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Very possible. China has proven they can respond much more effectively and dynamically than the U.S.
I mean, when the government can implement whatever they want without needing anyones permission and anyone who speaks out against it is "silenced" its pretty easy for the government to respond in a better way - but at the cost of civil liberty which in our society is too great a cost for basically any bill.
Ive never met anyone who actually supports 30%-40% inflation over the next 3 years, its crazy to see you guys actively supporting this bill. I guess if youre on welfare, the government will adjust your welfare to compensate and you can still be a loser at everyone else's expense. Im more concerned about the people who work hard to build something for themselves just to see it ripped away because it is devalued to nothing - or my concern is for people on a fixed income who are now forced in to poverty after working their entire lives because lazy, useless fucks want free shit. My parents are about to retire - their savings and pension are about to turn to shit. I doubt theyll be able to retire if this goes through.
It is not the governments job to provide you with anything other than basic protection services and to represent your nations interests (Above everyone elses btw) on the national stage. It is not their job to supply you a house, buy you food, pay for your gas, pay for your education, pay for your healthcare.
You can argue that a basic, temporary safety net is a type of protection service, but there should be a cost to it. In other countries, if you get welfare, you dont get to vote unless you pay it back. The "Gib Free Pls" crowd will always vote for the "Gib Free Pls" party to continue to "Gib Free Pls" policies. If everybody on my block votes for me to pay their property taxes, sure its democratic, but its fuckin stupid.
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somehow it seems to be swept under the rug. the residential school killings in canada for example...thousands of children dead. literally hear nothing coming of it except a few court cases. i was under the impression that hte killing of children would warrant massive outrage - regardless of gender/race. guess i was wrong.
Are you insane? Theyve paid out because of these schools so many times its a joke here. I live in an indigenous majority area. I am a minority where I live. These people keep getting huge sums of money every few years because of this or that or the other thing. The payout for the residential school in this area was paid out like 20 years ago.
Also, the numbers for that are being intentionally inflated. The 715 bodies they found in Saskatchewan at Cowessess for example - where they found the bodies was a KNOWN COMMUNITY CEMETERY and MOST OF THE BODIES WERENT OF CHILDREN. The grave markers were gone, yes, because a fire had burned out that cemetery in like 1950. Still to this day I see "715 dead kids at Cowessess First Nation".
This post was edited by ChronFather420 on Dec 21 2021 02:24pm