the slow and painful death of freedom in canada Quote:
Adam Kingsmith: The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada Thoughts? Opinions? pretty shitty considering our next federal election is two years away, and the conservative party is doing well in other aspects of the gov't, and im not sold on the liberals or ndp |
The Ben Franklin quote sums it up nicely: Quote:
Ignoring hooligans and assholes (which I'd really rather do when it comes to a topic like protests), the reason for violence and uprising in these kinds of clashes is because of the way that people are ignored when their opinions are brought up. More and more people are getting shouted down or tied up behind paperwork when their views are perfectly valid. This is something that came up in the election thread: FPTP rather than STV in voting. The six-odd percent of people who voted for the Greens in the last federal election were shut out. In the provincial election two(?) cycles ago, there was nearly 40% popularity for the NDP, and yet there were only two NDP seats granted. The silencing of a sizable minority will always result in them wanting to rise up. And while it's all well and good to say "well if they wanted to have a voice they should have worked harder" (I'm looking at you, Ulic) that isn't the spirit of the principle behind our system. The idea is that anyone who has a voice and a reasonable amount of people who support them should be invited to the table to discuss how things should happen. Of course, part of the problem with this is the way that things have been spun in the past decade or so. A victory for one side is automatically a defeat for the other. "The Liberals like the budget. That MUST automatically mean that it's terrible for the NDP and Conservatives". Compromise is a loss, and nothing but getting everything you want is a win. And this is something that I think has bled North from their two-party oppositional system. As Grid has mentioned in the election thread before, our system was not designed with the same majority-rule checks and balances, because the expectation was always that even if people are on the same party they would occasionally have differences in opinions either because of personal preference or constituent input. I personally find it quite disappointing that a party leader can muster his party to all vote for a certain issue--even if the MP's constituents are solidly opposed, it doesn't matter because the Party Leader says so. Disappointing, but I suppose an extension of this whole issue. From the top to the bottom, it doesn't matter where you are, unless you've got power, you have no voice unless someone who does have power tells you that you can. |
I'll protest whatever I want wherever I want with as many people as I want at any time, and I'll wear any mask I fancy as well. The lack of care for the decay of freedom is disgusting, and so are the people that enact it. The political system is a joke and so are the people who run it, people who would restrict me "for my own safety". They can go to hell. |
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