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Do CT'ers agree that NOW is a good time for "Austerity (Decreasing the "deficit" usually means cutting services to middle/low income Canadians)"?
Bob A (Democratic Marxist)
It really depends on what you are spending the money on.
Spend money on the good stuff, don't spend money on the bad stuff.
I know that's a bit vague, LOL.
But, in a nutshell, do the opposite of whatever Trump is doing!
I'd love to hear opinions on: The Liberal Party is still "progressive"??
"Do you think the Liberals should still be using the term "Progressive" to describe their new platform (Pipelines, military, etc.)? IMHO, the Liberals have moved right of centre. But they cannot outflank the Conservatives, because they have now moved to the fringe right."
My entire life, we have been told Capitalism is the greatest, and everything else is just evil.
The world is a little more complex than that simplistic approach. Dilip appears still to be captured by that narrative.
Not at all. I have pointed out major flaws with Capitalism as it exists today. And I have repeatedly said that what one earns should not have to depend on how much one has made in the past, but on what one is able to do now in terms of smart, hard and useful work.
The remedy to poverty amongst the very few truly unfortunate individuals & families is Charity, which Democratic Marxism does not pay attention to... DM only recommends bribing its 51% voters with what it forcefully snatches away from the other 49%!
Last edited by Dilip Panjwani; Thursday, 17th July, 2025, 11:35 PM.
Democratic Marxism is not yet fully developed, as is Democratic Socialism (France under Mitterand) and Old-Style USSR Communism (A bastardization of the thought of Marx by Lenin).
So we still have time to try to build in safeguards against the flaws of the past in both these systems, since there are commonalities with Democratic Marxism.
We are looking outside our own politics, for help in improving this new economic/political system.
The system you are advocating has failed every time it has been tried and perhaps 100 million people were murdered in the 20th century but this time it will work when it has never worked in the past. I guess we could all afford to lose some weight.
Ozempic is going to be a lot cheaper in Canada soon because someone didn't dot the "i's and cross the t's".
Last edited by Vlad Drkulec; Thursday, 17th July, 2025, 03:20 PM.
My entire life, we have been told Capitalism is the greatest, and everything else is just evil.
The world is a little more complex than that simplistic approach. Dilip appears still to be captured by that narrative.
While it sounds like Vlad is maybe sneaking a peek at the other end of the bookshelf. :)
The key problem with Capitalism is the tendency for all wealth to accumulate at the top, just like it does in the game of monopoly.
I think the long term answer is some form of hybrid economic system, which doesn't exist as yet.
Oh well, just a quick coffee break for me, back to the rating update.
The experts, and the general public, intuitively realize that something is not going right with our vaunted Capitalism, in any of its varieties...too many problems, and becoming more intractable (Wealth/Income Gap).
They are becoming open to seeing whether there is another economic system, not that is perfect, but simply better (Especially on "equality").
Bob A is forgetting that it is entrepreneurs who enable workers to create wealth, despite governmental obstructions.
Reasons why Canadian businesses fail:
1. Misconception highlighted by Left-wingers like Bob A, e.g. "we'll all be successful entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos, or Elon Musk". The truth is that almost all entrepreneurs work harder than their workers do, make only enough money to survive decently, love doing what they do and love their 'freedom'.
2. Complicated governmental regulations.
3. The ultra-rich bribing the politicians to create obstructions for the non-ultra-rich competitors.
Without entrepreneurs, society would only have 'wants' and politician ordained 'rights', and no one would be producing wealth to satisfy those wants and no one would be performing any duties to satisfy their desires (which the politicians ordain as 'rights')...
Last edited by Dilip Panjwani; Thursday, 17th July, 2025, 08:55 AM.
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