist and neither was his father. Canada is a great country and a great place to live. Wealth inequality is a big fucking problem. Corruption is a big fucking problem. The erosion of workers rights is a big fucking problem. Capitalism has run its course and it's time for a change. That doesn't mean that Canada is a bad place to live and the people who say it is is are entitled, whiney idiots.
MapleEngineer @ MapleEngineer @lemmy.ca Posts 61Comments 642Joined 2 yr. ago
Yup. They fucking hate it when you throw their bullshit back at them.